National Magazine Awards

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National Magazine Awards
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Ellie Award
Awarded forExcellence in the magazine industry
Sponsored by American Society of Magazine Editors in association with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
DateAnnual
Location New York City, New York
CountryUnited States
Presented by American Society of Magazine Editors
First awarded1966;58 years ago (1966)
Website www.asme.media/asme-awards OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications 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. They are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) in association with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and are administered by ASME in New York City. The awards have been presented annually since 1966. [1]

Contents

The Ellie Awards are judged by magazine journalists and journalism educators selected by the administrators of the awards. More than 300 judges participate every year. Each judge is assigned to a judging group that averages 15 judges, including a judging leader. Each judging group chooses five finalists (seven in Reporting and Feature Writing); the same judging group selects one of the finalists to be the winner of the Ellie Award in that category. Judging results are subject to the approval of the National Magazine Awards Board, which is composed of current and former officers of ASME, the dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and veteran judges.

Finalists in each of the Ellie Award categories receive certificates of recognition. The winner in each category receives a reproduction of Alexander Calder's stabile "Elephant", the symbol of the awards since 1970. Among the notable changes for 2017 are the expansion of the Design and Photography categories to include digital entries and the suspension of the Fiction award.

Current categories

General Excellence

Honors print and digital magazines in several categories based on content and audience.

Businessweek received the first ever award in 1973. No award was given from 1974 through 1980. When General Excellence returned as a category in 1981, it was given to four magazines per year until 1998, when five magazines received General Excellence awards. Six magazines received awards in 2002. From 2003 to 2010, the award went to seven different magazines and in 2011, to eight. Since 2012, the award has gone to six magazines.

Starting 2016, it is defined into four groups: "News, Sports and Entertainment", "Service and Lifestyle", "Special Interest", "Literature, Science and Politics".

YearTitle
1973 Businessweek
1981 Glamour , Businessweek , Audubon , ARTnews
1982 Science 81 , Rocky Mountain , Newsweek , Camera Arts
1983 Science 82 , Louisiana Life, LIFE , Harper's Magazine
1984 Outside , National Geographic , House & Garden , The American Lawyer
1985 Manhattan, Inc. , American Heritage , American Health , TIME
1986 New England Monthly , Money , Discover , 3-2-1 Contact
1987 People , New England Monthly , ELLE , Common Cause
1988 The Sciences , Parents , Hippocrates, Fortune
1989 Vanity Fair , Sports Illustrated , The Sciences , American Heritage
1990 Metropolitan Home , 7 Days, Texas Monthly , Sports Illustrated
1991 The New Republic , Interview , Glamour , Condé Nast Traveler
1992 Texas Monthly , The New Republic , National Geographic , Mirabella
1993 Newsweek , Lingua Franca , The Atlantic , American Photo
1994 Health , Businessweek , Wired , Print
1995 The New Yorker , Men's Journal , I.D. , Entertainment Weekly
1996 The Sciences , Civilization, Outside , Businessweek
1997 I.D. , Wired , Vanity Fair , Outside
1998 Rolling Stone , Preservation , Outside , DoubleTake
1999 Vanity Fair', I.D. , Fast Company , Condé Nast Traveler
2000 Saveur , The New Yorker , Nest , National Geographic
2001 Teen People , The New Yorker , Mother Jones , The American Scholar
2002 Vibe , Print , Newsweek , National Geographic Adventure , Entertainment Weekly
2003 Texas Monthly , Parenting , Foreign Policy , ESPN The Magazine , The Atlantic , Architectural Record
2004 Popular Science , Newsweek , Gourmet , Aperture , Budget Living, Chicago
2005 Wired , The New Yorker , Print , Martha Stewart Weddings , Glamour , Dwell
2006 The Virginia Quarterly Review , TIME , New York , Harper's Magazine , Esquire , ESPN The Magazine
2007 Wired , Rolling Stone , New York , National Geographic , Foreign Policy , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2008 Print , The New Yorker , National Geographic , Mother Jones , GQ , Backpacker
2009 Foreign Policy , Field & Stream , Wired , Texas Monthly , Reader's Digest
2010 San Francisco , New York , National Geographic , Mother Jones , GQ , Men's Health
2011 Women's Health , Scientific American , Garden & Gun , Poetry , New York , LA mag
2012 Inc. , House Beautiful , IEEE Spectrum , O, The Oprah Magazine , Bloomberg Businessweek
2013 The Paris Review , Martha Stewart Weddings , National Geographic , Vogue , Outside
2014 New York , Poetry , Inc. , Field & Stream , Bon Appétit , Sunset
2015 Garden & Gun , Glamour , The Hollywood Reporter , Nautilus Quarterly , The New Yorker , Men's Health
2016 New York , Lucky Peach, The Hollywood Reporter, Oxford American
2017 ESPN The Magazine, Bon Appétit, Modern Farmer, The Marshall Project
2018 The New Yorker, The New York Times Style Magazine, San Francisco, Aperture
2019 National Geographic, The New York Times Style Magazine, Kazoo , Virginia Quarterly Review
2020 The New York Times Magazine, Bon Appétit, The Hollywood Reporter , Quanta
2021 The New Yorker, The New York Times Style Magazine, Audubon , Stranger’s Guide

Design

Previously known as Visual Excellence (1970–1979). Honors overall excellence in print magazine design. Merged with Photography in 2019.

YearTitle
1970 Look
1971 Vogue
1972 Esquire
1973 Horizon
1974 Newsweek
1975Country Journal and National Lampoon
1976Horticulture
1977 Rolling Stone
1978 Architectural Digest
1979 Audubon
1980 GEO
1981Attenzione
1982Nautical Quarterly
1983 New York
1984 House & Garden
1985 Forbes
1986 TIME
1987 ELLE
1988 LIFE
1989 Rolling Stone
1990 Esquire
1991 Condé Nast Traveler
1992 Vanity Fair
1993 Harper's Bazaar
1994 Allure
1995 Martha Stewart Living
1996 Wired
1997 I.D. Magazine
1998 Entertainment Weekly
1999 ESPN The Magazine
2000 Fast Company
2001 Nest
2002 Details
2003 Details
2004 Esquire
2005 Kids: Fun Stuff to Do Together
2006 New York
2007 New York
2008 Wired
2009 Wired
2010 Wired
2011 GQ
2012 GQ
2013 TIME
2014 New York
2015 New York
2016 Wired
2017 The California Sunday Magazine
2018 GQ

Photography

Honors overall excellence in print magazine photography. Merged with Design in 2019.

