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April 3, 2012

2012 National Magazine Awards Finalists: Profile Writing

  1. Game of Her Life (Tim Crothers, ESPN the Magazine) For 14-year-old chess progidy Phiona Mutesi, chess is a lifeline

  2. The Blind Man Who Taught Himself How to See (Michael Finkel, Men's Journal) Daniel Kish has been sightless since he was a year old. Yet he can mountain bike. How?

  3. Dewayne Dedmon's Leap Of Faith (Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated)A young basketball player's choice between his mother’s faith and his own heart.

  4. Barrett Brown is Anonymous (Tim Rogers, D Magazine)On the young man who helped overthrow the government of Tunisia from a Dallas apartment.

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