SELECTED BY JASON WILSON
ANDREW BEAHRS
Three-Stone Fire. Virginia Quarterly Review, Fall.
KIMBERLY BEEKMAN
Riding the Waves. Skiing, December.
MOLLY BEER
Fire Ants. Vela, November 18.
FRANK BURES
The Fallout. Washington Post Magazine, March 24.
TOM CHIARELLA
1,000 Miles of Men. Esquire, June/July.
NATHAN DEUEL
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East. Morning News, October 2.
CARA DORRIS
My Fake Levantine Romance. New York Times Magazine, October 13.
JOSH EELLS
Night Club Royale. The New Yorker, September 30.
EVE FAIRBANKS
Pardon’d. Witness, Spring.
DAVID FARLEY
A Sort of Happy Ending. World Hum, June 8.
MIKE FINKEL
First Australians. National Geographic, June.
Stranded on the Roof of the World. National Geographic, February.
SALLY FRANSON
The Tour Guide. Witness, Spring.
STEVE FRIEDMAN
Nirvana Now! Backpacker, June.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Don’t Mess with Perfect. Outside, April.
A. A. GILL
Goodward Vibrations. Vanity Fair, September.
ROWAN JACOBSEN
The Homeless Herd. Harper’s Magazine, August.
JAMIE JAMES
That Old Bali Magic. National Geographic Traveler, June/July.
MARK JENKINS
America’s Cathedrals. National Geographic Traveler, October.
Get Up and Go. Outside, October.
Maxed Out on Everest. National Geographic, June.
On the Trail with the First Skiers. National Geographic, June.
RACHEL PIEH JONES
“Bring a Big Knife to School” Day. Smart Set, July 31.
ARIEL LEVY
Thanksgiving in Mongolia. The New Yorker, November 18.
PETER JON LINDBERG
The Books They Carried. Travel + Leisure, August.
SANDRA TSING LOH
Remembrance of Things Past in Egypt. More, May.
DOUG MACK
Go Your Own Way. Morning News, July 24.
JUSTIN NOBLE
The Search for Granny-dump Mountain. Tin House, October 22.
MICHAEL PATERNITI
The Luckiest Village in the World. GQ, May.
TONY PERROTTET
Rich Tourist, Poor Tourist. New York Times, May 26.
EDWARD READICKER-HENDERSON
Heaven Scent. Afar, August/September.
PAUL SALOPEK
Out of Eden. National Geographic, December.
A Stroll Around the World. New York Times, November 24.
DAVID SEDARIS
Long Way Home. The New Yorker, April 1.
NOAH GALLAGHER SHANNON
To Land Unknown. New York Times Magazine, May 19.
JESSE SMITH
Florida’s Promise. Smart Set, March 26.
THOMAS SWICK
Warsaw, Liberated. National Geographic Traveler, August/September.
THOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS
How Hipsters Ruined Paris. New York Times, November 10.
ALEX WILSON
At the Crossroads. Surfer, July.