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This year, we received nearly 400 applications and awarded 15 2020 ¹ú²úÊÓƵ National Fellowships. The competitive selection process is reflected in the immense talent of the 15 National Fellows who earned a spot in this class. Meet the Class of 2020 and learn more about the applicant pool by reading our Class of 2020 “Who Applied?" report.

This year, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ’s National Fellows published 10 books on fascinating topics ranging from climate change, to the conflict in Northern Ireland, to global migration. We are especially excited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Fellows Program, having supported more than 200 National Fellows who have published more than 100 books! As always, our National Fellows are bringing challenging issues to the forefront of public discourse.

Eliza Griswold won the in Nonfiction for her book Amity and Prosperity. Five books by ¹ú²úÊÓƵ fellows were on the New York Times’ list, including Azadeh Moaveni’s Guest House for Young Widows, David Wallace Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth, Christopher Leonard's Kochland, George Packer's Our Man, and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing.

David Wallace-Wells, Patrick Radden Keefe, and Christopher Leonard all held multiple weeks on the for their books.

Jason DeParle's A Good Provider is One Who Leaves, Christopher Leonard's Kochland, and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing were listed as the by the Library Journal. Our Man, by George Packer, was named one of the by the Washington Post.

Azadeh Moaveni's Guest House for Young Widows and Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing Say Nothing . It was also named one of the and one of the best nonfiction books of the decade by .

The recommended eight Fellows' books: A by Jason DeParle, by Patrick Radden Keefe, by George Packer, by Azadeh Moaveni, by Christopher Leonard, by David Wallace-Wells, by Bina Venkataraman, and by Reginald Dwayne Betts.

The following nine 2019 books were reviewed by the New York Times: by David Wallace-Wells, by Patrick Radden Keefe, by George Packer, by Azadeh Moaveni, by Christopher Leonard, A by Jason DeParle, by Bina Venkataraman, by Thomas Chatterton Williams, and by Reginald Dwayne Betts. Reniquia Allen also published an op-ed in the Times based on work for her book, .

In addition to the books, we are honored to have supported a SHOWTIME based on the book by Gabriel Sherman, , a film by Raúl O. Paz Pastrana about immigrant resilience amidst a violent and negligent global migration system, and Sergio, an upcoming Netflix original movie by Greg Barker, based on his . The film will be one of the 118 feature films to . Assia Boundaoui's 2018 film, The Feeling of Being Watched this year.

Along with captivating, award-winning books and films, our fellows also produced a variety of longform articles, interactive features, and presentations.

• Clint Smith, Trymaine Lee, and Reginald Dwayne Betts' work led by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
• Jessica Bruder about the Somali warehouse workers who are taking on Amazon.
• Rachel Aviv about the challenge of going off psychiatric drugs.
• Jill Filipovic about Honduras, domestic violence, and the layered factors driving Honduran women to the southern U.S. border.
• George Packer about Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century.

• Katie Engelhart , an NBC Left Field longform segment about the alternatives low-income American women turn to when they can’t afford clinic abortions.
• Vann R. Newkirk II chronicling the history of the 1 million black families in the Mississippi Delta whose land was stolen for the Atlantic.
• Matthew Shaer about brain reanimation and its scientific and ethical implications.

• Bina Venkataraman about how to more optimistically imagine and realize the future of our lives, businesses, and communities, based on her book The Optimist’s Telescope.
• Suzy Hansen on internet censorship in Turkey for the New York Times Magazine special Tech & Design Issue.

• Reginald Dwayne Betts for his New York Times Magazine article "."
• Suki Kim which she will spend to work on The Portrait of Complicity, an investigative nonfiction book on war and its transgenerational consequences.
• Masha Gessen for her work on the global threat of totalitarianism.
• Marcia Chatelain , awarded for high-caliber scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.
• Sarah Jackson at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications.
• Matthieu Aikins at the Council on Foreign Relations for this year.
• Patricia Evangelista for her investigative work on the drug wars in the Philippines.
• Rania Abouzeid for best nonfiction book on international affairs for her book No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope in Wartime Syria.
• Azadeh Moaveni’s book, Guest House for Young Widows, was shortlisted for the .