Joshua Donn

Joshua Samuel Donn (born June 1, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a multi national champion and a gold medal world junior champion in contract bridge. He is known as a bridge lecturer  as well as author. Donn is an American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. He is the all-time leader of Richard Pavlicek's monthly polls that ran from 2000-2006 and had thousands of participants from over 90 countries. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his daughter.

Publications
Donn authored a popular online column called "Breakin' the Rules" from 2011 to 2015. He co-authored a book called More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play with Barry Rigal in 2013. He also has moderated and written a column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin called "The Bidding Box" since 2021.

Awards

 * Joan Gerard Youth Award, World Bridge Federation
 * Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "Yeh Bros. 2014 Best Bid Deal of the Year" for Josh Donn & Adam Kaplan in "Grand Bidding" by Sue Munday
 * Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "2014 Master Point Press Book of the Year" for More Breaking the Rules - Second-Hand Play by Barry Rigal and Josh Donn

Wins

 * World Youth Bridge Team Championships 2006
 * Roth Open Swiss Teams 2008
 * Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 2011
 * Roth Open Swiss Teams 2016
 * Roth Open Swiss Teams 2019

Runners-up

 * NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams 2016
 * Grand National Teams 2016
 * North American Pairs Flight A 2024

Service

 * ACBL Hall of Fame Committee
 * USBF Credentials Committee