Out Islands Bahamas. Travel + Leisure, June.

J. R. MOEHRINGER.

Winner Take All. Smithsonian, October.

JOYCE CAROL OATES.

Going Home Again. Smithsonian, March.

ANN PATCHETT.

As American as Cherry Pie. New York Times Magazine, May 19.

APRIL RABKIN.

A Visit to the Shrine of Afghanistan's National Hero. Slate, September 9.

ALEXIS SCHAITKIN.

Living Relics. Ecotone, Spring.

LIESL SCHILLINGER.

Confessions of a Soukaholic. New York Times Magazine, May 19.

JOHN SEABROOK.

The Last Babylift. The New Yorker, May 10.

DAVID SEDARIS.

Standing By. The New Yorker, August 9.

ELLEN RUPPEL Sh.e.l.l.

Capsized. New York Times Magazine, January 24.

ROBIN SHULMAN.

World Cup Travels in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Slate, July 2.

JEREMY STAHL.

"It's Like a Safari and We're the Zebras." Slate, September 21.

KAYT SUKEL.

Chet of Arabia. The Atlantic, March.

THOMAS SWICK.

A Walk Through Old j.a.pan. Smithsonian, October.

Venice in Three Acts. Afar, September/October.

PATRICK SYMMES.

The Beautiful and the Dammed. Outside, June.

Thirty Days as a Cuban. Harper's Magazine, October.

DAMON TABOR.

If It's Tuesday, It Must Be the Taliban. Outside, December.