The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 3

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Anthology of writing by the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The pieces are published in order of places awarded: Barry, “The Boys in the Bunkhouse,” (1st place); Goffard, “The Favor,” (2nd place); McCrummen, “A Father’s Scars,” (3rd place), and runners-up, Bomey, Gallagher and Stryker, “How Detroit was Reborn”; Hesse, “Love and Fire”; Schweitzer, “Chasing Bayla”; Varble, “Then the Walls Closed In”; Kimberlin and Bryant, “Dangerous Minds”; Harbarger, “Fred Nelligan”; and Johnson, “Murray's Problem."

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xii, 284 p. : ill.

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Reaves, Gayle June 2016.

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  • Barry, Dan "The 'Boys' in the Bunkhouse" (The New York Times)
  • Goffard, Christopher "The Favor" (Los Angeles Times)
  • McCrummen, Stephanie "A Father's Scars: For Creigh Deeds, Tragedy Leaves Unending Questions" (The Washington Post)
  • Bomey, Nathan "How Detroit Was Reborn: The Inside Story of Detroit's Historic Bankruptcy Case" (Detroit Free Press)
  • Gallagher, John "How Detroit Was Reborn: The Inside Story of Detroit's Historic Bankruptcy Case" (Detroit Free Press)
  • Stryker, Mark "How Detroit Was Reborn: The Inside Story of Detroit's Historic Bankruptcy Case" (Detroit Free Press)
  • Hesse, Monica "Love and Fire" (The Washington Post)
  • Schweitzer, Sarah "Chasing Bayla" (Boston Globe)
  • Varble, Sarah Kleiner "Then the Walls Closed In" (The Virginian-Pilot)
  • Kimberlin, Joanne "Dangerous Minds/Insane System" (The Virginian-Pilot)
  • Bryant, Janie "Dangerous Minds/Insane System" (The Virginian-Pilot)
  • Harbarger, Molly "Fred Nelligan" (The Oregonian)
  • Johnson, Mark "Murray's Problem" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • Foote, Neil Acknowledgments; co-directer of Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference; principal lecturer of Mayborn School of Journalism

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Anthology of writing by the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The pieces are published in order of places awarded: Barry, “The Boys in the Bunkhouse,” (1st place); Goffard, “The Favor,” (2nd place); McCrummen, “A Father’s Scars,” (3rd place), and runners-up, Bomey, Gallagher and Stryker, “How Detroit was Reborn”; Hesse, “Love and Fire”; Schweitzer, “Chasing Bayla”; Varble, “Then the Walls Closed In”; Kimberlin and Bryant, “Dangerous Minds”; Harbarger, “Fred Nelligan”; and Johnson, “Murray's Problem."

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xii, 284 p. : ill.

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First place winner: Dan Barry, “The Boys in the Bunkhouse,” published by The New York Times, exposed thirty years of physical and mental abuse of intellectually disabled men living in an Iowa group home.
Second place: Christopher Goffard, “The Favor,” published by the Los Angeles Times, describes the plea bargain sentence of the son of a former California assembly speaker, after the son pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and whose prison sentence was later reduced by then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Third place: Stephanie McCrummen, “A Father’s Scars,” published by the Washington Post, about a Virginia state senator one year after he was stabbed multiple times by his mentally ill son before the son killed himself.
Runners-up include Nathan Bomey, John Gallagher and Mark Stryker, “How Detroit was Reborn” (Detroit Free Press); Monica Hesse, “Love and Fire” (Washington Post); Sarah Schweitzer, “Chasing Bayla” (Boston Globe); Sarah Kleiner Varble, “Then the Walls Closed In” (The Virginian Pilot); Joanne Kimberlin and Janie Bryant, “Dangerous Minds” (The Virginian Pilot); Molly Harbarger, “Fred Nelligan” (The Oregonian); and Mark Johnson, “Murray's Problem” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

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