For a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch , by John Camp
For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the Depression.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1986:
David Lee Preston
For his account of how, by means of a trip through Germany and Eastern Europe, he managed to come to terms with his father's experiences in the Holocaust.
Irene Virag
For her elegantly written and sensitive stories about the aspirations and accomplishments of ordinary people.
The Jury
The Jury
Paul Janensch(Chair)
Executive Editor, The Courier Journal and Louisville (Ky.) Times
J. D. Alexander
Executive Editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Stephen L. Bouser
Editor, Salisbury (N.C.) Post
Jeannette Gottlieb Hardy
Editor, Dixie magazine, New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item
Jean Otto
Editorial Page Editor, Rocky Mountain News
Winners in Feature Writing
Alice Steinbach
For her account of a blind boy's world, "A Boy of Unusual Vision."
Peter Mark Rinearson
For "Making It Fly," his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner.
Nan Robertson
For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
Saul Pett
For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy.
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.