YearMagazine
1985 LIFE
1986 Vogue
1987 National Geographic
1988 Rolling Stone
1989 National Geographic
1990 Texas Monthly
1991 National Geographic
1992 National Geographic
1993 Harper's Bazaar
1994 Martha Stewart Living
1995 Rolling Stone
1996 Saveur
1997 National Geographic
1998 W
1999 Martha Stewart Living
2000 Vanity Fair
2001 National Geographic
2002 Vanity Fair
2003 Condé Nast Traveler
2004 City
2005 Gourmet
2006 W
2007 National Geographic
2008 Gourmet
2009 GQ
2010 Vanity Fair
2011 W
2012 Vogue
2013 National Geographic
2014 Bon Appétit
2015 National Geographic
2016 The California Sunday Magazine
2017 The California Sunday Magazine
2018 W

Design and Photography

Merged from two former categories. Divided awards into "News and Opinion" – Honors the visual excellence of print and digital magazines covering politics, business, technology and entertainment. – and "Service and Lifestyle" – Honors the visual excellence of print and digital magazines covering fashion, food, travel and design.

YearMagazine(s)
2019 Wired, GQ Style

Feature Photography

Previously known as Photo Portfolio/Photo Essay (2004–2006) and Photo Portfolio (2007–2010). Honors the use of original photography in a feature story, photo-essay or photo portfolio.

YearMagazineArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
2004 W "The Kate Moss Portfolio", SeptemberPatrick McCarthy, chairman and Editorial Director

Dennis Freedman, Vice Chairman and Creative Director

2005 TIME "The Tragedy of Sudan", October 4By James NachtweyJames Kelly, Managing Editor

Arthur Hochstein, Art Director

2006 Rolling Stone "The Edge of the World", November 17By Sebastiao SalgadoJann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher

Will Dana, Managing Editor

2007 City "White Heat", AprilBy Horacio SalinasJohn McDonald, editorial director and Publisher;

Fabrice G. Frere, Creative Director and COO

2008 Vanity Fair "Killers Kill, Dead Men Die: A 2007 Hollywood Portfolio", MarchBy Annie Leibovitz and Michael RobertsGraydon Carter, Editor

David Harris, Design Director

2009 The New Yorker "Service", September 29By PlatonDavid Remnick, Editor

Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor

2010 The New Yorker "Portraits of Power", December 7Photographs by PlatonDavid Remnick, Editor
2011 ESPN The Magazine "Bodies We Want", October 18Reporting by Morty AinGary Belsky, Editor in Chief
2012 The New York Times Magazine "Vamps, Crooks & Killers", December 11Photographs by Alex Prager,

Introduction by A.O. Scott

Hugo Lindgren, Editor in Chief
2013 W "Good Kate, Bad Kate", MarchFeature by Will Self,

Photographs by Steven Klein

Stefano Tonchi, Editor in Chief
2014 W "Stranger Than Paradise", MayPhotographs by Tim WalkerStefano Tonchi, Editor in Chief
2015 TIME "Crime Without Punishment", July 24Photographs by Jerome SessiniNancy Gibbs, Editor
2016 Politico "Front Row at the Political Theater", November/ DecemberPhotographs by Mark PetersonSusan B. Glasser, Editor in Chief
2017 Pacific Standard "Adrift", [2] July/ AugustPhotographs by Francesco ZizolaNicholas Jackson, Editor in Chief
2018 The New Yorker "Faces of an Epidemic", [3] October 30Photographs by Philip MontgomeryDavid Remnick, Editor
2019 W "Cate",Photographs by Cass Bird, Rineke Dijkstra, Dominique Issermann, Shirin Neshat,

Jackie Nickerson, Sharna Osborne, Alex Prager, Viviane Sassen and Sam Taylor-Johnson

Stefano Tonchi, Editor in Chief

Single-Topic Issue

Honors publications that have devoted a single print issue or a major digital package to the comprehensive examination of one subject No award was given in 2000 or 2001.

YearMagazineArticle(s)Editor(s)
1979Progressive Architecture"Taste in America"John Morris Dixon, Chief Editor
1980 Scientific American "The Brain"Dennis Flanagan, Editor
1981 Businessweek "The Reindustrialization of America", by William Wolman and team

"Investment Outlook 1981," by Gordon Williams and team

Lewis H. Young, Editor in Chief
1982 Newsweek "What Vietnam Did to Us," by Peter Goldman, December 14 Lester Bernstein, Editor
1983 IEEE Spectrum "Technology in War and Peace," OctoberDonald Christiansen, Editor and Publisher
1984 Esquire "Fifty Who Made the Difference," DecemberPhillip Moffitt, Editor in Chief and President
1985 American Heritage "A Medical Picture of the United States," October/NovemberByron Dobell, Editor
1986 IEEE Spectrum Donald Christiansen, Editor and Publisher
1987 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists "Chernobyl—The Emerging Story," August/SeptemberLen Ackland, Editor
1988 LIFE "The Constitution," FallPatricia Ryan, Managing Editor
1989Hippocrates"Choices of the Heart," May/JuneEric W. Schrier
1990 National Geographic "France Celebrates Its Bicentennial," JulyWilbur E. Garret, Editor
1991 The American Lawyer "Can America Enforce Its Drug Laws?" MarchSteven Brill, President and Editor in Chief
1992 Businessweek "The Quality Imperative," October 25Stephen B. Shepard, Editor in Chief
1993 Newsweek "How He Won: The Untold Story of Bill Clinton's Triumph," November/DecemberRichard M. Smith, Editor in Chief and President

Maynard Parker, Editor

1994 Health "For Our Parents," OctoberEric W. Schrier, Editor in Chief
1995 Discover "The Science of Race," NovemberPaul Hoffman, President and Editor in Chief
1996 Bon Appétit For its special collector's edition devoted to the food,

culture and people of the Mediterranean, May

William J. Garry, Editor in Chief
1997 Scientific American "What You Need to Know About Cancer," SeptemberJohn Rennie, Editor in Chief
1998 The Sciences "The Promise and Peril of Cloning," September/OctoberPeter G. Brown, Editor
1999 The Oxford American "Second Annual Double Issue on Southern Music," March–MayMarc Smirnoff, Editor
2002 TIME "September 11 Special Issue," September 13James Kelly, Managing Editor
2003 Scientific American "A Matter of Time," SeptemberJohn Rennie, Editor in Chief
2004 The Oxford American "Sixth Annual Music Issue," SummerMarc Smirnoff, Editor
2005 Newsweek "How He Did It," November 15Mark Whitaker, Editor
2006 TIME "An American Tragedy," September 12James Kelly, Managing Editor
2007 Departures "The Latin Issue: America 2006," OctoberRichard David Story, Editor in Chief
2008 The Virginia Quarterly Review "South American in the 21st Century," FallTed Genoways, Editor

