NEW YORK, NY—The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) bestowed the industry’s most prestigious editorial honors tonight at the 43rd annual National Magazine Awards. The black-tie gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City gathered more than 1,000 editors, publishers, industry professionals and guests to celebrate 25 winners across 20 categories. Named after the Alexander Calder stabile “Elephant,” the 2008 “Ellies” drew a record-setting 1,964 entries from 333 print and online magazines.
The awards honor print and online magazines that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative editorial techniques, journalistic enterprise, and imaginative design. Established in 1966, the National Magazine Awards is the preeminent program in the magazine industry to honor editorial excellence. ASME presents the awards program in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
The 2008 National Magazine Award winners are:
· National Geographic for General Excellence (over 2,000,000 circulation)
· The New Yorker for General Excellence (1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation)
· GQ for General Excellence (500,000 to 1,000,000 circulation)
· Backpacker for General Excellence (250,000 to 500,000 circulation)
· Mother Jones for General Excellence (100,000 to 250,000 circulation)
· Print for General Excellence (under 100,000 circulation)
· Popular Mechanics for Personal Service
· New York for Leisure Interests
· National Geographic for Reporting
· The Nation for Public Interest
· Atlanta for Feature Writing
· Vanity Fair for Profile Writing
· New Letters for Essays
· Rolling Stone for Columns and Commentary
· The Atlantic for Reviews and Criticism
· Condé Nast Portfolio for Magazine Section
· The Virginia Quarterly Review for Single-topic Issue
· Wired for Design
· Gourmet for Photography
· National Geographic for Photojournalism
· Vanity Fair for Photo Portfolio
· Harper’s Magazine for Fiction
· RunnersWorld.com for General Excellence Online
· BusinessWeek.com for Personal Service Online
· Bicycling.com for Interactive Feature
