Playboy's Annual Writing Awards

January, 1971

In reviewing Playboy's pages for 1970, we were impressed by the number of distinguished writers whose contributions helped us meet the test of editorial relevance inherent in the opening year of a new decade. But our task of selecting the eight recipients of our annual writing awards from among all the authors who appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months was an even greater challenge. The editors finally did manage to choose the winners, and--as tokens of our respect and appreciation--ea...