The Best American Magazine Writing 2018

Edited by Sid Holt for the American Society of Magazine Editors

Introduction, by Alison Overholt, vice president and editor in chief, ESPN the Magazine, espnW, and the ESPYs
Acknowledgments
Abuses of Power and Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein¿s Army of Spies, by Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker: Winner¿Public Interest
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn¿t Come Out Until Now and Your Reckoning. And Mine. and This Moment Isn¿t (Just) About Sex. It¿s Really About Work, by Rebecca Traister, New York: Winner¿Columns and Commentary
The Horizon of Desire and We¿re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy and The Unforgiving Minute, by Laurie Penny, Longreads: Finalist¿Columns and Commentary
The Last Person You¿d Expect to Die in Childbirth, by Nina Martin and Renee Montagne, ProPublica with NPR: Finalist¿Public Interest
The Uncounted, by Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal, New York Times Magazine: Winner¿Reporting
How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico, by Ginger Thompson, National Geographic and ProPublica: Finalist¿Reporting
What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?, by Ian Frazier, Smithsonian: Finalist¿Essays and Criticism
The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells, New York: Finalist¿Essays and Criticism
My President Was Black, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic: Finalist¿Feature Writing
Standing Down and Roger Goodell Has a Jerry Jones Problem, by Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr., ESPN the Magazine: Finalist¿Reporting
How the Oscar Flub Demonstrates the Limits of Black Graciousness and How Oprah Got Her Acting Groove Back and Maria Sharapoväs Rivalry With Serena Williams Is in Her Head, by Bim Adewunmi, BuzzFeed News: Finalist¿Columns and Commentary
The Williams Movement and Power Play and How Is This Still a Debate?, by Howard Bryant, ESPN the Magazine: Finalist¿Columns and Commentary
Loläs Story, by Alex Tizon, The Atlantic: Winner¿Essays and Criticism
Love in the Time of Robots, by Alex Mar, Wired with Epic Magazine: Finalist¿Feature Writing
Cat Person, by Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker: Finalist¿ASME Award for Fiction
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