NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2014 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
“New York” leads Ellie pack with 9 nominations; “The Hollywood Reporter,” “Modern Farmer” and “The Verge” among first-time finalists
NEW YORK, NY (March 27, 2014)—The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) today announced the finalists for the 2014 National Magazine Awards. Known as the Ellies—for the Alexander Calder stabile "Elephant" given to each award winner—the National Magazine Awards will be presented on Thursday, May 1, at the New York Marriott Marquis.
Sixty-six publications were nominated this year in 24 categories. Twenty-six magazines received multiple nominations, led by New York with nine, followed by National Geographic, The New Yorker and Wired, each with six. Bon Appétit received five nominations; GQ and Harper’s Magazine both received four.
Magazines with three nominations include The Atavist, The Atlantic, Esquire, Garden & Gun, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, Vanity Fair and W. Publications with two nominations are Backpacker, Bloomberg Businessweek, ESPN The Magazine, Glamour, Los Angeles, Martha Stewart Living, Modern Farmer, Money, Poetry, Runner’s World and Slate.
Six publications are first-time finalists: The Hollywood Reporter, Landscape Architecture and Pacific Standard for General Excellence; Modern Farmer for General Excellence and Magazine Section; Road and Track for Magazine Section; and The Verge for Video.
Digital-first finalists include The Atavist for Multimedia, Video and Reporting; The Daily Beast for Multimedia; Pitchfork for Website; Slate for Website and Columns and Commentary; Tablet Magazine for Columns and Commentary; and The Verge for Video.
Among the notable writers whose work was short listed were Sarah Stillman, one of whose stories for The New Yorker was nominated in the Public Interest category for the third year in a row (her story “The Invisible Army” won the award in 2012); Luke Mogelson, whose stories “The Dream Boat” for The New York Times Magazine and “The River Martyrs” for The New Yorker were both nominated in Reporting; and Wells Tower, whose essay “The Old Man at Burning Man” for GQ and short story “The Dance Contest” for McSweeney’s were nominated in Essays and Criticism and Fiction respectively.
Also honored were Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose blog posts for The Atlantic were nominated in Columns and Commentary and whose story “Fear of a Black President” won the award for Essays and Criticism for The Atlantic last year; David Kamp, whose article “The Day Before” for Vanity Fair was nominated for Feature Writing and whose work is the basis for the Vanity Fair series “The Snob’s Dictionary,” which was nominated in Video; and Tim Walker, whose photographs for W were nominated for the third time in the last four years in Feature Photography.
Articles by the novelists Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith and William T. Vollman were also short listed. The nominated pieces are Franzen's “Last Song” for National Geographic in Public Interest; Smith's “Embassy of Cambodia” for The New Yorker in Fiction; and Vollman's “Life as a Terrorist” for Harper’s Magazine in Essays and Criticism.
“The range of this year’s finalists is testament to the vitality of magazine media,” said Sid Holt, chief executive of ASME. “Every day media consumers turn to magazines for practical information and advice about their passions and interests. Also growing is readers’ interest in the kind of long-form journalism and digital storytelling that only magazines can deliver. Whatever readers are looking for, they know the best place to find it is in magazines—and that’s what these nominations show, that the quality of magazine journalism both in print and on digital platforms is at an all-time high.”
Established in 1966, the National Magazine Awards are sponsored by ASME in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. More than 250 publications entered the National Magazine Awards this year, submitting 1,586 entries. The judges included 333 magazine editors, art directors and photography editors as well as journalism educators.
