To the best of my knowledge, the Houston Press Award is current. Jay's announcement is dated 26th Sept and it's a 2007 award. The article itself is undated (annoying, that) but it was news to me. (That doesn't necessarily mean anything. I'm very swiss cheese brained these days.)

I vote for compound-complex because it didn't make me want to pant for breath or spork my eyes out. It read fine to me! (I think we've become used to punchier sentences and shorter paragraphs due to the digital medium than when we were primarily paper-based.)