Intended to make more accessible the writing of special merit by Canadian reporters and writers about subjects that were particularly important or interesting at the time, this book contains the articles that received the National Newspaper Awards. Following each story is an interview with the winning author. Also included are winning feature and news photographs and a winning cartoon. The awards are as follows: (1) enterprise reporting, "The Vancouver Sun"; (2) column, "Toronto Star"; (3) feature photography, "Ottawa Citizen"; (4) sports writing, "Montreal Gazette"; (5) editorial writing, "Montreal Gazette"; (6) cartooning, "Hamilton Spectator"; (7) critical writing, "Toronto Star"; (8) news photography, "Edmonton Sun"; (9) spot news reporting, "Southam News" and (10) feature writing, "Montreal Gazette." The book concludes with a cumulative index of National Newspaper Award winners. (HTH)