The best American newspaper narratives of 2012
By: George Getschow, editor, writer-in-residence, The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
Contributors: Saslow, Eli; Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference; Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism
Series: Number 1 in the Mayborn best American newspaper narrative series; Mayborn best American newspaper narrative series -- no. 1.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press, Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism; University of North Texas Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Denton, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781574415490; 9781574415599
Subjects: Journalism; Awards; Feature stories; American Reportage literature; People with social disabilities; Press coverage
Description: "This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2012 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative work and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers across the United States. First place winner: Eli Saslow,"Life of a Salesman," published by the Washington Post, is about a swimming pool salesman experiencing the unraveling of his decades-long success story"--Publisher's annotation.
Table of contents: title: Life of a salesman / Eli Saslow (The Washington Post); title: Never let go / Kelley Benham (Tampa Bay Times); title: Breaking free / Anne Hull (The Washington Post); title: Snowfall: the avalanche at Tunnel Creek / John Branch (The New York Times); title: Donna's diner: in the hard fall of a favorite son, a reminder of a city's scars / Dan Barry (New York Times); title: The nation's poet / Rosalind Bentley (Atlanta Journal-Constitution); title: I boy / Mark Johnson (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel); title: Young Houstonians go from homelessness to college / Monica Rhor (Houston Chronicle); title: The girl who took down the gang / Louis Hansen (Virginian-Pilot); title: Soldiers recount 60-second attack that left them reflecting on life and death / Martin Kuz (Stars and Stripes); title: Judges' biographies.