Download PDF by George Getschow: The Best American Newspaper Narratives of 2012

This anthology collects the 10 winners of the 2012 most sensible American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest on the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction convention, that's hosted through the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism on the collage of North Texas. the competition honors exemplary narrative paintings and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers around the usa. First position winner: Eli Saslow,"Life of a Salesman," released via the Washington put up, is ready a Manassas, Va., swimming pool salesman experiencing the unraveling of his decades-long luck tale. moment position: Kelley Benham, "Never allow Go," released via the Tampa Bay instances, is her own account of the months following the start of her untimely daughter. 3rd position: Anne Hull, "Breaking Free," released via the Washington submit, lines a teenage girl's climb out of poverty as she prepares for faculty. Runner-ups comprise: John department, "The Day a Mountain Moved" (New York Times); Dan Barry, "Donna’s Diner: within the demanding Fall of a favourite Son, a Reminder of a City’s Scars" (New York Times); Rosalind Bentley, "The Nation’s Poet" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution); Mark Johnson, "I Boy" (Milwaukee magazine Sentinel); Monica Rhor, "Homelessness" (Houston Chronicle); Louis Hansen, "The lady Who Took Down the group" (Virginian-Pilot); and Martin Kuz, "Soldiers Recount 60-Second assault That Left Them Reflecting on lifestyles and dying" (Stars and Stripes).