2013 ASJA AWARDS
The ASJA Awards Committee has announced the following awards for 2013. They will be presented on Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City. The event is part of the ASJA Annual Writers Conference and the public is invited to attend (see the ASJA Calendar for registration).
NAMED AND SPECIAL AWARDS
Arlene Eisenberg Award for Writing that Makes a Difference (Book)
The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray
My Orange Duffel Bag by Sam Bracken ("brought to life by Echo Garrett")
June Roth Book Award:
Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA by Maryn McKenna
June Roth Article Award:
Winner: A Mind in Danger by Victoria Costello (Scientific American Mind)
Honorable Mention: Weaponizing Mosquitoes to Fight Tropical Diseases by Linda Marsa (Pacific Standard)
Donald Robinson Award for Investigative Reporting:
Winner: The Truth About the Fast and Furious Scandal by Katherine Eban (Fortune)
Honorable Mention: The Dangerous Superbugs Hiding in Your Dinner by Maryn McKenna (Self)
ASJA Extraordinary Service Award:
Grace W. Weinstein (posthumous)
OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARDS
General Nonfiction
Winner: Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day by Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan
Honorable Mention: Little Boy Blue: A Puppy's Rescue from Death Row and His Owner's Journey for Truth by Kim Kavin
Honorable Mention: Born With a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks, and Hacks Pimp the Public Health by Martha Rosenberg
Honorable Mention: Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing by Constance Hale
Honorable Mention: Mr. Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife That Changed the World by Stefan Bechtel
Lifestyle/Memoir
Winner: With and Without Her: A Memoir of Being and Losing a Twin by Dorothy Foltz-Gray
Honorable Mention: A Dog Named Leaf: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life by Allen and Linda Anderson
Honorable Mention: Next Time I Move, They'll Carry Me Out in a Box by Michele Wojciechowski
Service/Self-Help
Winner: Writer for Hire: 101 Secrets to Freelance Success by Kelly James-Enger
Honorable mention: Unhooked: How to Quit Anything by Dr. Frederick Woolverton and Susan Shapiro
Honorable mention: The Chinese Way to Wealth and Prosperity: 8 Timeless Strategies for Achieving Financial Success by Michael Justin Lee
Children/YA
Winner: National Geographic Kids Chapter: Ape Escapes!: And More True Stories of Animals Behaving Badly by Aline Alexander Newman
OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARDS
Science/Tech/Biz
Winner: Was Lou Gehrig's ALS Caused by Tap Water? by Wendee Nicole Holtcamp (Pacific Standard)
Honorable Mention: Our Innate Defense by Rachael Moeller Gorman (Proto)
Honorable Mention: Make it a Decaf by Brendan Borrell (Nature)
Honorable Mention: The Taste of Things to Come by Neil Savage (Nature)
First Person/personal experience
Winner: Desert Renewal by Echo Garrett (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Honorable Mention: Facing my Demons on the CN Tower Edge Walk by Margie Goldsmith (The Globe and Mail)
Honorable Mention: Into the Nines by Evelyn Spence (Skiing)
Lifestyle
Winner: A Certain Sparkle by Gayle Keck (Afar)
Honorable Mention: Vinyl Voyagers by Patrick Flanary (narrative.ly)
Essay
Winner: Raising My Mother by Candy Schulman (Chicago Tribune)
Honorable Mention: A Soldier's Fight, One Fire At a Time by Fred Minnick (Dallas Morning News)
Honorable Mention: A Visit, And What Really Happened by Susan Shapiro (New York Times, Modern Love)
Honorable Mention: All My Children by Katherine Ozment (Brain, Child)
Profiles
The Perfectionist by David Wolman (Wired)
Significant Topic
Winner: The Dirty Truth About Hospitals by Laura Beil (Men's Health)
Honorable Mention: Is Your Tap Water Safe? by Rachael Moeller Gorman (Good Housekeeping)
Service
Winner: Solving the Sugar Puzzle by Rachael Moeller Gorman (Eating Well)
Honorable Mention: Quibbling Siblings:Elderly Edition by Lise Funderberg (MORE)
Trade
Interrupting Cancer's Travel Plans by Stephen Ornes (Cancer Today)