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National Awards 2013 Finalists Announced 4/17/13 10:55 AM

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National Magazine Awards 2013 Finalists Announced

April 1, 2013

Design Legends Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard to Be Honored at Annual Dinner

NEW YORK, NY (April 1, 2013)--The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) today announced the finalists for the 2013 National Magazine Awards. Known as the Ellies--for the Alexander Calder stabile "Elephant" given to each award winner--the National Magazine Awards will be presented on Thursday, May 2, at the New York Marriott Marquis.

The May 2 gala will also include the presentation of the Creative Excellence Award to Milton Glaser and Walter Bernard, whose work as graphic designers has shaped the modern magazine. The Creative Excellence Award was established in 2008 by ASME to recognize writers and artists who have made unique and enduring contributions to .

Sixty-two publications were nominated this year in 23 categories. Twenty-six magazines received multiple nominations, led by with seven, followed by Bon Appétit and New York, both with six. GQ and both received five nominations; Esquire, Harper's Magazine, Mother Jones and Texas Monthly all received four.

Magazines with multiple nominations also include (3), (3), TIME (3), Wired (3), (2), Byliner (2), (2) Los Angeles (2), (2), Magazine (2), Outside (2), The Paris Review (2), Real Simple (2), Scientific American (2),Slate (2), Sports Illustrated (2) and W (2).

Six publications are first-time finalists: Afar for Website; Bullett for Design; Byliner for Feature Writing and Fiction; HGTV Magazine for Magazine Section; mental_floss for General Excellence, Print; and for General Excellence, Digital Media.

Finalists in the Magazine of the Year category, honoring excellence both in print and on digital platforms, will be announced on Monday, April 8.

Established in 1966, the National Magazine Awards are sponsored by ASME in association with the Graduate School of Journalism. Nearly 260 publications entered the National Magazine Awards this year, submitting 1,636 entries. The judges included 330 magazine editors, art directors and photography editors as well as journalism educators.

National Magazine Awards 2013 Finalists

General Excellence, Print

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

Esquire; Fortune; National Geographic; New York; Wired

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

Harper's Bazaar; O, The Oprah Magazine; Real Simple; Vogue; Women's Health

Lifestyle Magazines Honors food, travel and shelter magazines as well as city and regional publications

Bon Appétit; ; Martha Stewart Living; Saveur; Texas Monthly

Special-Interest Magazines Honors magazines serving targeted audiences, including enthusiast and hobbyist titles

The Fader; mental_floss; MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History; Outside; Scientific American

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

MIT Technology Review; Mother Jones; ; The Paris Review; Poetry

General Excellence, Digital Media

Chow [1]; Glamour [2]; National Geographic [3]; Pitchfork [4]; Slate [5]

Design

Bon Appétit; BULLETT; Details; New York; TIME

Photography

Bon Appétit; Interview; National Geographic; TIME; W

Feature Photography

Harper's Magazine for "The Water of My Land [6]," photographs by Samuel James; September Martha Stewart Living for "A Pilgrim's Feast," photographs by Anna Williams; November National Geographic for "In the Shadow of Wounded Knee [7]," by Alexandra Fuller; photographs by Aaron Huey; August New York for "What We Saw When The Lights Went Out [8]," by John Homans; photographs by Iwan Baan, Pari Dukovic, Christopher Griffith, Casey Kelbaugh, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao, Joseph Michael Lopez, Gus Powell, Joseph Rodriguez and Peter Yang; November 12 W for "Good Kate, Bad Kate [9]," by Will Self; photographs by Steven Klein; March

Single-Topic Issue

Backpacker for "The Survival Issue," October Bloomberg Businessweek for "Election Issue," October 15-21 for "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies," March Saveur for "The Mexico Issue," August/September

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Sports Illustrated for "Olympic Preview," July 23

Magazine Section

Bon Appétit for "Starters" Esquire for "Man at His Best" GQ for "The Punch List" HGTV Magazine for "Help Wanted" New York for "Strategist"

Personal Service

Esquire for "Fatherhood for Men [10]," June/July GQ for "Marriage: The Most Important, Least Discussed Institution You'll Ever Be a Part Of [11]," May Los Angeles for "The New Face and Body of Plastic Surgery [12]," October Outside for "Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning [13]," by Florence Williams; December Real Simple for "Women and Time: Setting a New Agenda," April

Leisure Interests

Bon Appétit for "The Incredible Egg [14]," by Carla Lalli Music, April ESPN The Magazine for "Fantasy Football," August 6 Golf Digest for "Masters Preview," April Los Angeles for "The Food Lover's Guide to L.A. [15]," edited by Lesley Bargar Suter; November Wired for "How to Be a Geek Dad," June

Website

Afar [16]; The Atlantic [17]; Golf Digest [18]; National Geographic [3]; Scientific American [19]