Daniel Alarcón, Editor

2009 Saveur "A World of Breakfast," OctoberJames Oseland, Editor in Chief
2010 Wired "The Mystery Issue," MayChris Anderson, Editor in Chief
2011 National Geographic "Water: Our Thirsty World," AprilChris Johns, Editor in Chief
2012 New York "The Encyclopedia of 9/11," September 5–12Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2013 Saveur "The Mexico Issue," August/SeptemberJames Oseland, Editor in Chief
2014 Bloomberg Businessweek "Five Years From the Brink," September 16–22 Josh Tyrangiel, Editor
2015 San Francisco "The Oakland Issue," JuneJon Steinberg, Editor in Chief
2016 Bloomberg Businessweek "Code: An Essay," June 15–28 Ellen Joan Pollock, Editor
2017 New York "Eight Years in America," October 3–16Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2018 National Geographic "Gender Revolution," JanuarySusan Goldberg, Editor in Chief
2019 Popular Science "The Tiny Issue," FallJoe Brown, Editor in Chief
2020 The Washington Post Magazine "Prison" (October 28)Richard Just, Editor

Personal Service

Previously known as Service to the Individual (1974—1985). Honors magazine journalism that serves readers’ needs and aspirations. No award was given in 1981.

YearMagazineArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor(s)
1974 Sports Illustrated "Women in Sport," parts one, two, and three Roy Terrell, Managing Editor
1975 Esquire "The Drinking Man's Liver," by Richard Selzer

"Kidney Stone"

"The Knife"

Don Erickson, Editorial Director
1976Modern Medicine"Ethics, Genetics and the Future of Man," four-part series, February 1 and 15, March 1 and 15Paul D. Scultz
1977 Harper's Magazine "The Anti-Social Cell"Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
1978 Newsweek "The Graying of America," by Allan J. Mayer and with Tom Joyce, William J. Cook and Pamela Ellis Simons, February 28Edward Kosner, Editor
1979 American Journal of Nursing For a series providing continuing education, medical developments and concern to professional expertThelma Schorr
1980 Saturday Review "Children and Cancer," by Susan SchiefelbeinCarl Tucker
1982 Philadelphia "That Certain Smile," by Carol Saline, SeptemberArt Spikol, Editor
1983 Sunset "Fish Market Revolution," OctoberWilliam Marken
1984 New York "How Well Does Your Bank Treat You?" by Jeff and Marie Blyskal, March 7Edward Kosner, Editor and president
1985 The Washingtonian "How to Save Your Life," by John Pekkanen, Gail Friedman, Marilyn Dickey and William O'Sullivan, MarchJohn A. Limpert, Editor
1986Farm Journal"Your Call for Help Can be Heard," by Elizabeth Curry Williams, February

"There is Life after Farming," February

"Bootstrap Plans to Beat Tough Times," April

"Rescue from Suicide," by Bonnie Pollard, September

"What Distressed Farmers Need Most," by Dick Braun, November

Lane Palmer, Editor in Chief
1987 Consumer Reports "Life Insurance: How to Protect Your Family," by Trudy Lieberman, June, July, AugustIrwin Landau, Editorial Director
1988 Money "After the Crash: The Safest Places to Put Your Money Now," by Diane Harris, Eric Schurenberg and Jerry Edgerton, DecemberLandon Y. Jones, Managing Editor
1989 Good Housekeeping "Child Care '88," SeptemberJohn Mack Carter, Editor in Chief
1990 Consumer Reports "Beyond Medicare," by Trudy Lieberman, JuneIrwin Landau, Editorial Director
1991 New York "Sparing the Child," by Michael W. Robbins, December 10Edward Kosner, Editor and President
1992Creative Classroom"Teaching Children About AIDS," by Lisa Feder-Feitel, January/February

"How to Talk about Substance Abuse," September

"Teachers Against Child Abuse," January/February 1992

Elaine Israel, Editor in Chief
1993 Good Housekeeping "The Better Way," January, February, JuneJohn Mack Carter, Editor in Chief
1994 Fortune "One Man's Tough Choices on Prostate Cancer," by Tom Alexander, September 20Marshall Loeb, Managing Editor
1995 SmartMoney "Driver's Education," by Liz Comte Reisman, May

"Home Truths," by Liz Comte Reisman, November

"Lessons in Life," by Laura M. Holson and Liz Comte Reisman, December

Steven Swartz, Editor in Chief
1996 SmartMoney "Part 1: Investing for College," by Walecia Konrad, May

"Part 2: Mom, Can You Spare $100,000?," by Walecia Konrad, October

Steven Swartz, Editor in Chief
1997 Glamour "Is Managed Care Good for Women's Health?" by Leslie Laurence, August

"Making Managed Care Work for You," by Tessa DeCarlo, September

Ruth Whitney, Editor in Chief
1998 Men's Journal "Don't tell My Heart," by Jim Thornton, April

"The New Erector Set," by Jim Thornton, May

"The Ache a Guy Aches: My Hernia," by Jim Thornton, December/January

Jann S. Wenner, Editor in Chief

John Rasmus, Editor

1999 Good Housekeeping "Katie's Crusade," by Joanna Powell, October

"The Stories of Three Families Left Behind," by Sondra Forsyth

"The Preventable Cancer," by Lisa Collier Cool

Ellen Levine, Editor in Chief
2000PC Company (renamed Smart Business for the New Economy)"Small-Business Secret Weapons, Part I," by Bonny L. Georgia, September

"Small-Business Secret Weapons, Part II," by Bonny L. Georgia, October

"Small-Business Secret Weapons, Part III," by Bonny L. Georgia, November

Paul Somerson, Editor in Chief

Wendy Taylor, Editor

2001 National Geographic Adventure "The Rules of Adventure," by Laurence Gonzales, January/FebruaryJohn Rasmus, Editor in Chief
2002 National Geographic Adventure "Land of the Lost," by Laurence Gonzales, November/DecemberJohn Rasmus, Editor in Chief
2003 Outside "The Shape of Your Life, Part I," by Paul Scott, May

"The Shape of Your Life, Part II," by Paul Scott, June

"The Shape of Your Life, Part V," by Paul Scott, September

Hal Espen, Editor
2004 Men's Health "A Tale of 3 Hearts," by Peter Moore, July/August

"100 Ways to Live Forever," by Adam Campbell and Brian Good

"Death by Exercise," by Lou Schuler

David Zinczenko, Editor in Chief
2005 BabyTalk "You Can Breastfeed!" by Kristin O'Callaghan, AugustSusan Kane, Editor in Chief
2006 Self "Keep Your Breasts Healthy for Life," OctoberLucy S. Danziger, Editor in Chief
2007 Glamour "What No One Ever Tells You About Breast Implants," by Liz WelchCynthia Leive, Editor in Chief
2008 Popular Mechanics "Know Your Footprint: Energy," by Alex Hutchinson, June

