GENERAL EXCELLENCE
March 1985 Atlantic Monthly
July 1985 Atlantic Monthly
November 1985Atlantic Monthly

PERSONAL SERVICE
"A Crisis in Public Health" (October 1985)
By Katie Leishman

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"Vulcan" (June 1985)
By Peter Behrens

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"What Feels Like the World" (October 1985)
By Richard Bausch

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"Doe Season" (November 1985)
By David Michael Kaplan

REPORTING
"What's Wrong With Congress?" (December 1984)
By Gregg Easterbrook

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"Saint Marie" (March 1984)
By Louise Erdrich

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"The Poor Are Always With Us" (September 1984)
By Tobias Wolff

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"The Small Things That Save Us" (October 1984)
By Brent Spencer

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"Playing Trombone" (March 1982)
By Nicholson Baker

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"Feathers" (September 1982)
By Raymond Carver

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"Visitors" (April 1982)
By Alice Munro

PUBLIC SERVICE
"The Education of David Stockman" (December 1981)
In 1980, David Stockman was selected to be the budget director for the incoming Reagan Administration. Soon afterwards, William Greider approached Stockman and asked if he could write about his experiences in the budget office. Stockman agreed. When the article appeared in The Atlantic, it created a firestorm of controversy. Stockman, who had spoken too freely of his reservations about the Administration's policies, lost his job. By William Greider

ESSAYS & CRITICISM
"Designer Dancing" (April 1981)
By Holly Bruback

ESSAYS & CRITICISM
"Balanchine's Tchaikovsky" (June 1981)
By Holly Bruback

ESSAYS & CRITICISM
"Moving Pictures" (September 1981).
By Holly Bruback

FICTION
"Detroit Skyline" (June 1981).
By Bobbie Ann Mason

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"Cathedral" (September 1981).
By Raymond Carver

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"The Prophet's Hair" (September 1981).
Salman Rushdie