National Magazine Awards 2014 Finalists
General Excellence
General Interest Magazines
Honors magazines covering politics, business, technology, sports and entertainment
GQ; Harper’s Magazine; National Geographic; New York; Wired
Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors magazines covering family, the home, food, fashion and relationships
ESSENCE; Glamour; Martha Stewart Living; Real Simple; Sunset
Style and Design Magazines
Honors magazines covering fashion, decorating, dining, entertaining and travel
AFAR; Bon Appétit; Garden & Gun; Harper’s Bazaar; W
Active Interest Magazines
Honors magazines covering active sports, outdoor recreation and health and fitness
Field & Stream; Men’s Journal; Outside; Runner’s World; Women’s Health
Special Interest Magazines
Honors magazines serving highly defined reader communities
The Hollywood Reporter; Inc.; Landscape Architecture; Los Angeles; Modern Farmer
Literature, Science and Politics Magazines
Honors smaller-circulation general-interest magazines as well as publications covering the arts
The American Scholar; MIT Technology Review; Mother Jones; Pacific Standard; Poetry
Design
Honors overall excellence in print magazine design
Bon Appétit; Esquire; Martha Stewart Living; New York; Wired
Photography
Honors overall excellence in print magazine photography
Bon Appétit; National Geographic; New York; Vogue; W
Single-Topic Issue
Honors print magazines that have devoted a single issue to the comprehensive examination of one subject
- Bloomberg Businessweek for “Five Years From the Brink,” September 16-22
- Esquire for “The American Man Now: Esquire’s 80th Anniversary Issue,” October
- New York for “His Town,” September 16
- Poetry for “Landays,” June
- Scientific American for “The Food Issue,” September
Magazine Section
Honors front- or back-of-the-book departments or sections regularly published in print
- GQ for “Manual”
- Modern Farmer for “Modern Farmer Handbook”
- New York for “Strategist”
- Road & Track for “Go”
- Vanity Fair for “Fanfair”
Personal Service
Honors the use of print to serve readers’ needs and aspirations
- Cosmopolitan for “Your Cosmo Guide to Contraception,” September
- GQ for “GQ’s Guide to Dating Online,” March
- Health for “Are You Getting a Good Skin Check? Are You Sure?” by Sunny Sea Gold, September
- Los Angeles for “How to Afford the LA Life,” April
- Money for “The Massachusetts Experiment,” June; “Worker, Heal Thyself,” August; and “Obamacare: Game (Really) On,” October, by Amanda Gengler
- Money for “101 Ways to Build Wealth,” May
- Southern Living for “35 Secrets to Southern Charm,” March
Leisure Interests
Honors the use of print to provide practical information about recreational activities and special interests
- Backpacker for “The Truth About Bears,” by Ted Alvarez, March
- Backpacker for “A Is for Apocalypse,” October
- ESPN The Magazine for “Analytics Package,” March 4
- Garden & Gun for “The Southerner’s Handbook,” February/March
- O, The Oprah Magazine for “Hair Extravaganza!” September
- Texas Monthly for “The 50 Best BBQ Joints . . . in the World!” June
- Wired for “Crazy Good! Locos Tacos, Umami Burgers, Fake Meat, and the Miracle of Processed Food,” October
Website
Honors magazine websites and digital-only magazines
National Geographic; New York; Outside; Pitchfork; Slate
Tablet Magazine
Honors magazines published on tablets and e-readers, including digital-only magazines
Bloomberg Businessweek; Bon Appétit; Garden & Gun; National Geographic; Wired
Multimedia
Honors digital storytelling and the integration of magazine media
- The Atavist for “Coronado High,” by Joshuah Bearman, July, at atavist.com
- The Daily Beast for “Roe v. Wade Turns 40,” by Michael Keller and Allison Yarrow; edited by Harry Siegel, January 22, at thedailybeast.com
- National Geographic for “The Last Chase,” by Robert Draper, November print issue and iPad edition
- The New York Times Magazine for “A Game of Shark and Minnow,” by Jeff Himmelman, photographs by Ashley Gilbertson, October 27 print issue and at nytimes.com
- Wired for “Vision Quest,” by Clive Thompson, September print issue and at wired.com
Video
Honors the outstanding use of video by magazine websites and digital-only magazines
- The Atavist for “The Last Clinic,” by Maisie Crow, essay by Alissa Quart
- Glamour for “Confronting Cancer: BRCA1 & BRCA2 Gene Mutations,” October 9, “Recovery: Meds. And Love,” October 23, and “Life Post-Surgery: Back on Stage,” October 30, from the “Screw You Cancer” series
- Prevention for “The Remarkable Story of Ernestine Shepherd”
- Vanity Fair for “Film Snob: The History of American International Pictures,” July 9, “Rock Snob: Robot-Rock Originators Kraftwerk,” October 28, and “Food Snob: Thanksgiving and the Heritage Turkey,” November 11, from “The Snob’s Dictionary” series
- The Verge for “Beyond Recognition: The Incredible Story of a Face Transplant,” June 4
Public Interest
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of national importance
