The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 7

This anthology collects the winners of the 2019 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Eli Saslow, 'It Was My Job, and I Didn't Find Him' (The Washington Post), narrates the life of a former officer at the Parkland high school shooting. Second place: Elizabeth Bruenig, 'What Do We Owe Her Now?' (The Washington Post), is the story of a high school rape victim who received no justice. Third place: Hannah Dreier, 'The Disappeared' (ProPublica), follows a mother who lost her teenage son to gang violence.

Runners-up include Jamie Thompson, 'Standoff' (The Dallas Morning News); Lane DeGregory, 'Lincoln's Shot' (Tampa Bay Times); Jenna Russell, 'The World, the Stage, the Way Ahead' (The Boston Globe); Evan Allen, 'Under a Dark Sky, a Baby is Born' (The Boston Globe); Lisa Gartner, 'She's Taught at the Parkland High School for 14 Years. Can She Go Back?' (Tampa Bay Times); Claire McNeill, 'So You Remember the Student Who Was Shot at FSU? He's Pretty Sure We've All Moved On' (Tampa Bay Times); and Bethany Barnes, 'Targeted' (The Oregonian).