Winning Contest Entries
Explore a diverse array of entries that have participated in our contests over the years. These entries represent the incredible talent, creativity, and dedication of journalists and storytellers from various backgrounds and media platforms.
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- Health Policy (large)
Lost to Care: America’s Mental Health Crisis
Week after week, Barbara Vassis watches as her daughter sinks deeper into a delusional world while sitting in a Boulder, Colo., jail…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Health Policy (large)
Overpayment Outrage
Justina Worrell, 47, works part time as a kitchen helper in an Ohio nursing home. She has cerebral palsy, an…
- 2023
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
A death of choice
For years, Karen Wentworth knew how she wanted to die. A plan was detailed in a small green notebook she…
- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
The online baby sleep boom
When Alex P. got pregnant, she made a decision to retreat from the digital world as much as possible. She knew…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
The Side Effect Roulette of Cancer Treatment
THE STOMACH PAIN STOPPED Vickie-Lee Wall in her tracks. “The first time the pain got that bad, I honestly thought something…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
The Quality of Mercy
It was February 2019, and Mary Price had rarely seen her office so busy. A wiry woman in her sixties…
- 2023
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement
They wanted it because they’d just gone through a bad breakup and needed an edge in the volatile dating market;…
- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
The Obesity Revolution
A two-part message is permeating the halls of medicine and the fabric of society, sliding into medical school lectures, pediatricians’…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
The short life of Baby Milo
Deborah Dorbert is devoting the final days before her baby’s birth to planning the details of the infant’s death. She and her…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Some anorexia patients want the right to die. A few doctors are willing to listen.
Experts are divided on whether the illness can be considered terminal, raising fundamental questions over bodily autonomy and treatment
- 2023
First Place
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- Business
‘It’s beyond unethical’: Opaque conflicts of interest permeate prescription drug benefits
Employers across the country — from big names like Boeing and UPS to local school systems — pay consulting firms…
- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- Business
Behind the Cloud: FDA’s failing effort to control Chinese disposable e-cigarettes
The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Business
Dying Broke
Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Business
With Every Breath: Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect
The first complaints landed at the offices of Philips Respironics in 2010, soon after the company made a fateful decision…
- 2023
First Place
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- 2023
Honorable Mention
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