2019 Winners and Finalists

 COVER OF THE YEAR

WINNER
TIME
"Her Lasting Impact," October 15
D.W. Pine, Designer
John Mavroudis, Illustrator 

Best News and Politics

WINNER
TIME
"Her Lasting Impact," October 15
D.W. Pine, Designer
John Mavroudis, Illustrator

READERS' CHOICE
TIME
“I’m a Teacher in America,” September 24
D.W. Pine, Designer
Maddie McGarvey, Jared Soares and Alex Welsh, Photographers

FINALIST
National Geographic
“The Story of a Face,” September
Emmet Smith, Designer
Maggie Steber, Photographer

FINALIST
New York
“72 Years of School Shootings, by Those Who Survived Them,” October 29-November 11
Jody Quon & Tom Alberty, Designers
Michael Avedon, Photographer 

FINALIST
The New Yorker
“Welcome to Congress,” November 19
Barry Blitt, Illustrator

FINALIST
TIME
“Stormy,” April 23
D.W. Pine, Designer
Tim O'Brien, Illustrator 

Best Entertainment and Celebrity

WINNER
The New York Times Magazine
Maya Rudolph cover, September 16
Gail Bichler, Designer
Vanessa Prager, Illustrator
Alex Prager, Photographer

READERS' CHOICE
Billboard
“This Is BTS,” February 17
Nicole Tereza, Designer
Peter Ash Lee, Photographer

FINALIST
GQ
“Hands Down, Our Best Comedy Issue Ever,” June
Martin Schoeller, Photographer

FINALIST
Harper’s BAZAAR
Zoë Kravitz cover, October
Elizabeth Hummer, Designer
Camilla Akrans, Photographer

FINALIST
The New Yorker
“Golden Opportunity," March 5
Chris Ware, Illustrator

FINALIST
Rolling Stone
Chadwick Boseman cover, March 8
Joseph Hutchinson, Designer
Norman Jean Roy, Photographer

Best Business and Technology

WINNER
TIME
“The Drone Age,” June 11
D.W. Pine, Designer

READERS' CHOICE
Popular Science
“Intelligence,” Spring
Pete Sucheski, Designer
The Voorhes, Photographer

FINALIST
Bloomberg Businessweek
“Big Changes at the Top,” March 19
Nejc Prah, Designer
Simon Dawson/Bloomberg, Photographer

FINALIST
The California Sunday Magazine
“A Kingdom From Dust,” February 4
Leo Jung, Designer
Trent Davis Bailey, Photographer

FINALIST
The New York Times Magazine
“Is Google Too Powerful?,” February 25
Gail Bichler, Designer

FINALIST
Popular Science
“Intelligence,” Spring
Pete Sucheski, Designer
The Voorhes, Photographer

Best Service and Lifestyle

WINNER
New York
"How to Be an Artist" November 26-December 9
Jody Quon and Tom Alberty, Designers
Joe Darrow and John Ritter, Illustrators

READERS' CHOICE
Concealed Carry Magazine
“Perfect Fit,” April
Ken Wangler and Dustin Reid, Designers, Illustrators and Photographers

FINALIST
The Atlantic
“The Sex Recession,” December
Peter Mendelsund, Oliver Munday, Designers

FINALIST
The California Sunday Magazine
“The Way Home,” December 2
Leo Jung, Designer
Ricardo Nagaoka, Photographer

FINALIST
Garden & Gun
“Best of the Sporting South,” December 2018/January 2019
Marshall McKinney, Designer
Andy Anderson, Photographer

FINALIST
Sonoma
“Take Me to the River,” July/August
Ryan Mesheau, Designer
Ron Koeberer, Photographer

Best Sports and Fitness

WINNER
The New Yorker
“In Creative Battle,” January 15
Mark Ulriksen, Illustrator

READERS' CHOICE
ESPN The Magazine
Simone Biles cover, December 2018/January 2019
Chin Wang, Designer
Danielle Levitt, Photographer

FINALIST
The California Sunday Magazine
“Mavericks,” August 5
Leo Jung, Designer
Rose Marie Cromwell, Photographer

FINALIST
ESPN The Magazine
Adam Rippon cover, July 8
Chin Wang, Designer
Mark Seliger, Photographer

