The best American newspaper narratives of 2012

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.

subjects: Journalism,  Awards,  Feature stories,  American Reportage literature,  People with social disabilities,  Press coverage,  Narration (rhetoric),  Arbitration and award,  American literature (collections), 20th century

Places: United States