"Know Your Footprint: Water," by Alex Hutchinson, September

"Know Your Footprint: Waste," by Alex Hutchinson, December

James B. Meigs, Editor in Chief
2009 Esquire "Retool, Reboot, Rebuild," by Mehmet Oz, M.D. and Michael Roizen, M.D., May

"Seventy-Five," by Susan Casey, May

David Granger, Editor in Chief
2010 New York "For and Against Foreskin," by Chris Bonanos, Michael Idov and Hanna Rosin, October 26Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2011 Men's Health "I Want My Prostate Back," by Laurence Roy Stains, MarchDavid Zinczenko, Editor in Chief

Peter Moore, Editor

2012 Glamour "The Secret That Kills Four Women a Day," by Liz Brody, Editor at Large, JuneCynthia Leive, Editor in Chief
2013 Los Angeles "The New Face and Body of Plastic Surgery in L.A.," OctoberMary Melton, Editor in Chief
2014 Cosmopolitan "Your Cosmo Guide to Contraception," SeptemberJoanna Coles, Editor in Chief
2015 O, The Oprah Magazine "Ready or Not: The Caregiver's Guide," NovemberLucy Kaylin, Editor in Chief
2016 FamilyFun "The Happy Family Playbook," by Jennifer King Lindley, MayAnn Hallock, Editor in Chief
2017 GOOD "What Can He Really Do? What Can We Do About It?," [4] WinterNancy Miller, Editor in Chief
2018 Cosmopolitan "How to Run for Office," [5] by Laura Brounstein, Meredith Bryan, Jessica Goodman, Emily C. Johnson,

Tess Koman, Rachel Mosely, Rebecca Nelson and Helen Zook, November

Michele Promaulayko, Editor in Chief
2019 5280 "The Art of Dying Well," [6] edited by Kasey Cordell and Lindsey B. Koehler, OctoberDaniel Brogan, chief executive officer and Editor in Chief

Geoff Van Dyke, Editorial Director

Leisure Interests

Previously known as Special Interests (1986–2001). Honors the use of print to provide practical information about recreational activities and special interests.

YearMagazineArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
1986 Popular Mechanics Popular Mechanics Woodworking Guide, NovemberJoe Oldham, Editor in Chief
1987 Sports Afield "Getting Started: Flyfishing," January

"Getting Started: Rifle Shooting," July

"Getting Started: Outdoor Photography," August

Tom Paugh, Editor
1988 Condé Nast Traveler "Stop Press," by Paul Grimes, September, October, NovemberHarold Evans, Editor in Chief
1989 Condé Nast Traveler "The Ultimate Island Finder," August

"Bush Intelligence," November

"Bring the Kids," December

Harold Evans, Editor in Chief
1990 Art & Antiques "What's Not Hot," FebruaryJeffrey Schaire, Editor
1991 New York "Super Sound," by David Denby, February 19

"The Ear: Twin Tweaks," July 16

"The Ear: Speakers of the House," December 10

Edward Kosner, Editor and President
1992 Sports Afield "Gear for Deer & How to Use It," AugustTom Paugh, Editor in Chief
1993 Philadelphia "Simple Pleasures," by Janet Bukovinsky, MayEliot Kaplan, Editor
1994 Outside "At Play in the Swirly Zone," by David Quammen, April

"One Animal Year," by Donald Katz, May

Lawrence J. Burke, Publisher and Editor in Chief

Mark Bryant, Editor

1995 GQ "Oy, It's Poi!" by Alan Richman, January

"Feeding the Infidel," July

"Play it Again, Lam," September

Arthur Cooper, Editor in Chief
1996 Saveur "Don't Call it 'Cajun,'" by Gene Bourg, January/FebruaryDorothy Kalins, Editor in Chief
1997 Smithsonian "When It Comes to Moths, Nature Pulls Out All the Stops," by Richard Conniff, February

"Clyde Roper Can't Wait to be Attacked by the Giant Squid," May "Dragonflies are an Odd Combination of Beautiful Things," July

Dan Moser, Editor
1998 Entertainment Weekly "Thanks for Nothing, The Seinfeld Chronicles," (parts one, two, three, four, and five) by Kristen Baldwin and Mike Flaherty, A.J. Jacobs,

Mary Kaye Schilling and Ken Tucker, May 30

James W. Seymore, Jr., Managing Editor
1999PC Computing"Undocumented Internet Secrets," NovemberPaul Somerson, Vice President and Editor in Chief
2000 I.D. "Leaving Las Vegas," September/OctoberChee Pearlman, Former Editor in Chief
2001 The New Yorker "The Sports Issue," August 21 & 28David Remnick, Editor
2002 Vogue "Caviar Conundrum," by Jeffrey Steingarten, March

"Salt Chic," July

"High Steaks," September

Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief
2003 National Geographic Adventure "Wild in the Parks," by Jim Gorman and Tim Cahill, MayJohn Rasmus, Editor in Chief
2004 Consumer Reports "Veterinary Care Without the Bite," by Jeff Blyskal, JulyJulia Kagan, Vice President and Editorial Director
2005 Sports Illustrated "2004 Olympic Preview," August 2Terry McDonell, Managing Editor
2006 Golf Magazine "The New Way to Putt," OctoberDavid M. Clarke, Editor
2007 O, The Oprah Magazine "Reading: A Love Story," JulyOprah Winfrey, Founder and editorial director,

Amy Gross, Editor in Chief

2008 New York "Cartography: The Complete Road Map to New York City Street Food," by Michael Idov and Rob Patronite, June 25Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2009 Esquire "The Esquire Almanac of Steak," September David Granger, Editor in Chief
2010 New York "The Great New York Neoclassical Neapolitan Pizza Revolution," by Rob Patronite and Robin Raisefeld with Michael Idov, July 20–27Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2011 Men's Journal "Five Meals Every Man Should Master," by Daniel Duane, Photographs by Marcus Nilsson, AugustJann S. Wenner, Editor in Chief

Will Dana, Editorial Director

Brad Wieners, Editor

2012 Saveur "Italian America," by Dana Bowen, Frank Castronovo, Lou Di Palo, Frank Falcinelli,

Greg Ferro, John Mariani, Rina Oh, James Oseland, Marne Setton and Jane and Michael Stern, December

James Oseland, Editor in Chief
2013 Wired "How to Be a Geek Dad," JuneChris Anderson, Editor in Chief
2014 O, The Oprah Magazine "Hair Extravaganza!," SeptemberOprah Winfrey, Founder and editorial director

