Email Author Margaret Downing

Awards

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 22, 2011

  "Mistaken Identities"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 23, 2010

  "Children of God"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 23, 2010

  "Children of God"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published December 30, 2010

  "The Whipping Boy"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published June 3, 2010

  "Homeless High"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published June 4, 2009

  "Let the Record Reflect"

• 2009 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published April 10, 2008

  "Exit Exams"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Mental Anguish"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published November 13, 2008

  "Bad Faith"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 25, 2007

  "Death in a Box"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published August 23, 2007

  "Judging Books and Their Covers"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published May 31, 2007

  "Killing Fences"

• 2008 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published October 25, 2007

  "Death in a Box"

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published October 5, 2006

  "Opt In, Opt Out'

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published October 5, 2006

  "Opt In, Opt Out"

• 2007 - Lone Star Awards, published May 11, 2006

  "Diary of a Mad Man"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published August 11, 2005

  "Who Cares?"

• 2006 - Lone Star Awards, published February 17, 2005

  "Mind Reading"

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2004 Stories by Margaret Downing

• Beggars Can't Be Choosers

  published November 18, 2004

  On October 27, a bunch of middle-aged and old people packed the conference room at the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority to beg.... More >>

• Up in the Air

  published October 14, 2004

  Angie Smith, a Houston Press retail sales employee, got on the Continental flight with her boyfriend, all set to enjoy a fun time in Las... More >>

• KISD Off

  published September 30, 2004

  Anna sits at home on her couch, a pretty girl with blond hair. She looks normal, although it is almost immediately obvious that something is half... More >>

• Keeping It Real

  published September 16, 2004

  The Houston area has never been renowned for its historic preservation. Land is cleared, buildings razed, historic populations are routinely... More >>

• Not a Mooooot Point

  published June 24, 2004

  Charlie Mott was tired of waiting. First of all, he didn't see why all the families at the Future Farmers of America facility in the Alief... More >>

• Survivors

  published May 27, 2004

  Vanessa Perez started Austin High School with 1,000 other students four years ago. This week she graduates with a senior class of 284 kids.... More >>

• A Dog's Life

  published April 8, 2004

  A pack of dogs roams the premises. Nearly all are large, many of them pit bulls and chows. Watching them are the caged dogs, housed in an oddly... More >>

• Watching You

  published March 18, 2004

  A Diet Coke shared among friends was enough to undo 12-year-old Alyssa Nemec's life. The seventh-grader at Garland T. McMeans Junior High went... More >>

• Head Ways

  published January 8, 2004

  You say you've been shopping at Dillard's for years and you've never heard that the department store chain was accused of having problems? You... More >>

• A Closer Look at Dillard's

  published January 8, 2004

  Shannon McDowell was a young African-American on his way up -- his expansion plans coinciding with those of the company he worked for, the... More >>