ASJA 2016 Award Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Alexandra Owens, Executive Director/ director@asja.org
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2016 WRITING AWARDS
April 12, 2016, New York, NY — The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) announces the recipients of its annual writing awards, honoring the outstanding nonfiction work produced on a freelance basis during the past year.
ASJA 2016 Award Winners
BOOKS
Arlene Award for Writing that Makes a Difference: Book
Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence by Susanna Hope and Alex Roslin (Golden Inkwell Books, 2015)
June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Writing: Book
Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us by S. Lochlann Jain (University of California Press, 2013)
Biography or History:
Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam’s Firebase Kate by Marvin J. Wolf (co-author William Albracht; NAL, 2015)
Children’s or Young Adult:
The Boy Who Became Buffalo Bill: Growing Up Billy Cody in Bleeding Kansas by Andrea Warren (Two Lions, 2015)
General Nonfiction:
What Stands In a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South’s Tornado Alley by Kim Cross (Atria Books, 2015)
Memoir/Autobiography:
The Book of Wanderings: A Mother- Daughter Pilgrimage by Kimberly Meyer (Little, Brown and Company, 2015)
Self-Help:
The Debt Escape Plan: How to Free Yourself From Credit Card Balances, Boost Your Credit Score, and Live Debt-Free by Beverly Blair Harzog (Career Press, 2015)
Honorable mention: Writing Well for Business Success: A Complete Guide to Style, Grammar, and Usage at Work by Sandra Lamb (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015)
ARTICLES
Arlene Award for Writing that Makes a Difference: Article
“The Thrift Store Chain That Dressed Up Like A Charity And Got Sued” by Francesca Lyman; InvestigateWest, October 28, 2015
Donald Robertson Award for Investigative Journalism
“(A Brutal Beating Wakes) Attica’s Ghosts” by Tom Robbins; The Marshall Project / The New York Times, February 28, 2015
June Roth Memorial Award for a? Medical Writing: Article
“The Poisoned Gulf” by Linda Marsa; Playboy, June 2015
Blog Post
“A Bittersweet Goodbye as My Firstborn Leaves Home For Good” by Risa Doherty; ScaryMommy.com, Summer 2015
Business/ Technology/ Science
“Automation in the Newsroom” by Celeste LeCompte; Nieman Reports, Summer 2015
Honorable mention: “Every Living Thing” by Emily Sohn; Aeon, August 31, 2015
Excellence in Reporting
“The Sand and the Fury” by Vince Beiser; Wired, June 2015
First Person Experience/ Essays
“Surviving an Alcoholic” by Paula Ganzi Licata; New York Times, May 27, 2015
Health & Fitness
“What Your Doctor Should Know About Women” by Linda Marsa; More, February 2015
Honorable Mention: “Be the Death of Me” by Kate Silver; Chicago Health, Summer 2015
How-to
“Forsake the Snake” by Kim Campbell Thornton; UExpress Pet Connection, May 18, 2015
Honorable Mention: “A Policy of Saying No Can Save You Time and Guilt” by Jennifer Breheny Wallace; Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2015
Lifestyle
“Born on the Bayou” by Kimberley Lovato; American Way, August 2015
Honorable mention: “Spirits on Safari” by Kim Campbell Thornton; Cigar & Spirits, May/June 2015
Opinion/ Op Ed
“Just an Ordinary Miscarriage” by Candy Schulman; New York Times, October 25, 2015
Profiles
TIE:
“A Most Personal Venture” by Gayle Keck; Drew Magazine, Summer 2015
“Meet Andy Raymond” by Eugene Meyer; Bethesda Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015
Trade
“The Making of Star Wars: The Force Awakens” by Barbara Robertson; 3D World, December 31, 2015
Honorable mention: “High-Flying Patriotism” by Molly Blake; Air Force Sergeants Association, Sept/Oct 2015
2016 ASJA Awards Committee Co-Chairs: Janine Latus and Salley Shannon
About ASJA
ASJA is the professional association of independent nonfiction writers. Founded in 1948, its more than 1200 members have each met exacting standards of professional achievement.