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FINALISTS

The Believer
Daniel Gumbiner, Editor
Edited by Ginger Greene
Three articles from the series “Character Studies” by Isle McElroy: “Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave,” January 29, “László Tóth in The Brutalist,” February 6, and “Toros in Anora,” March 3, at thebeliever.net

CULTURED
Sarah Harrelson, Editor in Chief
Edited by Julia Halperin
Three articles by Johanna Fateman: “How Cameron Rowland Became the Leading Land Artist of the 21st Century,” January 29, “72 Hours in Aspen: Matthew Barney, Issy Wood, and the Catastrophe of Life on Land,” August 6, and “Figurative Painting’s Not Dead and There’s a New Fair in Town: Johanna Fateman’s New York Art Week Diary,” September 10, at culturedmag.com

Harper’s Magazine
Christopher Carroll, Editor
Edited by Will Stephenson
“Twain Dreams,” by John Jeremiah Sullivan, June

New York
David Haskell, Editor in Chief
Edited by Gazelle Emami
Two articles by Andrea Long Chu: “Good-bye, Pamela Paul,” February 7 at nymag.com, and “The Romance of Being Unreadable,” May 5-18

New York Review of Architecture
Samuel Medina, Editor
Edited by Samuel Medina and Chloe Wyma
“The Brutalist,” by Thomas de Monchaux, March/April, “Megalopolis,” by Mark Krotov, March/April, and “Frickrolled,” by Thomas de Monchaux, May-August

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
Edited by Henry Finder
Three articles by Kathryn Schulz: “Tangled Web,” February 17 & 24, “Westward Oy!,” May 5, and “No Way Out,” September 29

Teen Vogue
Versha Sharma, Editor in Chief
Edited by Brittney McNamara
Two articles by P. Claire Dodson: “‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Album Review: A Taylor Swift Who Is Unafraid to Fail,” October 3, and “Ophelia Explained: How Taylor Swift Reimagines Shakespeare and Continues Ophelia's Legacy,” October 5