FINALIST
The New York Times Magazine
“The Enthusiast’s Guide to the Winter Games,” February 4
Gail Bichler, Designer
Idris Khan, Photographer

FINALIST
TIME
Roger Federer cover, April 30/May 7
D.W. Pine, Designer
Peter Hapak, Photographer

Best Fashion and Beauty

WINNER
InStyle
Serena Williams cover, August
Rina Stone, Designer
Robbie Fimmano, Photographer

READERS' CHOICE
Allure
Priyanka Chopra cover, Summer Digital Cover
Daniel Jackson, Photographer

FINALIST
Allure
“All About Hair,” June split covers
Sølve Sundsbø, Photographer

FINALIST
The Hollywood Reporter
Tiffany Haddish cover, June 13
Shanti Marlar, Designer
Miller Mobley, Photographer

FINALIST
The New Yorker
“Savoring Summer,” September 10
Kadir Nelson, Illustrator

FINALIST
The Washington Post Magazine
“Wake Up and Dream,” April 29
Beth Broadwater, Designer
Juco, Photographer

Best Travel and Adventure

WINNER
Travel + Leisure
“The Adventure Issue,” July
Paul Martinez, Designer
The Ingalls (Gemma and Andrew Ingalls), Photographers

Airbnb Magazine
“How the Chile Pepper Took Over the World,” Winter
Valero Doval, Illustrator

FINALIST
Bicycling
“To Be a True Champion of This Race, You Can’t Just Win. You Must Win Beautifully,” July
Jesse Southerland, Designer
Narayan Mahon, Photographer

FINALIST
Condé Nast Traveler
“The Southeast Asia Edition,” Volume VIII
Parker Hubbard, Designer
Loes Heerink, Photographer

FINALIST
Texas Monthly
“Off the Grid,” April
Emily Kimbro, Designer
Nick Simonite, Photographer

FINALIST
Virtuoso Life
“The Hotel Issue,” May/June
Melanie Fowler, Designer
Nick Misani, Illustrator

Most Delicious

WINNER AND READERS' CHOICE
Food & Wine
“The Photography Issue,” March
Winslow Taft, Designer
Romulo Yanes, Photographer

FINALIST
Bon Appétit
“How to Build a Better Sandwich,” March

FINALIST
Rachael Ray Every Day
“This Is How We Roll,” July/August
Phoebe Flynn Rich, Designer
Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott, Photographer

FINALIST
Saveur
"Italian Garden Cooking,” Fall
Sean Johnston, Designer
Eva Kolenko, Photographer

FINALIST
WIRED
“The Mutant Future of Food,” August
Maurizio Di Iorio, Photographer

Brainiest

WINNER AND READER' CHOICE
National Geographic
“Planet or Plastic?,” June
Emmet Smith, Designer
Jorge Gamboa, Illustrator

FINALIST
The Atlantic
“How Evangelicals Lost Their Way (and Got Hooked by Donald Trump),” April
David Sommerville, Designer
Javier Jaén, Illustrator

FINALIST
Bloomberg Businessweek
“A.I. Painted This,” May 21
Chris Nosenzo, Designer
Robbie Barrat, Illustrator

FINALIST
Time Out New York
“The Sex Issue,” January 31-February 6
Tom Hislop, Creative Director
Stephen Meierding, Photographer

FINALIST
The Washington Post Magazine
“What Makes Someone Native American?,” August 26
Christian Font, Designer
Travis Dove, Photographer

Most Controversial

WINNER
New York Magazine
“It’s the Corruption, Stupid,” April 2-15
Tom Alberty and Jody Quon, Designers

READERS' CHOICE
VICE
“Burnout and Escapism,” December
Lia Kantrowitz and Kitron Neuschatz, Designers and Illustrators
Elizabeth Renstrom, Photographer 

FINALIST
The New Yorker
“Unheard,” October 8
Ana Juan, Illustrator

FINALIST
TIME
“The Opioid Diaries,” March 5
D.W. Pine, Designer
James Nachtwey, Photographer

FINALIST
TIME
“The Summit Crisis,” July 30
D.W. Pine, Designer
Photo-illustration by Nancy Burson for TIME

FINALIST
WIRED
Mark Zuckerberg cover, March
Jake Rowland, Photographer