The Best American Newspaper Narratives Volume 7

This anthology collects the winners of the 2019 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNTs Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Eli Saslow It Was My Job and I Didnt 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 Lincolns 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 Shes 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? Hes Pretty Sure Weve All Moved On (Tampa Bay Times); and Bethany Barnes Targeted (The Oregonian).