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The final session of the 2015 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference served as a preview of next year’s theme.In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes, the conference will…

George Getschow, the tribal leader and founder of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, opened Sunday’s sessions by taking attendees to the Fulton Fish Market in New York, the Los Angeles…

In a conference themed around “The Great Divide,” stories that bridge societal, economic and cultural gaps, the first session at this year’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference exclusively on race admittedly…

Dan Barry said a 90-word wire report from rural Iowa was the spark of what became his 2014 story “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse.’”Thirty men with intellectual disabilities in a…

In a room full of writers, Caleb Hannan was remarkably honest and candid about his mistakes.At the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Hannan discussed his 2014 Grantland story that sparked national…

The Riveter’s second issue was published in summer 2014, and its third issue is set to publish this fall.The two journalism students didn’t let their awe at meeting Esquire writer…

Lessons on column writing from Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Schmich’s 23 years at the Chicago Tribune

Editor’s Note: Anyone who writes about politics and politicians knows how difficult it is to bring fresh insight to familiar issues and personalities. That challenge is even greater if your…

When Jeanne Marie Laskas set out to write about guns for GQ magazine in 2012, she knew it would be difficult but she didn’t expect it would become the story…

If there’s anywhere that crime pays, it might be at this year’s National City and Regional Magazine Awards, where a majority of the winning stories, announced last night at the…