NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR PRINT AND DIGITAL MEDIA ASME AWARD FOR COVERAGE OF RACE IN AMERICA ASME AWARD FOR FICTION ASME NEXT AWARDS FOR JOURNALISTS UNDER 3O DEADLINE | JANUARY 12 JUDGING DAY 1 | MARCH 18 JUDGING DAY 2 | MARCH 23 FINALISTS TWITTERCAST | APRIL 8 ELLIE AWARDS PRESENTATION | JUNE 10 THE OSBORN ELLIOTT-NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP The Ellie Awards support the Osborn Elliott Scholarship at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Named in honor of the former editor in chief of Newsweek, who also served as president of the American Society of Magazine Editors and dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the Osborn Elliott Scholarship is awarded to students who intend to pursue careers in magazine journalism. For more information about the scholarship or to make a direct contribution, please visit journalism.columbia.edu. EllieAwards.org The National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media honor magazines and websites that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print magazines, the awards now recognize magazine-quality journalism published in any medium. Founded in 1966, the awards are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and are administered by ASME. This year, National Magazine Awards will be presented in 24 categories. Finalists in each category will receive certificates of recognition. Each winner will receive an “Ellie,” modeled on the symbol of the awards, Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant Walking.” The recipients of the ASME lifetime-achievement award, the ASME Award for Fiction and the ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30 will also be honored. Awards entry, judging and presentation will take place later this year than in previous years because of the public-health crisis. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The judging will be conducted virtually in mid-March. Finalists and winners are scheduled to be honored at Brooklyn Steel, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Among the notable changes for 2021 are the discontinuation of the Website category (digital-only publications are encouraged to enter General Excellence instead) and the introduction of a new award for community journalism. ASME will also present a special award for coverage of race in America. ASME members will again be able to enter three entries in any award in which the previous limit was two. Because the judging will be conducted virtually, the submission of print magazines is no longer required except in the General Excellence, Design and Photography categories. Given the importance to magazines and websites of diversity in staffing and coverage, ASME now asks all publications entering the National Magazine Awards to provide information about the gender and ethnicity of editorial staff as well as efforts by editorial leaders to address issues of equity and inclusion. This information will be used by ASME to evaluate the composition of the editorial workforce at magazines and websites in general and will also be provided to judges in General Excellence as explained in the section on entry statements on page 5 and the category description on page 6. Deadline for Entry: January 12, 2021 See page 13 for more information Finalists Announced on Twitter: April 8, 2021 For more information, email [email protected] To enter, go to EllieAwards.org WHO CAN ENTER THE AWARDS 12 Print entries that include content funded or produced in partnership by two or more media organizations will not be accepted in any category in which one of the partners has already submitted All consumer and business magazines and websites edited and published in the United States are eligible the maximum number of entries allowed. Media organizations that fund or partner in the production to enter the National Magazine Awards. ASME defines a magazine as a print or digital publication issued or of a finalist or winner will each receive a certificate of recognition or an Ellie. updated regularly in a consistent format, shaped by a distinctive editorial perspective and trusted by readers 13 Entries found to be in violation of commonly accepted editorial standards, including the ASME to provide timely information relevant to their interests. Such publications are also often characterized by Guidelines for Editors and Publishers, may be disqualified at any time. the use of print or digital technologies to create a visually rich, immersive experience. Magazine-quality 14 The administrators of the Ellie Awards may at their own discretion extend the deadline for entry in journalism published in other media, including newspapers, is also eligible for entry. any category. Entries are subject to the following conditions: See the Rules and Eligibility section for each category for more information. 1 Print magazines must have been published at least four times during 2020 and must still be in existence at the end of the year. Entry Statement 2 Digital publications must have been launched before June 30, 2020, and must still be active at the Each submission must include a three-part statement describing the publication and the entry. Part 1 end of the year. should describe the editorial mission of the publication and should include information about audience size 3 Newspapers and radio and television stations and networks are eligible to enter all categories and reader demographics. Part 1 may be based on the description of the editorial mission contained in except General Excellence, Design and Photography. Content submitted by news- and media kits. Part 1 should be no longer than 100 words. Part 2 should provide information about the overall broadcast-media organizations must share the characteristics of print and digital magazine journalism, size of the full-time staff as well as its composition by gender and ethnicity. Editors are also encouraged including extensive reporting, informed analysis, stylish writing, a distinctive point of view and the use to describe in Part 2 any efforts at their publications to address issues of diversity and inclusion, including of graphics to enrich the experience of the reader. representation of the LGBTQ community, in both hiring and assigning. Information about hiring and 4 The following are not eligible to enter the National Magazine Awards: company publications intended assigning will be used by ASME to evaluate editorial staffing at magazines and websites in general but will primarily for and distributed solely to employees and their associates or customers; marketing and not be disclosed by title except to judges in General Excellence, where it may be used as explained in the promotional websites; print or digital newsletters except as part of an entry in General Excellence and category description. Part 2 should be no longer than 100 words. Part 3 should describe the entry and the Digital Storytelling; and magazines published in languages other than English and Spanish. reasons it deserves to be recognized. Part 3 should be no longer than 300 words but may include links to other information, including content related to the entry. Entries may also include examples of media coverage as well as correspondence from readers attesting to the significance of the entry; such materials Only chief editors may enter their publications in the Ellie Awards. Other magazine personnel, including writers should be uploaded at ellieawards.org. Any significant challenge to the accuracy or fairness of an entry, and photographers as well as former editors, may not submit entries without the approval of the chief editor. including corrections or retractions, must be noted in Part 3. The administrators of the Ellie Awards reserve the right to determine if an entry is eligible for submission. Multipart Entries The following conditions also apply: Entries in some categories may consist of as many as three thematically linked articles. Articles published 5 Print content must be dated 2020 except for single-part entries dated December 2020/January 2021 under a common rubric such as “Health” or “Money” do not qualify as thematically linked unless the articles and multipart entries that include one issue dated December 2020/January 2021 or one article dated address a specific topic, such as ways to stop smoking or saving for retirement. Entries composed of two January 2021 (content dated December 2019/January 2020 is not eligible for entry). Content with or more articles are judged in part on their consistency. Editors may wish to enter a single strong article comparable dates, such as Fall 2020/Winter 2021, will also be accepted. rather than a series of uneven quality. 6 Digital content must have been largely produced in 2020. Screenshots may be requested to verify publication dates. Selection of Finalists and Winners 7 Articles, photographs and other print and digital content cannot be entered in more than one category Five finalists, including a winner, are traditionally selected in each category by panels of judges chosen by except as part of an entry in General Excellence, Design, Photography and the ASME Award for the administrators of the awards. Judges are, however, permitted to choose seven finalists in the Reporting Coverage of Race in America. and Feature Writing categories. Judges include the chief editors, art