Winners of the 2013 FWAA Best Writer Contest. Click on links below to read the first-place stories.
Game
First place — Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com
Second place — Andrea Adelson, ESPN.com
Third place — Glenn Guilbeau, Gannett Louisiana Newspapers
Honorable mention — Matt Fortuna, ESPN.com; George Schroeder, USA Today; Greg Barnes, InsideCarolina.com
Feature
First place — Adam Lucas, Tar Heel Monthly
Second place — Sanjay Kirpalani, Bleacher Report
Third place — Dave Guffey, GoGriz.com
Honorable mention — Matt Hayes, Sporting News; Kevin Armstrong, New York Daily News
Column
First place — Ben Frederickson, Casper Star-Tribune
Second place — David Jones, Harrisburg Patriot-News
Third place — Gentry Estes, Dawgs247.com
Honorable mention — Aaron Brenner, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; Peter Kerasotis, HeyPeterK.com; George Schroeder, The Register-Guard; Pete Thamel, SI.com
Enterprise
First place — Matt Hayes, Sporting News
Second place — Curtis Eichelberger and Charles Babcock, Bloomberg News
Third place — Scott Dochterman, Cedar Rapids Gazette
Honorable mention — Aaron Brenner, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com; Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine