For a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime
consideration to high literary quality and originality, Three
thousand dollars ($3,000).
Awarded to Rick Bragg of The New York Times for his elegantly
written stories about contemporary America.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Richard E. Meyer
of the Los Angeles Times for "Buried Alive", his chilling profile of
a woman's desperate attempts to communicate after being left mute and
paralyzed by strokes, and Hank Stuever of The Albuquerque Tribune for
his detailed and highly personal account of returning to his hometown
of Oklahoma City after the bombing there.