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Here are a few of the winners, with links to the articles.

PUBLIC INTEREST
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of local or national importance

The Atlantic
For “God Help You, You’re on Dialysis,” by Robin Fields, Propublica
December

Marie Claire
For “Still Waiting After All These Years … ,” by Ralph Blumenthal
September

The New Yorker
For “Letting Go,” by Atul Gawande
August 2

OnEarth
For “What’s the Catch?” by Bruce Barcott; photographs by Corey Arnold
Summer

Texas Monthly
For a two-part series by Pamela Colloff: “Innocence Lost,” October; “Innocence Found,” January 2011

REPORTING
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles

Harper’s Magazine
For “The Guantanamo ‘Suicides,’” by Scott Horton
March

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Desert War” by Robert F. Worth
July 11

The New Yorker
For “Covert Operations,” by Jane Mayer
August 30

Rolling Stone
For “The Runaway General,” by Michael Hastings
July 8-22

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Digging Out,” essay and photographs by Elliott D. Woods
Fall

FEATURE WRITING
Honors original, stylish storytelling

The Atlantic
For “The Wrong Man,” by David Freed
May

GQ
For “The Suicide Catcher,” by Michael Paterniti
May

Los Angeles
For “The End,” by Ben Ehrenreich
November

Mother Jones
For “For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question,” by Mac McClelland
March-April

The New Yorker
For “The Mark of a Masterpiece,” by David Grann
July 12 and July 19

PROFILE WRITING
Honors news or feature stories focused on individuals or groups of closely linked individuals

The Atlantic
For “Autism’s First Child,” by John Donvan and Caren Zucker
October

Harper’s Magazine
For “Own Goal,” by Wells Tower
June

New York
For “Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny,” by Jonathan Van Meter
May 31

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Man the White House Wakes Up To,” by Mark Leibovich
April 25

The New Yorker
For “The Unconsoled,” by George Packer
September 27

ESSAYS & CRITICISM
Honors long-form journalism that presents the opinions of the writer on topics ranging from the personal to the political

The American Scholar
For “Solitude and Leadership,” by William Deresiewicz
Spring

The Antioch Review
For “The Physics of Speed,” by William Giraldi
Fall

The New Yorker
For “The Fun Stuff,” by James Wood
November 29

The Paris Review
For “Mister Lytle: An Essay,” by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Fall

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Lust, Devotion, and the Binary Code,” by Kamin Mohammadi
Summer

COLUMNS & COMMENTARY
Honors short-form journalism that presents the views of the writer or publication

Esquire
For three “A Thousand Words About Our Culture” columns by Stephen Marche: “What’s Your Favorite War?” March; “Why Is Clint Eastwood Still the Man?” November; “Why Can’t Kanye West Shut the Hell Up?” December

New York
For three reviews by Jerry Saltz: “Less Than the Sum of Its Parts,” April 5; “A Grand Tour,” August 9-16; “Judge Jerry,” September 20

The New Yorker
For three “Talk of the Town” columns by Hendrik Hertzberg: “And The Oscar Goes To,” February 15-22; “Puppetry,” November 29; “Iran and the Bomb,” December 13

Vanity Fair
For three columns by Christopher Hitchens: “Topic of Cancer,” September; “Unanswerable Prayers,” October; “Miss Manners and the Big C,” December

Vanity Fair
For three columns by James Wolcott: “The Norman Conquests,” June; “Barbarians at the Shore,” October; “The Sound of Sanity,” December