Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Review of Penguin edition of Kerouac’s Scroll Version of “On the Road” wins two top journalism awards: Review is one paragragh long!

A 2,000-word review of Jack Kerouac’s scroll version of “On the Road” (Viking) by Mark Howell has won two first-place journalism awards in 2008. The single-paragraph review, titled “Why Else Should I Live?” won top honor in the Florida Press Club Awards of Excellence competition in October, 2008, and top honor in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Awards of Excellence competition in December, 2008.