Lucy Kaylin, Editor in Chief

2015 Backpacker "The Complete Guide to Fire," edited by Casey Lyons, OctoberDennis Lewon, Editor in Chief
2016 Eater "The Eater Guide to Surviving Disney World," August 26 at eater.comAmanda Kludt, Editor in Chief
2017 Eater "The Eater Guide to Paris," [7] by Eater Staff, October 19 at eater.comAmanda Kludt, Editor in Chief
2018 Texas Monthly "The Golden Age of BBQ," [8] by Daniel Vaughn, JuneTim Taliaferro, Editor in Chief
2019 New York "How to Be an Artist," [9] by Jerry Saltz, November 26 – December 9Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Website

Honors magazine websites and online-only magazines. Divided into two categories in 2019: "News and Opinion"-Honors magazine websites covering politics, business, technology and entertainment- and "Service and Life Style" – Honors magazine websites covering fashion, food, travel and design.

YearMagazineEditor
2012 New York Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Ben Williams, editorial director, nymag.com

2013 The Atlantic James Bennet, Editor in Chief

Bob Cohn, Editor, Atlantic Digital

2014 New York Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Ben Williams, Editorial Director

2015 Nautilus Michael Segal, Editor in Chief
2016 New York Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Ben Williams, Editor, Digital

2017 National Geographic Susan Goldberg, Editor in Chief
2018 New York Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2019 The Marshall Project Bill Keller, Editor in Chief
2019 Roads & Kingdoms Nathan Thornburgh, Editor in Chief

Cengiz Yar, Managing Editor

Digital Innovation

Honors the outstanding use of digital media by magazine websites and digital-only magazines

YearTitleArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
2018 SB Nation "17776: An American Football Story," by Jon Bois, July 5Elena Bergeron, Editor in Chief
2019 The New York Times Magazine "The Voyages Issue," September 21 at nytimes.com and on the New York Times mobile app and September 23 in printJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief

Social media

Honors the outstanding use of social accounts by magazine websites and digital-only magazines.

YearTitleArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
2018 SELF facebook.com/selfmagazine; instagram.com/selfmagazine; SELF on Snapchat; Team SELF Facebook GroupCarolyn Kylstra, Editor in Chief
2019 Bon Appétit facebook.com/itsalivewithbrad; instagram.com/basically; instagram.com/bonappetitmag; instagram.com/healthy_ish; twitter.com/bonappetitAdam Rapoport, Editor in Chief

Rachel Karten, Senior Social Media Manager

Podcasting

Honors the outstanding use of audio content by magazine websites and digital-only magazines.

YearTitleArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
2010 Tablet Magazine Remembrance Day by George Warner, The Queens of Bollywood by Eric Molinsky, Blessed Bluegrass by Jon KalishAlana Newhouse, editor-in-chief, Julie Subrin, executive producer, audio, Sara Ivry, podcast host
2011 Poetry Poetry Magazine Podcast Christian Wiman, Editor; Don Share, Senior Editor; Curtis Fox, Producer; Ed Herrmann, Sound Recordist
2019 Slate Three episodes of "Slow Burn":"Deal or No Deal," August 8, "Tell-All," September 18, and "Move On," October 17Julia Turner, Editor in Chief

Video

Honors the outstanding use of video by magazines published on digital platforms. Divided into two categories in 2019: "News and Opinion"-Honors coverage of politics, business, technology and entertainment- and "Service and Life Style" – Honors coverage of fashion, food, travel and design.

YearTitleArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
2010 Yale Environment 360 Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining Roger Cohn, Editor

Chad Stevens, Filmmaker

2011 The Oxford American "SoLost" SeriesWarwick Sabin, Publisher

Dave Anderson, Videographer

2012 The New York Times Magazine "My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling," by Julie Dressner, Shayla Harris and Clifford J. LevyHugo Lindgren, Editor in Chief
2013 Mother Jones'"Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser," September 18Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Editors

David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief James West, Producer

2014 Glamour "Confronting Cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Mutations," October 9

"Recovery: Meds. And Love," October 23

"Life Post-Surgery: Back on Stage," October 30, from "Screw You Cancer" series

Cynthia Leive, Editor in Chief
2015 Vice News "The Islamic State," by Medyan Dairieh, August 15 at vice.com Jason Mojica, Editor in Chief

Kevin Sutcliffe, Executive Producer

2016 Vice News "Selfie Soldiers: Russia's Army Checks In to Ukraine," June 16 at vicenews.com Jason Mojica, Editor in Chief
2017 New York with Narrative 4"Guns & Empathy," December 26 at nymag.comAdam Moss, Editor in Chief
2018 TIME and Mic "Life After Addiction," [10] video by Aja Harris and Paul Moakley, November 8 at time.comEdward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief
2019 Topic "Black 14," [11] directed by Darius Clark Monroe, March 6Anna Holmes, Editorial Director
2019 Topic "Noodle School," [12] directed by Jia Li, September 10Anna Holmes, Editorial Director

Public Interest

Known as Public Service (1970–1985). Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of national importance. No award was given in 1973.

YearTitleArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
1970 LIFE "Fortas: A Question of Ethics"William LambertRalph Graves, Managing Editor
1971 The Nation "The Wired Nation"
"The Cops Hit the Jackpot"
Ralph Lee Smith
Joseph C. Goulden
1972 Philadelphia "The River Pirates "
1974 Scientific American "Life and Death in Medicine"Kerr L. WhiteDennis Flanagan, Editor
1975 Consumer Reports "Is the Water Safe to Drink? (three-part series)"Irwin LandauIrwin Landau, Editorial Director
1976 Businessweek "The Corporate Woman: Up the Ladder, Finally "Irene PaveLewis H. Young, Editor in Chief
1977 Philadelphia "The Forgotten Children"Loretta SchwartzAlan Halpern, Editor
1978 Mother Jones'"Pinto Madness"Mark DowieJeffrey Klein, Editor
1979New West "Hell on Wheels"Moira JohnsonJon Carroll
1980 Texas Monthly "Why Teachers Can’t Teach"Gene LyonsWilliam Broyles, Editor
1981 Reader's Digest "The Murder of Robbie Wayne, Age 6"
"Marijuana Alert II: More of the Grim Story"
Mary Jane Chambers
Peggy Mann
Edward T. Thompson, Editor in Chief
1982 The Atlantic "The Education of David Stockman (December)"William GreiderWilliam Whitworth, Editor
1983 Foreign Affairs "Nuclear Weapons and the Atlantic Alliance (Spring)"McGeorge Bundy, George F. Kennan,
Robert S. McNamara and Gerard C. Smith
William P. Bundy, Editor
1984 The New Yorker "Breaking the Spell"George KennanWilliam Shawn, Editor
1985 Washingtonian "Where Have All the Warriors Gone?"Nick Kotz and Nancy B. Nathan and Cathryn DonohoeJohn A. Limpert, Editor
1986 Science 81 "Technology for Peace: High-Tech Vigilance"
"Technology for Peace: The Politics of Mistrust Technology for Peace: The Inspectors"
R. Jeffrey Smith
Roger Bingham Carl Posey
Allan L. Hammond, Editor
1987 Money "Inside the Billion-Dollar Business of Blood"Andrea RockMarshall Loeb, Managing Editor, Landon Y. Jones, Executive Editor
1988 The Atlantic "The Morning After"Peter G. PetersonWilliam Whitworth, Editor
1989California "Halcion Madness; Halcion: Prescription for Trouble?"Cindy EhrlichB.K. Moran, Editorial Director
1990Southern Exposure"Don’t Count Your Chickens"; "Inside the Slaughterhouse"; "The Fox Guarding the Hen House"Barry Yeoman, Barbara Goldoftas, Tom DevineEric Bates, Managing Editor
1991 Family Circle "Toxic Nightmare on Main Street"Stephanie AbarbanelJacqueline Leo, Editor in Chief
1992 Glamour "Teenage and Pregnant: Where are the Doctors Who Will Do Abortions?"
"A Town Held Hostage"
Le Ann Schreiber
Francis Wilkinson
Ruth Whitney, Editor in Chief
1993The Family Therapy Networker"Whatever Happened to Community Mental Health?—Revising the Dream"
Steering through the Storm Making House Calls"
Mary Sykes Wylie
James Carlin, Laura M. Markowitz
Dr. Richard Simon, Editor
1994 Philadelphia "Less Than One Percent; Floxin Follow-Up; Floxin Update"Stephen FriedEliot Kaplan, Editor
1995 The New Republic "No Exit; She’s Baaack!"Elizabeth McCaugheyMartin Peretz, Editor in Chief and chairman, Andrew Sullivan, Editor
1996 Texas Monthly "Not What the Doctor Ordered"Mimi SwartzGregory Curtis, Editor
1997 Fortune "How Bill Ruckelshaus is Taking on the New York Mob"; "Carting Away New York City’s Garbage Cartel"Richard BeharJohn Huey, Managing Editor
1998 The Atlantic "The Computer Delusion"Todd OppenheimerWilliam Whitworth, Editor
1999 TIME "Corporate Welfare"; "Paying a Price for Polluters"; "The Empire of the Pigs"Donald L. Bartlett and James B. SteeleWalter Isaacson, Managing Editor
2000 The New Yorker "The Demon in the Freezer"Richard PrestonDavid Remnick, Editor
2001 TIME "Big Money & Politics: How the Little Guy Gets Crunched"; "Soaked by Congress"; "Throwing the Game"Donald L. Bartlett and James B. SteeleWalter Isaacson, Managing Editor
2002 The Atlantic "Bystanders to Genocide"Samantha PowerMichael Kelly, Editor
2003 The Atlantic "The Fifty-First State?"James FallowsCullen Murphy, Managing Editor
2004 The New Yorker "Lunch with the Chairman"; "Selective Intelligence"; "The Stovepipe"Seymour M. HershDavid Remnick, Editor
2005 The New Yorker "Torture at Abu Ghraib"; "Chain of Command"; "The Gray Zone"Seymour HershDavid Remnick, Editor
2006 The New Yorker "The Climate of Man: Part 1"; "The Climate of Man: Part II"; "The Climate of Man: Part III"Elizabeth KolbertDavid Remnick, Editor
2007 Vanity Fair "Rules of Engagement"William LangewiescheGraydon Carter, Editor
2008 The Nation "How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits"; Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington"Joshua KorsKatrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher
2009 Bicycling "Broken"David DarlingtonLoren Mooney, Editor in Chief
2010 The New Yorker "The Cost Conundrum"Atul GawandeDavid Remnick, Editor
2011 The New Yorker "Letting Go"Atul GawandeDavid Remnick, Editor
2012 The New Yorker "The Invisible Army" Sarah Stillman David Remnick, Editor
2013 Texas Monthly "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives"Mimi SwartzJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2014 TIME "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us"Steven BrillRick Stengel, Managing Editor
2015 Pacific Standard "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet" Amanda Hess Maria Streshinsky, Editor in Chief
2016 BuzzFeed "The New American Slavery," July 24, and "All You Americans Are Fired," December 1 at buzzfeed.comJessica Garrison, Ken Bensinger and Jeremy Singer-VineBen Smith, Editor in Chief
2017 The New York Times Magazine "Worlds Apart," June 12 Nikole Hannah-Jones Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2018 The New Yorker "Abuses of Power," [13] October 23 print issue, "Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein," [14] October 27 at newyorker.com, and "Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies," [15] November 6 at newyorker.com Ronan Farrow David Remnick, Editor
2019 The New Yorker "No Refuge," [16] January 15Sarah StillmanDavid Remnick, Editor
2020 The New York Times Magazine "The 1619 Project," [17] August 14 online at nytimes.com/magazine and August 18 in printNikole Hannah-Jones and other contributorsJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2021 ProPublica "The Black American Amputation Epidemic," [18] May 19, and "Tethered to the Machine," [19] December 15Lizzie PresserStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief

Reporting

Previously known as Reporting Excellence (1970–1980) and New Reporting in 1988. Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles.

YearTitleArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
1970 The New Yorker "Annals of Politics" (parts one and two)
"Casualties of War"
Richard Harris
Daniel Lang
1971 The Atlantic "Soldiers"Ward Just
1972 The Atlantic "The 8,000,000: Report from China"Ross Terrill
1973 New York "The Landlords of Hell’s Bedroom"; "The Old Man in the Bronx"Gail Sheehy
1974 The New Yorker "Annals of Industry: Casualties of the Workplace"
"Reporter at Large: The Plundered Past"
Paul Brodeur
John McPhee, Karl E. Meyer
William Shawn, Editor
1975 The New Yorker "Supertanker"Noel MostertWilliam Shawn, Editor

