Introduction / Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief, Slate
Acknowledgments / Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief, Glamour and immediate past president of ASME
Everybody sucks / Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York, Finalist: Feature writing
China's instant cities / Peter Hessler, National Geographic, Winner: Reporting
Present at the creation / Matthew Scully, The Atlantic, Finalist: Profile writing
The black sites / Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, Finalist: Reporting
Specialist Town takes his case to Washington / Joshua Kors, The Nation, Winner: Public interest
City of fear / William Langewiesche, Vanity Fair, Finalist: Reporting
"You have thousands of angels around you" / Paige Williams, Atlanta, Winner: Feature writing
Obama's moment / Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, Winner: Columns and commentary
Out in the cold / Mike Kessler, 5280: Denver's Mile-high Magazine, Finalist: Public interest
Brouhahaha / Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker, Finalist: Columns and commentary
Pat Dollard's war on Hollywood / Evan Wright, Vanity Fair, Winner: Profile writing
The Autumn of the multitaskers / Walter Kirn, The Atlantic, Finalist: Essays
Betrayed / George Packer, The New Yorker, Finalist: Public interest
Babes in the woods / Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, Winner: Reviews and criticism
Underworld / Jeanne Marie Laskas, GQ, Finalist: Feature writing
I am Joe's prostate / Thomas E. Kennedy, New Letters, Winner: Essays
American roulette / Kurt Andersen, New York, Finalist: Columns and commentary
Casualties of war / Steve Oney, Los Angeles, Finalist: Profile writing
So many men's rooms, so little time / Christopher Hitchens, Slate, Finalist: Columns and commentary
Don't cry for me, Iwo Jima / Tom Carson, GQ, Finalist: Reviews and criticism.
