Following is a list of categories, the winners and honorable mentions, and a list of the CJA members who judged that particular category.

At this time, the CJA does not have an Internet web site.

Best State Magazine (Open)     (Hanken, Hough, Lawrence)

1st	Illinois Chess Bulletin, M. L. Rantala, Editor

Best State Magazine, Under 1000 circulation     (Hanken, Hough, Lawrence)

1st	Illinois Chess Bulletin, M. L. Rantala, Editor
HM	Illinois Chess Bulletin, J. Flores, Editor

Best Club Bulletin     (Hough, Lieberman, Smythe)

1st	Jacksonville Chess News, D. Dillinger, Editor
HM	En Passant, Pittsburgh Chess Club, Bobby Dudley, Editor

Best Postal Magazine     (Hillery, Hough, Lieberman)

1st	APCT News Bulletin, Helen Warren, Editor
HM	The Chess Correspondent, Joe Ganem, Editor

Best Independent Serial Publication     (Hanken, Hough, H. Warren)

1st	Articles from Online, Coffey

Most Improved Magazine     (Hanken, Hough, Tamburro)

1st	Georgia Chess, D. Lucas, Editor

Best Cover     (Alexis, Lawrence, H. Warren)

1st	School Mates 9-10/98, Kelley
HM	Chess Life 3/99

Best Layout     (Alexis, Lawrence, J. Warren)

1st	Illinois Chess Bulletin 6/98, M. L. Rantala, Editor
HM	School Mates 3-4/99, Kelley

Best Regular Magazine Column     (Anderson, Donaldson, Hough)

1st	"Game of the Month", Rohde, Chess Life 3-5/99
HM	"Chess to Enjoy", Soltis, Chess Life 7-9/98

Best Magazine Tournament Report     (Lieberman, Tomas)

1st	1998 Chicago Open, Illinois Chess Bulletin, 7-8/98, Rantala et al.
HM	Golden is Golden at World Open, Chess Life, 9-10/98, Hanken et al.

Best Regular Newspaper Column     (Hillery, Hough, Lieberman)

1st	Washington Times, D. Sand, entry #1
HM	Washington Post, L. Kavalek

Newspaper Column of Local Interest     (Hillery, Hough, Lieberman)

1st	Maine Sunday Telegram, L. Eldridge
HM	"Chess, A Knight's Tour", Ft. Lauderdale, Bill Cornwall

Best Newspaper Tournament Report     (Hillery, Hough)

1st	"Mayer Tops Field", Washington Times, D. Sands

Best Chess Promotion     (Hough, Lieberman, Tamburro)

1st	Illinois Chess Association - Warren Junior Program, Illinois Chess Bulletin, Flores, et al.

Best Human Interest     (Lawrence, Lieberman, H. Warren)

1st	1999 Amateur Team East, Eldridge, Chess Horizons
HM	"Maurice Ashley", Killigrew, Chess Life 5/99

Best Historical     (Anderson, Donaldson, H. Warren)

1st	"Jacob Yuchtman, The Forbidden Artist", Chess Life 12/98
HM	"Duchamp Dada: A Reappraisal", Savage, Kingpin S99
HM	"Weaver Adams", Chess Pride, Eric Johnson

Best Interview     (Hanken, Hough, H. Warren)

1st	Larry Christiansen, Chess Horizons, Sherwood
HM	Profiles in Chess: Ashley, Chess Life 5/99, Killigrew

Best Editorial     (Hanken, Tamburro, H. Warren)

HM	"What Next", Dillinger, online

Best Humorous     (Hanken, Lieberman, Smyth)

HM	"Mate the Beatles", Basalla, Ohio Chess Bulletin

Best Review     (Anderson, Tamburro, J. Warren)

1st	"Reflections on the Dvorestsky Project", Watson, Illinois Chess Bulletin
HM	Jon Speelman's Best Games, Tomas, Illinois Chess Bulletin

Best Analysis - Opening     (Donaldson, Shibut, Tomas)

1st	"Riddles of the Gruenfeld Defense", Shamkovich, Chess Life

Best Analysis - Endings     (Donaldson, Hillery, Shibut)

1st	"In the End", Szpisjak/Tomas, Illinois Chess Bulletin

Best Analysis - Other     (Donaldson, Shibut, Tomas)

1st	"Henley!", Henley, Hodges, Browne, Atlantic Chess News
HM	"An Amazing Discovery", Rohde

Best Instruction     (Anderson, Lawrence, J. Warren)

1st	"Evaluation of Material Imbalances", L. Kaufman, Chess Life 3/99
HM	"For Mails Only", Tamburro, Atlantic Chess News 7/98
HM	"A Goldsby Anotates", Georgia Chess

Best Art     (Alexis, Hough, Lawrence)

1st	School Mates 9-10/98, cover, Kelley
HM	Chess Life 3/99, cover, Buckley

Best Cartoon     (Alexis, Hough, Warren)

1st	"Chess for Dessert", K. Thomas, Atlantic Chess News
HM	"Trappy Line", Dillinger, Jax Chess News

Best Photograph     (Lawrence, Smythe, West)

HM	"You Are What You Read", Illinois Chess Bulletin, M. L. Rantala
HM	"M. Dandridge Showed Some Muscle", Illinois Chess Bulletin, Bibuld