- The Atlantic for “How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?” by Jean M. Twenge, photographs by Geof Kern, July/August
- Fortune for “Dirty Medicine,” May 15, “Maker of Generic Lipitor Pleads Guilty to Selling ‘Adulterated Drugs,’” May 13, and “The Latest to Claim Fraud at Generic Lipitor Maker Ranbaxy: Its Owners,” May 23, by Katherine Eban
- National Geographic for “Last Song,” by Jonathan Franzen, photographs by David Guttenfelder, July
- The New Yorker for “Taken,” by Sarah Stillman, August 12 & 19
- TIME for “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” by Steven Brill, March 4
Reporting
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles
- The Atavist for “The Sinking of the Bounty,” by Matthew Shaer, February
- Harper’s Magazine for “The Way of All Flesh,” by Ted Conover, May
- The New York Times Magazine for “The Dream Boat,” by Luke Mogelson, photographs by Joel Van Houdt, November 17
- The New Yorker for “The River Martyrs,” by Luke Mogelson, April 29
- Outside for “Nineteen,” by Kyle Dickman, November
- Rolling Stone for “Jahar’s World,” by Janet Reitman, August 1
- The Texas Observer for a two-part series by Emily DePrang: “Crimes Unpunished,” July, and “The Horror Every Day,” September
Feature Writing
Honors original, stylish storytelling
- ESPN The Magazine for “Michael Jordan Has Not Left the Building,” by Wright Thompson, March 4
- New York for “Orders of Grief,” by Lisa Miller, November 11
- The New York Times Magazine for “The Misfits,” by Stephen Rodrick, January 13
- The New Yorker for “A Loaded Gun,” by Patrick Radden Keefe, February 11 & 18
- Runner’s World for “Bret, Unbroken,” by Steve Friedman, June
- Vanity Fair for “The Day Before,” by David Kamp, December
- Wired for “Dangerous,” by Joshua Davis, January
Feature Photography
Honors the use of original photography in a feature story, photo-essay or photo portfolio
- The FADER for “Chicago Fire,” photographs by Daniel Shea, April/May
- New York for “Candy Land,” photographs by Will Cotton, February 18-25
- Vice for “Deep-Fried America on a Stick,” by Sophie D. Gilden, photographs by Bruce Gilden, November
- Virginia Quarterly Review for “Life on the River Gambia,” photographs by Jason Florio, Spring
- W for “Stranger Than Paradise,” photographs by Tim Walker, May
Essays and Criticism
Honors interpretative and critical journalism
- The Believer for “If He Hollers Let Him Go,” by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, October
- GQ for “The Old Man at Burning Man,” by Wells Tower, February
- Harper’s Magazine for “Sliver of Sky,” by Barry Lopez, January
- Harper’s Magazine for “Life as a Terrorist,” by William T. Vollmann, September
- The New Yorker for “Thanksgiving in Mongolia,” by Ariel Levy, November 18
Columns and Commentary
Honors political and social commentary; news analysis; and reviews and criticism
- Architect for three columns by Witold Rybczynski: “Overexposed,” April; “Radical Revival,” August; and “Behind the Façade,” November
- The Atlantic for blog posts by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The New Yorker for three columns by Emily Nussbaum: “Shark Week,” February 25; “Difficult Women,” July 29; and “Private Practice,” October 7
- Slate for three columns by David Auerbach: “Err Engine Down,” October 8; “Quixotic Queries Question Quality!” October 12; and “Debugging the Healthcare.gov Hearings,” October 25
- Tablet Magazine for three columns by J. Hoberman: “Living the Nightmare of Mass Murder in Oscar-Nominated Doc 'The Act of Killing,’” July 17; “Hannah Arendt, Guilty Pleasure,” May 24; and “Coen Bros. Torture Another Schlemiel While Imagining They Are Dylan’s True Heirs,” November 21
Fiction
Honors fiction originally published in magazines
Magazine of the Year
Honors magazines for print and digital editorial excellence and the success of out-of-book programs and services
The Atlantic; Bon Appétit; Esquire; Fast Company; New York
All publication dates 2013 unless otherwise indicated
About ASME
The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. The members of ASME include the editorial leaders of most major consumer and business magazines published in print and on digital platforms. Founded in 1963, ASME works to defend the First Amendment, protect editorial independence and support the development of journalism. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia Journalism School and publishes the ASME Guidelines for Editors and Publishers.
About Columbia Journalism School
For over a century, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has been preparing journalists with instruction and training that stresses academic rigor, ethics, journalistic inquiry and professional practice. Founded with a gift from Joseph Pulitzer, the school opened its doors in 1912 and offers master of science, master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees. Learn more at journalism.columbia.edu.
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