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The Best American Magazine Writing 2020 brings together outstanding in-depth reporting and incisive criticism. It features extraordinary globe-spanning journalism and showcases the work of remarkable stylists.
List of contents
Introduction, by Jonathan Dorn, president
, American Society of Magazine Editors
Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors
"False Witness," by Pamela Colloff (
New York Times Magazine in partnership with
ProPublica): Winner-Reporting
"We've Normalized Prison," by Piper Kerman (
Washington Post Magazine): Winner-Single-Topic Issue
"Can We Build a Better Women's Prison?," by Keri Blakinger (
Washington Post Magazine): Winner-Single-Topic Issue
"Epidemic of Fear," by Erika Fry (
Fortune): Finalist- Reporting
"Las Marthas," by Jordan Kisner (
The Believer): Finalist-Feature Writing
"The Schoolteacher and the Genocide," by Sarah A. Topol (
New York Times Magazine): Winner-Feature Writing
"Unlike Any Other," by Nick Paumgarten (
New Yorker): Finalist-Feature Writing
"Jerry's Dirt," by Jacob Baynham (
Georgia Review): Winner-Profile Writing
"Elizabeth Warren's Classroom Strategy," by Rebecca Traister (
New York): Finalist-Profile Writing
"Tactile Art," by John Lee Clark (
Poetry): Winner-Essays and Criticism
"India: Intimations of an Ending," by Arundhati Roy (
The Nation in partnership with Type Media Center): Finalist-Essays and Criticism
"When Disability Is a Toxic Legacy
and The Ugly Beautiful and Other Failings of Disability Representation
and What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Mental Health and Medication," by s.e. smith (
Catapult): Winner-Columns and Commentary
"Kanye West's Sunday Service Is Full of Longing and Self-Promotion
and Love, Death, and Begging for Celebrities to Kill You
and E. Jean Carroll's Accusation Against Donald Trump, and the Raising, and Lowering, of the Bar," by Jia Tolentino (
New Yorker): Finalist-Columns and Commentary
"Nothing Sacred
and An Assault on the Tongue
and Interlopers," by Ligaya Mishan (
T: The New York Times Style Magazine): Finalist-Columns and Commentary
"Our Democracy's Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written. Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True.," by Nikole Hannah-Jones (
New York Times Magazine, "The 1619 Project"): Winner-Public Interest
"Fight the Ship," by T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi (
ProPublica): Finalist-Public Interest
"Under the Ackee Tree," by Jonathan Escoffery (
Paris Review): Winner-ASME Award for Fiction
Permissions
List of Contributors
About the author
Sid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at
Rolling Stone and
Adweek magazines.
Jonathan Dorn is president of the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Summary
The Best American Magazine Writing 2020 brings together outstanding in-depth reporting and incisive criticism. It features extraordinary globe-spanning journalism and showcases the work of remarkable stylists.
