Sid Holt is executive director of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at Rolling Stone and Adweek magazines.

Jeffrey Goldberg is editor in chief of The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. He is the author of Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror (2006).

Introduction, by Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief, The Atlantic
Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors
Bodies on the Line, by Carina del Valle Schorske, New York Times Magazine, Winner-Essays and Criticism
We're Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic, by Ed Yong, The Atlantic, Finalist-Public Interest
These Precious Days, by Ann Patchett, Harper's, Finalist-Feature Writing
Venus Rising, by Megan I. Gannon, Popular Science, Winner-Single-Topic Issue
The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works, by Natalie Wolchover, Quanta, Finalist-Reporting
The Methane Hunters, by Zachary R. Mider, Bloomberg Green with Bloomberg Businessweek, Finalist-Public Interest
We Need to Change How We Talk About Abortion, by Kristin Canning, Women's Health, Finalist-Service Journalism
The Games We Play, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, AARP the Magazine, Finalist-Lifestyle Journalism
The Original Cowboys, by Katie Gutierrez, Texas Highways, Finalist-Lifestyle Journalism
Infinite Self, by E. Alex Jung, New York, Finalist-Profile Writing
Is Jake Paul Bad for Boxing? Next Question, by Dotun Akintoye, [...], Finalist-Profile Writing
The Wrong Daddy, by Jeremy Atherton Lin, Yale Review, Finalist-Lifestyle Journalism
Past Imperfect, by Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, Winner-Profile Writing
Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, and Death Inside America's Guardianship Industry, by Heidi Blake and Katie J. M. Baker, BuzzFeed News, Finalist-Public Interest
Put on the Diamonds, by Vivian Gornick, Harper's, Finalist-Essays and Criticism
What Do We Do About John James Audubon?, by J. Drew Lanham, Audubon, Finalist-Essays and Criticism
The Collapse, by Matthieu Aikins, New York Times Magazine, Winner-Reporting
Twenty Years Gone, by Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, Winner-Feature Writing
Come With Me, by Nishanth Injam, Georgia Review, Winner-ASME Award for Fiction
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