MAGAZINE Awards & Honors
2013
National Magazine Awards Winner, Fiction “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation” by Stephen King (September 2012) Finalist, Fiction “Train” by Alice Munro (April 2012) Finalist, Reporting “All Politics Is Local: Election Night in Peru’s Largest Prison” by Daniel Alarcón (February 2012) Finalist, Feature Photography “The Water of My Land” by Samuel James (September 2012) Overseas Press Club Award “The Water of My Land” by Samuel James (September 2012) Deadline Club Awards Finalist, Feature Reporting “Starving Your Way to Vigor” by Steve Hendricks (March 2012) Finalist, Environmental Reporting “Broken Heartland” by Wil S Hylton (July 2012) Best American Science and Nature “The Last Distinction” by Benjamin Hale (August 2012) Best American Essays “Breeds of America” by William Melvin Kelley (August 2012)
2012
National Magazine Awards Winner, News and Documentary Photography “Juvenile Injustice” by Richard Ross (October, 2011) Finalist, News and Documentary Photography “Uncertain Exodus” by Ed Ou (July, 2011) Finalist, Public Interest “Tiny Little Laws” by Kathy Dobie (February, 2011) Pen Center Literary Awards Winner, Journalism “Drip, Jordan” by Ben Ehrenreich (December, 2011) Deadline Club Awards Winner, Minority Focus “Tiny Little Laws” by Kathy Dobie (February, 2011) Finalist, Business Feature “Pennies from Heaven” by Chris Lehmann (October, 2011) Finalist, Opinion Writing “Easy Chair” Column by Thomas Frank Finalist, Feature Photo “Juvenile Injustice” by Richard Ross (October, 2011) Best American Short Stories “The Hare’s Mask” by Mark Slouka (January, 2011) Best American Essays “The Accidental Universe” by Alan Lightman (December, 2011) “Getting Schooled” by Garret Keizer (September, 2011)
2011 National Magazine Awards Winner, Reporting “The Guantanamo Suicides” by Scott Horton (March 2010) Finalist, Profile Writing “Own Goal” by Wells Tower (June 2010) Best American Essays “Fatheralong” by John Edgar Wideman (August, 2009)
2010
National Magazine Awards Finalist, Reviews and Criticism “Suburban Ghetto” by Jonathan Dee (April 2009) “Motherless Children” by Jonathan Dee (September 2009) MAGAZINE Awards & Honors
2009
National Magazine Awards Finalist, Feature Writing “Bleak Houses” by Paul Reyes (October 2008) Finalist, Photojournalism “Life and Death” by Lynsey Addario (November 2008) Finalist, Essay “Mandela’s Smile” by Breyten Breytenbach (December 2008)
2008
National Magazine Awards Winner, Fiction “Death of the Pugilist” by Daniel Mason (July 2007) “Fiction” by Alice Munro (August 2007) “A Report on Our Recent Troubles” by Steven Millhauser (November 2007) Finalist, Essays “Chemo World” by Sallie Tisdale (June 2007)
2007
National Magazine Awards Finalist, Reviews and Criticism “Blood and Time” by Roger D. Hodge (February 2006)
2006
National Magazine Awards Winner, General Excellence May, November, and December Issues Circ 100,000 to 250,000 Winner, Reviews and Criticism “Make it Newish” by Wyatt Mason (May 2005) “A World Unto Himself” by Wyatt Mason (July 2005) “White Knees” by Wyatt Mason (October 2005) Finalist, Reporting “Death of a Mountain” by Eric Reece (April 2005) Finalist, Essays “Don’t Watch the News” by Federick Busch (November 2005) “The Christian Paradox” by Bill McKibben (August 2005)
2005
National Magazine Awards Finalist, Public Interest “Gambling with Abortion: Why Both Side Think They Have “Everything to Lose,” by Cynthia Gorney (November 2004) Finalist, Fiction “Natasha” by David Beezmozgis (May 2004) “Commission” by Tim Winton (September 2004) “Introduction to Speech” by RonCarlson (December 2004) Overseas Press Club Award “Beyond Fallujeh” by Patrick Graham (June 2004) Deadline Club Awards “The Resurrection Men” by Annie Cheney (March 2004) Presented by the New York Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalism MAGAZINE Awards & Honors
2004
National Magazine Awards Finalist, General Excellence May, September, and October Issues Circ 100,000 to 250,000 Best American Essays “Arrow and Wound” by Mark Slouka (May 2003) “The Last Americans” by Jared Diamond (June 2003) Best American Science Writing “A Comet’s Tale” by Tom Bissell (February 2003)
2003
National Magazine Awards Winner, Feature Writing “Horseman, Pass By” by John Jeremiah Sullivan (October 2002) Finalist, General Excellence March, October, and December Issues Circ 100,000 to 250,000 Finalist, Public Interest “Ex-Con Game” by Greg Palast (March 2002) Finalist, Reviews and Criticism “The Vindications” (February 2002) “Last the Night” (July 2002) “The Unbearable Slightness” by Cristina Nehring (November 2002) Finalist, Profile Writing “The Boy Who Loved Transit” by Jeff Tietz (May 2002) Amnesty International Media Awards “Gaza Diary” by Chris Hedges For Excellence in Human Rights Journalism Best American Essays “Circus Music” by Edward Hoagland (February 2002) “Whose War” by John Edgar Wideman (March 2002) “A Deliver for Fred Astaire” by Frederic Morton (November 2002) “Wooden Dollar” by Ben Metcalf (December 2002) Best American Magazine Writing “The Boy Who Loved Transit” by Jeff Tietz (May 2002) “Horseman, Pass By” by John Jeremiah Sullivan (October 2002)
2002
National Magazine Awards Winner, Reviews and Crticism “Seize the Day Job” by Lee Siegel (March 2001) “The Second Coming of Richard Yates” by Lee Siegel (July 2001) “Cold Verities” by Lee Siegel (October 2001)Finalist, Essays “Welcome to Cancerland” by Barbara Ehrenreich (November 2001) Finalist, Profile Writing “Dr. Daedelus” by Lauren Slater (July 2001) Finalist, Fiction “Curly Red” by Joyce Carol Oates (April 2001) “Revenge” by Steven Millhauser (July 2001) “Love and Hydrogren” by Jim Shepard (December 2001) Amnrdty International Media Award “A Gaza Diary” By Chris Hedges (October 2001) Global Award for Human Rights Journalism Thomas Paine Journalism Award “Notebook” by Lewis Lapham Honoring Journalists who defend freedom of expression in the spirit of Thomas Paine MAGAZINE Awards & Honors
2001
National Magazine Awards Finalist, General Excellence January, June and November issues Circ 100,000 to 400,000 Finalist, Essays “In the Land of the Rococo Marxists” by Tom Wolfe (June 2000) Finalist, Reviews and Criticism “Stupor Mundi” by Lewis H. Lapham (April 2000) “A Life in the Maze” by Guy Davenport (June 2000) “The Glory of J.F. Powers” by Donna Tartt (July 2000)