Our annual anthology of finalists and winners of the National Magazine Awards 2014 includes Max Chafkin's oral history of Apple from Fast Company, Joshua Davis's intimate portrait of tech pioneer John McAfee's personal and public breakdown from Wired; Kyle Dickman's haunting investigation into the preventable death of nineteen firemen battling an Arizona wildfire; and Ariel Levy's emotional account of extreme travel to a remote land--while pregnant--from The New Yorker.

Old Sam and the Little Fire Engine do not seem to be needed in Little Snoring anymore, as the town has a brand new motor fire engine and five smart firemen. But it is old Sam and Little Fire Engine who gallop to the rescue on the night of the big fire.