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WINNER
Runner's World
Bill Strickland, Enthusiast Group Editorial Director
“Twelve Minutes and a Life,” by Mitchell S. Jackson, Issue 5

Judges' Citation
Immaculate reporting and electrifying writing transformed this account of the life and death
of Ahmaud Arbery into a celebration, an indictment and a lasting eulogy.

The American Scholar
Robert Wilson, Editor
“Slow Blues” by Tamara Dean, Autumn

The California Sunday Magazine
Douglas McGray, Editor in Chief
“What Happened in Room 10?,” by Katie Engelhart, August 23, on californiasunday.com

ESPN.com
Alison Overholt, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytelling and Journalism
“Michael Jordan: A History of Flight,” by Wright Thompson, May 19

The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
“The Accusation,” by Sarah Viren, March 22

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
“Thirty-Six Thousand Feet Under the Sea,” by Ben Taub, May 10, at newyorker.com

Texas Monthly
Dan Goodgame, Editor in Chief
“The Aftermath” by Robert Draper, April