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The VOICE AWARDS
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2008 Award Winners

Entertainment Awards
Mental Health Consumer Awards
Special Recognition Awards
Honorable Mentions

Entertainment Awards

TELEVISION SHOWS

Crossing Jordan (Season 5, Episode 17—Save Me)
Writer: Linda Gase
Producers: Allan Arkush, Skip Beaudine, Melissa R. Byer, Jon Cowan,
Rob Fresco, Linda Gase, Dennis Hammer, Treena Hancock, Tim Kring,
Kathy McCormick, Lori Motyer, Robert Rovner, Emily Whitesell

Dirt (Season 1, Episode 1—Pilot)
Writer: Matthew Carnahan
Producers: David Arquette, Matthew Carnahan, Courteney Cox,
Joe De Oliveira, Joel Fields, Chris Long, Stewart Lyons, Thea Mann,
Sascha Schneider, Hynndie Wali

Friday Night Lights (Season 1, Episodes 18, 19, 20, 21—
Extended Families, Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, Mud Bowl, Best Laid Plans)
Writers: Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins,
Jason Katims
Producers: Sarah Aubrey, Peter Berg, , John Cameron, Bridget Carpenter,
Kerry Ehrin, Nan Bernstein Freed, Brian Grazer, Carter Harris,
Elizabeth Heldens, Jeff Henry, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Michael Lewis,
Patrick Massett, David Nevins, Katie O'Hara, Jeffrey Reiner, John Zinman

General Hospital (Season 44, Episodes #11095, #11097)
Writer: Robert Guza Jr.
Producers: Mercer Barrows, Deborah A. Genovese, Robert Guza Jr.,
Michelle Henry, Mary O’Leary, Jill Farren Phelps

House (Season 3, Episode 22—Resignation)
Writer: Pamela Davis
Producers: Paul Attanasio, Peter Blake, Leonard Dick, Doris Egan,
Liz Friedman, Russel Friend, Steven Heth, Katie Jacobs, Marcy G. Kaplan,
Lawrence Kaplow, Garrett Lerner, Thomas L. Moran, Allen Marshall Palmer,
Daniel Sackheim, David Shore, Bryan Singer, Gerrit van der Meer

Huff (Season 2, Episode 3—Whipped Doggie)
Writer: Byron Balasco
Producers: Hank Azaria, Byron Balasco, Daugherty Chase, Zoila A. Galeano, Cameron Jones, Bob Lowry, Jessica Mecklenberg, Nicole Mirante, Mike Newell,
Mark Richard, Nancy Sanders, Lori-Etta Taub, Scott Winant

Monk (Season 5, Episode 12—Mr. Monk Is at Your Service)
Writer: Rob LaZebnik
Producers: Andy Breckman, David Breckman, Jonathan Collier, Scott Collins,
Hy Conrad, Anthony Santa Croce, Dan Dratch, Fern Field, David Hoberman,
Erik Lee, Douglas Nabors, Tom Scharpling, Tony Shalhoub, Shana Stein,
Sheridan Thayer, Joe Toplyn, Randy Zisk

Sopranos (Season 6, Episode 19—The Second Coming)
Writer: Terence Winter
Producers: Henry J. Bronchtein, Martin Bruestle, David Chase, Diane Frolov,
Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landress, Jason L. Minter, Mickie Reuster,
Andrew Schneider, Gianna Maria Smart, Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter

FEATURE FILMS

Canvas
Writer: Joseph Greco
Producers: Bruce Beresford, Bill Erfurth, Adam Hammel, Lucy Hammel,
George Hickenlooper, Sharon Lane, Eddie Mordujovich, Caroline O’Brien,
Joe Pantoliano, Alan H. Rolnick

Home of the Brave
Writers: Mark Friedman, Irwin Winkler
Producers: Rob Cowan, Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Randall Emmett,
Michael P. Flannigan, George Furla, Avi Lerner, Julie Milstead, Trevor Short,
John Thompson, Charles Winkler, Irwin Winkler

Reign Over Me
Writer: Mike Binder
Producers: Jack Binder, Jack Giarraputo, Michael Rotenberg, Lynwood Spinks,
Jeff Waxman, Rachel Zimmerman

DOCUMENTARIES

Cracking Up
Writer: Tara Shortt
Producers: Todd Craddock, Lionel Goddard, Tara Shortt

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
Producers: Alan Clements, Lindsey Douglas, Dr. Tony Hughes, Andrea Miller, Charlotte Moore, Jeremy Thomas, Ross Wilson

Through My Eyes
Producers: Linda Midgett

True Life (Season 8, Episode 15—I Have Autism), (Season 9, Episode 7—
I Have Tourette's Syndrome)
Producers: Dana Berchman, Amelia D'Entrone, Craig D'Entrone, Marshall Eisen, Betsy Forhan, Jeff Schneider, Dave Sirulnick, Leigh Stieglitz

Mental Health Consumer Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Larry Fricks (Cleveland, GA)

Consumer Leadership Awards
Joan Esnayra (Arlington, VA)
Sharon Wise (Washington, DC)
Paula Comunelli (Santa Cruz, CA)
Herminio Maldonado (New York, NY)
Marley Prunty-Lara (Minneapolis, MN)

Young Adult Leadership Award
Marvin Alexander (Miami, FL)

Special Recognition Awards

SAMHSA Special Recognition Award
Howie Mandel

Honorable Mentions

TELEVISION SHOWS

FEATURE FILMS

DOCUMENTARIES