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National Magazine Awards

November 1, 2011

 

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2011 National Magazine Awards Winners and Finalists

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NOTE: All publication dates 2010 unless otherwise indicated. Editors whose names appear in finalist citations held those positions or were listed on the masthead when the issue was published. Other editors may now be in those positions.
 

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors women's magazines, including health and fitness magazines and family-centric publications

Winner: Women's Health: Michele Promaulayko, Editor-in-Chef; David Zinczenko, Editorial Director; For January-February, July-August, October Issues

Finalists:

  • Essence
  • Real Simple
  • Vogue
  • W

Literary, Political and Professional Magazines
Honors academic and scholarly publications as well as smaller-circulation general-interest magazines.

Winner: Poetry:  Christian Wiman, Editor; Don Share, Senior Editor; For April, September, October Issues

Finalists: 

  • Lapham's Quarterly
  • The Paris Review
  • The Sun
  • Virginia Quarterly Review

Special Interest Magazines
Honors magazines serving targeted audiences, including city and regional magazines

Winner: Los Angeles:  Mary Melton, Editor; For February, September, November Issues

Finalists:

  • Audubon
  • San Francisco
  • Texas Monthly 
  • Time Out New York

Finance, Technology and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors business, science and active-interest publications

Winner: Scientific American:  Mariette DiChristina, Editor-in-Chief; For September, November, December Issues

 Finalists:

  • Backpacker
  • Bloomberg Markets
  • GQ
  • Popular Mechanics

Food, Travel and Design Magazines
Honors shelter magazines as well as lifestyle titles

Winner: Garden & Gun:  Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief; For April-May, June-July, December 2010-January 2011 Issues

Finalists:

  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • House Beautiful
  • Martha Stewart Living
  • Saveur

News, Sports and Entertainment Magazines
Honors large-circulation weeklies, biweeklies and general-interest monthlies

Winner: New York:  Adam Moss, Editor-in-Chief; For April 19, July 12, August 9-16 Issues

Finalists:

  • Fast Company
  • The New Yorker
  • People
  • TIME

 


DESIGN
Honors overall excellence in magazine design
Winner: GQ: Jim Nelson, Editor-in-Chief; Fred Woodward, Design Director; For June, August, December Issues
 
Finalists:
  • Esquire
  • Fortune
  • New York
  • Wired
 
PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors overall excellence in magazine photography
Winner: W:  Stefano Tonchi, Editor-in-Chief; For September, October, November Issues
Finalists:
  • GQ
  • Martha Stewart Living
  • National Geographic
  • The New York Times Magazine
 
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors photojournalism and photography that documents news, sports and entertainment events and news-related subjects
 
Winner: The New York Times Magazine:  Gerald Marzorati, Editor for “The Shrine Down the Hall”
Photographs by Ashley Gilbertson; essay by Dexter Filkins; March 21
Finalists:
  • National Geographic
  • The New York Times Magazine
  • TIME
  • Virginia Quarterly Review
 
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors portraiture; fashion, travel and nature photography; conceptual photography; and photo-illustration
Winner: ESPN The Magazine: Gary Belsky, Editor-in-Chief; For “Bodies We Want,” reporting by Morty Ain, October 18
 
Finalists:
  • AARP The Magazine
  • National Geographic
  • The New York Times Magazine
  • W
 
SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
Honors magazines that have devoted an issue to the comprehensive examination of a single subject
 
Winner: National Geographic:  Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief; For "Water: Our Thirsty World", April
 
Finalists:
  • Bloomberg Businessweek
  • GQ
  • New York
  • Scientific American
 
MAGAZINE SECTION
Honors a regularly published, clearly branded front- or back-of-the-book department or section
 
Winner: New York: Adam Moss, Editor-in-Chief; For “Strategist,” May 24, October 25, December 20-27
 
Finalists:
  • Esquire
  • Real Simple (2)
  • Wired
 
PERSONAL SERVICE
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to serve readers' needs and aspirations
 
Winner: Men's Health:  David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief; Peter Moore, Editor, For “I Want My Prostate Back,” by Laurence Roy Stains, March
 
Finalists:
  • Good Housekeeping
  • Men's Journal
  • O, The Oprah Magazine
  • Wired
 
LEISURE INTERESTS
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to cover recreational activities and special interests
 
Winner: Men's Journal:  Jann S. Wenner, Editor-in-Chief; Will Dana, Editorial Director; Brad Wieners, Editor; For "Five Meals Every Man Should Master," by Daniel Duane; photographs by Marcus Nilsson, August
Finalists:
  • Cooking Light
  • Golf Digest
  • Los Angeles
  • Runner's World
 
PUBLIC INTEREST
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of local or national importance
 
Winner: The New Yorker:  David Remnick, Editor; For "Letting Go," by Atul Gawande, August 2
Finalists:
  • The Atlantic
  • Marie Claire
  • OnEarth
  • Texas Monthly
 
REPORTING
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles
 
Winner: Harper's Magazine:  Roger D. Hodge, Editor; For “The Guantanamo 'Suicides,'" by Scott Horton, March
 
Finalists:
  • The New York Times Magazine
  • The New Yorker
  • Rolling Stone
  • Virginia Quarterly Review
 
FEATURE WRITING
Honors magazines for original, stylish storytelling
 
Winner: Los Angeles:  Mary Melton, Editor; For “The End," by Ben Ehrenreich, November
Finalists:
  • The Atlantic
  • GQ
  • Mother Jones
  • The New Yorker
 
PROFILE WRITING
Honors news or feature stories focused on individuals or groups of closely linked individuals
 
Winner: The New York Times Magazine:  Gerald Marzorati, Editor-in-Chief; For “The Man the White House Wakes Up To," by Mark Leibovich, April 25
 
Finalists:
  • The Atlantic
  • Harper's Magazine
  • New York
  • The New Yorker
 
ESSAYS AND CRITICISM
Honors long-form journalism that presents the opinions of the writer
 
Winner: The Paris Review:  Lorin Stein, Editor; For "Mister Lytle: An Essay," by John Jeremiah Sullivan, Fall
 
Finalists:
  • The American Scholar
  • The Antioch Review
  • The New Yorker
  • Virginia Quarterly Review
 
COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY
Honors short-form journalism that presents the views of the writer or publication
 
Winner: Vanity Fair:  Graydon Carter, Editor for three columns by Christopher Hitchens: "Topic of Cancer," September; "Unanswerable Prayers," October; "Miss Manners and the Big C," December
 
Finalists:
  • Esquire
  • New York
  • The New Yorker
  • Vanity Fair

 
FICTION

Honors the best short stories published in magazines
 
Winner: Virginia Quarterly Review:  Ted Genoways, Editor; For "Minor Watt," by Paul Theroux, Spring
 
Finalists:
  • The Atlantic
  • The New Yorker (2)
  • Virginia Quarterly Review
 
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Honors publications that have achieved excellence both in print and on digital platforms
 
Winner: National Geographic: Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief; Rob Covey, Digital Media Editor, NGM.com; For February, April, December Issues
Finalists:
  • The Atlantic
  • Backpacker
  • Foreign Policy
  • Wired
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