Tablet Magazine

Bloomberg Businessweek; Bon Appétit; Esquire; Money; National Geographic

Multimedia

Field & Stream for "The Best Days of the Rut 2012," November Print Issue, and "The F&S Rut Reporters [20]" at fieldandstream.com and for iPhone Mother Jones for "MoJo Labs: Data Journalism and Graphics [21]" National Geographic for "Cheetahs on the Edge," November iPad Edition The New Yorker for "Secrets of Edgewood [22]" TIME for Hurricane Sandy Coverage [23]

Video

The Daily Beast for "How Obama Learned to Kill [24]," June 6, and "The Keys to the Economy [25]," October 25, from the Op-Vid Series Mother Jones for "Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser [26]," September 18 The Oxford American for "Tiny Town! [27]," June 8, and "I'll Paint Something Worthwhile [28]," August 15, from the SoLost Video Series Saveur for "How to Make Salsa Verde with Avocado [29]," August 15, "Martin Yan Makes Scallion Pancakes [30]," October 10, and "How to Make the Perfect Tempura [31]," December 4, from the Master Class Video Series Sports Illustrated for "Welcome to Friendship Beach [32]," August 21, and "Loud and Clear [33]," September http://www.magazine.org/print/about-asme/pressroom/asme-press-releases/asme/national-magazine-awards-2013-finalists-announced Page 3 of 8 National Magazine Awards 2013 Finalists Announced 4/17/13 10:55 AM

25, from the Underdogs Video Series

Public Interest

The Atlantic for "The Writing Revolution [34]," by Peg Tyre; October for "Arsenic in Your Juice [35]," January, and "Arsenic in Your Food [36]," November, by Andrea Rock The New Yorker for "The Throwaways [37]," by Sarah Stillman; September 3 for "School of Hate [38]," by Sabrina Rubin Erdely; February 16 Texas Monthly for "Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives [39]," by Mimi Swartz; August

Reporting

Chicago for "Lawbreakers, Lawmakers [40]," by David Bernstein and Noah Isackson; January GQ for "18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque and 1 Man Dead in Ohio [41]," by Chris Heath; March Harper's Magazine for "All Politics Is Local: Election Night in Peru's Largest Prison [42]," by Daniel Alarcón; February The New York Times Magazine for "Did You Think About the Six People You Executed? [43]" by Robert F. Worth; May 13 The New Yorker for "The Implosion [44]," February 27, and "The War Within [45]," August 27, by Jon Lee Anderson Texas Monthly for "Hannah and Andrew [46]," by Pamela Colloff; January The Texas Observer for "Valley of Death [47]," by Melissa del Bosque; March

Feature Writing Incorporating Profile Writing

Byliner for "The Living and the Dead [48]," by Brian Mockenhaupt; October GQ for "The Blind Faith of the One-Eyed Matador [49]," by Karen Russell; October GQ for "Burning Man [50]," by Jay Kirk; February Mother Jones for "Shelf Lives [51]," by Mac McClelland; March/April The New Yorker for "Atonement [52]," by Dexter Filkins; October 29 & November 5 Texas Monthly for "The Innocent Man: Part I [53]," November, and "The Innocent Man: Part II [54]," December, by Pamela Colloff Wired for "Inside the Mansion--and the Mind--of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Internet [55]," by Charles Graeber; November

Essays and Criticism

The Atlantic for "Fear of a Black President [56]," by Ta-Nehisi Coates; September Foreign Policy for "Why Do They Hate Us? [57]" by Mona Eltahawy; May/June New York for "A Life Worth Ending [58]," by Michael Wolff; May 28 The New Yorker for "Over the Wall [59]," by Roger Angell; November 19 Orion for "State of the Species [60]," by Charles C. Mann; November/December

Columns and Commentary

Elle for three columns by Daphne Merkin: "Portrait of a Lady [61]," March; "Social Animal [62]," May; and "We're All Helmut Newton Now [63]," October The Nation for three columns by Katha Pollitt: "Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai [64]," March 26; "Ann Romney, Working Woman? [65]" May 7; and "Blasphemy Is Good for You [66]," October 15 New York for three columns by Frank Rich: "Who in God's Name Is Mitt Romney? [67]" February 6; "Mayberry R.I.P. [68]," July 30; and "Nora's Secret [69]," August 27-September 3

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The New York Times Magazine for three columns by Adam Davidson: "It Ain't Just Pickles [70]," February 19; "The $200,000-Nanny Club [71]," March 25; and "Caymans, Here We Come [72]," July 29 Slate for three columns by Dahlia Lithwick: "It's Not About the Law, Stupid [73]," March 22; "The Supreme Court's Dark Vision of Freedom [74]," March 27; and "Where Is the Liberal Outrage? [75]" July 6

Fiction

Byliner for "The Boy Vanishes [76]," by Jennifer Haigh; July Harper's Magazine for "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation [77]," by ; September Harper's Magazine for "Train [78]," by Alice Munro; April McSweeney's Quarterly for "River Camp," by Thomas McGuane; September The Paris Review for "Housebreaking [79]," by Sarah Frisch; December

All publication dates 2012 unless otherwise indicated

The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the . ASME members include the editorial leaders of most major consumer and business magazines published in print and online. Founded in 1963, ASME works to defend the First Amendment, protect editorial independence and support the development of journalism.

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