COLUMNS AND ESSAYS
Honors interpretative journalism, including political and social commentary and essays on the personal experience of the writer

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WINNER
The Believer
Daniel Gumbiner, Editor
Edited by Ginger Greene
“Water Pressure,” by Rafia Zakaria, Summer

FINALISTS

The American Scholar
Sudip Bose, Editor
Edited by Bruce Falconer
“Raspberry Heaven,” by Garret Keizer, Spring

The Guardian
Betsy Reed, U.S. Editor
Edited by Jessica Reed
“The Year After My Son Died in Childbirth,” by Poppy Noor, July 26

The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
Edited by Bill Wasik
“This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, April 6 at nytimes.com/magazine

New York Times Opinion
Kathleen Kingsbury, Opinion Editor
Edited by Ariel Kaminer
Three articles by M. Gessen: “The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump,” February 8, “Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived,” April 2, and “The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control,” November 7, at nytimes.com/opinion

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
Edited by Sharan Shetty
“A Further Shore,” by Tatiana Schlossberg, December 8

T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Hanya Yanagihara, Editor in Chief
Edited by Kurt Soller
“The Hiding Place,” by Mark Harris, May 18