Download or read book The Best American Magazine Writing 2005 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the magazine world, no recognition is more highly coveted or prestigious than a National Magazine Award. Annually, members of the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism select the year's most dynamic, original, provocative, and influential magazine stories. Chosen from more than one thousand submissions from a variety of magazines, the winning and finalist pieces in this anthology represent outstanding work by some of the most eminent writers in America as well as rising literary and journalistic talents. This collection celebrates excellence in a variety of genres: investigative reporting, features, profiles, criticism, and essays. Wide-ranging in style and in their subject matter, these pieces inform, surprise, entertain, and provide new perspectives on our world.