Hoyt Spellman, Director of Marketing

1976 Audubon "Dr. Strangelove Builds a Canal"
"Song of the Seal"
Alvin Josephy
George Rieger
Les Line, Editor in Chief
1977 Audubon "Cheap Chemicals and Dumb Luck"Curtis K. StadtfeldLes Line, Editor in Chief
1978 The New Yorker "For a six-part series on Alaska (May 2 & 9, June 20 & 27, July 4 & 11)"John McPheeWilliam Shawn, Editor
1979 Texas Monthly A three-part series on life in three disparate areas of Texas (parts one, two, and three)Richard WestWilliam Broyles, Editor
1980 Mother Jones'"The Corporate Crime of the Century"Mark DowieZina Klapper
1981 National Journal "Money Makes the World Go Round: But What If It Can’t Any More?"Robert J. SamuelsonRichard S. Frank, Editor
1982 Washingtonian "The Saving of Mr. President"John PekkanenJohn A. Limpert, Editor
1983 Institutional Investor "Drysdale: What Really Happened?"Chris WellesGilbert E. Kaplan
1984 Vanity Fair "When Memory Goes"Francine du Plessix GrayLeo Lerman, Editor in Chief
1985 Texas Monthly "The Man in the Black Hat" (parts one and two)Paul BurkaGregory Curtis, Editor
1986 Rolling Stone "The Plague Years"David BlackJann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher
1987 LIFE "The Liberation of Lolly and Gronky"Anne FadimanJudith Daniels, Managing Editor
1988 Washingtonian and Baltimore "Life and Death on the Fast Track"Steven D. Kaye
Ramsey Flynn [20]
John A. Limpert, Editor

Stan Heuisler, Editor

1989 The New Yorker "Tehran Summer"Robin WrightRobert Gottlieb, Editor
1990 The New Yorker "Beyond the Mountains" (parts one, two, and three)Mark DannerRobert Gottlieb, Editor
1991 The New Yorker "Deal of the Year"Connie BruckRobert Gottlieb, Editor
1992 The New Republic "Highway to Hell"; "Rolls-Royce Revolutionaries"; "Back to the Hills"Michael KellyMartin Peretz, Editor and Chief and Chairman
1993 IEEE Spectrum "Iraq and the Bomb"
"Halting Proliferation"
Glenn Zorpette
John A. Adam
Donald Christiansen, Editor and Publisher
1994 The New Yorker "Remembering Satan, Part I (May 17)"; "Remembering Satan, Part II (May 24)" Lawrence Wright Tina Brown, Editor
1995 The Atlantic "Reefer Madness: Marijuana and the Law"Eric SchlosserWilliam Whitworth, Editor
1996 The New Yorker "The Politics of Perception"Connie BruckTina Brown, Editor
1997 Outside "Into Thin Air"Jon KrakauerLawrence J. Burke, Publisher and Editor in Chief

Mark Bryant, Editor

1998 Rolling Stone "The True Story of John/Joan" John Colapinto Jann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher

Robert Love, Managing Editor

1999 Newsweek "Clinton and the Intern"; "The Secret War"; "The Tripp Trap?"Michael Isikoff and Evan ThomasRichard M. Smith, Editor in Chief and Chairman

Mark Whitaker, Editor

2000 Vanity Fair "Madness Visible"
"Forensics of War"
Janine di Giovanni
Sebastian Junger
Graydon Carter, Editor in Chief
2001 Esquire "The Perfect Fire"Sean Flynn David Granger, Editor in Chief
2002 The Atlantic "The Crash of Egypt Air 990"William LangewiescheMichael Kelly, Editor
2003 The New Yorker "In the Party of God, Part I (October 14 & 21)"; "In the Party of God, Part II (October 28)"Jeffrey GoldbergDavid Remnick, Editor
2004 Rolling Stone "The Killer Elite, Part 1"; "The Killer Elite, Part 2: From Hell to Baghdad"; "The Killer Elite, Part 3: The Battle for Baghdad"Evan WrightWenner, Editor and Publisher

Ed Needham, Managing Editor

2005 The New Yorker "Dying in Darfur" [21] Samantha PowerDavid Remnick, Editor
2006 Rolling Stone "The Man Who Sold the War" [22] James BamfordJann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher

Will Dana, Managing Editor

2007 Esquire "The School" [23] C.J. Chivers David Granger, Editor in Chief
2008 National Geographic China's Instant Cities" [24] Peter HesslerChris Johns, Editor in Chief
2009 The New York Times "Right at the Edge" [25] Dexter FilkinsGerald Marzorati, Editor in Chief
2010 The New York Times "The Deadly Choices at Memorial" [26] Sheri FinkGerald Marzorati, Editor
2011 Harper's Magazine "The Guatanamo ‘Suicides’" [27] Scott HortonRoger D. Hodge, Editor
2012 The New Yorker "The Apostate" [28] Lawrence WrightDavid Remnick, Editor
2013 GQ "18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio" [29] Chris HeathJim Nelson, Editor in Chief
2014 The New York Times "The Dream Boat" [30] Luke MogelsonHugo Lindgren, Editor in Chief
2015 GQ "Inside the Iron Closet" [31] Jeff SharletJim Nelson, Editor in Chief
2016 Matter "My Nurses Are Dead, and I Don't Know If I'm Already Infected" [32] Joshua HammerMark Lotto, Editor in Chief
2017 Mother Jones "My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard" [33] Shane BauerClara Jeffery, Editor in Chief
2018 The New York Times Magazine "The Uncounted," [34] November 19Azmat Khan and Anand GopalJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2019 The New Yorker "Shallow Graves," [35] December 24 & 31Ben TaubDavid Remnick, Editor
2020 The New York Times Magazine in partnership with ProPublica "False Witness," [36] December 8Pamela ColloffJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief, The New York Times Magazine

Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief, ProPublica

2021 The New Yorker "The Plague Year," [37] December 28 on newyorker.com, January 4 & 11 print issueLawrence WrightDavid Remnick, Editor
2022 The New York Times Magazine "The Collapse," [38] December 10, 2021 on nytimes.com, December 19, 2021 print issueMatthieu AikinsJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2023 The New York Times Magazine "The Battle for Baby L.,” [39] November 20, 2022 print issueRozina AliJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2024 Pro Publica with The Texas Tribune "Someone Tell Me What to Do” [40] December 5, 2023Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Jinitzail Hernández, The Texas TribuneStephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica and Sewell Chan, Editor-in-Chief, The Texas Tribune

Feature Writing

Honors original, stylish storytelling.

YearMagazineArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
1988 The Atlantic "The Man Who Loves Only Numbers" Paul Hoffman William Whitworth, Editor
1989 Esquire "The Transformation of Johnny Spain"Chip BrownLee Eisenberg, Editor in Chief
1990 The Washingtonian "Like Something the Lord Made" Archived December 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Katie McCabeJohn A. Limpert, Editor
1991 U.S. News & World Report "Vietnam Story" Joseph L. Galloway Merrill McLoughlin, Michael Ruby, co-editors
1992 Sports Illustrated "Shadow of a Nation" Gary Smith John Papanek, Managing Editor
1993 The New Yorker "Whose Art Is It?" Jane Kramer Tina Brown, Editor
1994 Harper's Magazine "The Last Shot" Darcy Frey Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
1995 GQ "The Abortionist" [41] Tom Junod Arthur Cooper, Editor in Chief
1996 GQ "The Rapist Says He’s Sorry" [42] Tom Junod Arthur Cooper, Editor in Chief
1997 Sports Illustrated "Crime and Punishment" Gary Smith Mark Mulvoy, Editor

Bill Colson, Managing Editor

1998 Harper's Magazine "Driving Mr. Albert" Michael Paterniti Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
1999 The American Scholar "Exiting Nirvana" Clara Claiborne Anne Fadiman, Editor
2000 Sports Illustrated "Moment of Truth" Gary Smith Bill Colson, Managing Editor
2001 Rolling Stone "The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub" David Foster Wallace Jann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher

Robert Love, Managing Editor

2002 The Atlantic "Moonrise"Penny WolfsonMichael Kelly, Editor
2003 Harper's Magazine "Horseman, Pass By"John Jeremiah SullivanLewis H. Lapham, Editor
2004 The New Yorker "The Marriage Cure"Katherine BooDavid Remnick, Editor
2005 Esquire "Home"Chris Jones David Granger, Editor in Chief
2006 The American Scholar "Genome Tome"Priscilla LongRobert Wilson, Editor
2007 GQ "The Other Side of Hate"Andrew CorselloJim Nelson, Editor in Chief
2008 Atlanta "You Have Thousands of Angels Around You" Paige Williams Rebecca Burns, Editor in Chief
2009 Esquire "The Things That Carried Him"Chris Jones David Granger, Editor in Chief
2010 Texas Monthly "Still Life" [43] Skip Hollandsworth Evan Smith, President and Editor in Chief

Jake Silverstein, Editor

2011 Los Angeles "The End" [44] Ben Ehrenreich Mary Melton, Editor
2012 Esquire "Joplin!" [45] Luke Dittrich David Granger, Editor in Chief
2013 Texas Monthly "The Innocent Man: Part I"; "The Innocent Man: Part II" [46] Pamela Colloff Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2014 The New Yorker "A Loaded Gun" [47] Patrick Radden Keefe David Remnick, Editor

Pamela Maffei McCarthy, Deputy Editor

2015 Atavist "Love and Ruin" [48] James Verini Evan Ratliff, Editor in Chief
2016 The New Yorker "The Really Big One" [49] Kathryn Schulz David Remnick, Editor
2017 The New York Times Magazine "I Have No Choice but to Keep Looking" [50] Jennifer Percy Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2018 GQ "A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof," [51] September Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah Jim Nelson, Editor in Chief
2019 The New Yorker "A Theory of Relativity," [52] April 30 Elif Batuman David Remnick, Editor
2020 The New York Times Magazine "The Schoolteacher and the Genocide," [53] August 11Sarah A. TopolJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2021 Runner's World "Twelve Minutes and a Life," [54] June 18 Mitchell S. Jackson Bill Strickland, Enthusiast Group Editorial Director
2022 The Atlantic "Twenty Years Gone," [55] September 2021Jennifer SeniorJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
2023 Pro Publica and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The Landlord and the Tenant," [56] November 16, 2021Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublicaStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief, ProPublica

George Stanley, Editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Essays and Criticism

Category previously known as "Criticism & Belle-Lettres" (1977) and Essays (2000–10). Honors "long-form journalism that presents the opinions of the writer on topics ranging from the personal to the political".

YearMagazineArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
1977 Mother Jones "Peking! Peking!"Li-li Ch'enJeffrey Klein, Editor
1978 Esquire "High on War"Michael HerrDon Erickson, editorial director, Clay S. Felker, Editor and Publisher
1979 LIFE "The View from 80"Malcolm CowleyPhilip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Managing Editor
1980 Natural History Columns on Evolutionary BiologyStephen Jay GouldAlan Ternes
1981 TIME "Back to Reticence", "Return to Patriotism", "Rediscovering America"Lance MorrowRay Cave, Managing Editor
1982 The Atlantic "Designer Dancing", "Balanchine's Tchaikovsky", "Moving Pictures"Holly BrubackWilliam Whitworth, Editor
1983 The American Lawyer "Headnotes" (column)Steven BrillSteven Brill, Editor in Chief and Chairman
1984 The New Republic "The End of the World", "Crosscurrents: Pseudo-Private Lives", "The Politics of a Plague"Charles KrauthammerMartin Peretz, Editor in Chief and Chairman
1985 Boston "Politics"Howard CarrDonald H. Forst, Editor
1986 The Sciences "The Information Age: bsohligrimtyhplrylvdb", "The Computer Behind the Curtain",
"His Voice's Master"
Robert WrightPaul T. Libassi, Editor
1987 Outside "The Same River Twice", "Out of the Noösphere", "Chambers of Memory"David QuammenLawrence J. Burke, Publisher and Editor in Chief
1988 Harper's Magazine "The Next Panic"L. J. DavisLewis H. Lapham, Editor
1989 Harper's Magazine "The Urge for an End", "Who Won the West? Apologies to the Water Birds and Ranch Hands", "I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent"Edward Hoagland, William Kittredge, Shelby SteeleLewis H. Lapham, Editor
1990 Vanity Fair "Darkness Visible"William StyronTina Brown, Editor in Chief
1991 The Sciences "The Aesthetic Equation", "A Ripple in Gravity's Lens", "Dead Ringer"Hans Christian von BaeyerPeter G. Brown, Editor
1992 The Nation "Naming and Blaming: Media Goes Wilding in Palm Beach",
"Why We Read: Canon to the Right of Me..."
Katha PollittVictor S. Navasky, Editor
1993 The American Lawyer "Maybe the Jury Was Right"Roger ParloffSteven Brill, President and Editor in Chief
1994 Harper's Magazine "Mirrorings", "A Woman's Work", "The Crash of Blue-Sky California"Lucy Grealy, Louise Erdrich, David BeersLewis H. Lapham, Editor
1995 Harper's Magazine "Robert Barons Redux", "Morte de Nixon", "Terms of Endearment"Lewis H.LaphamLewis H. Lapham, Editor
1996 The New Yorker "True Grid", "Did He Do It?", "Modes of Seduction"Simon SchamaTina Brown, Editor
1997 The New Yorker "Escaping Picasso"Adam GopnikTina Brown, Editor
1998 The New Yorker "Who Owns Anne Frank?"Cynthia OzickTina Brown, Editor
1999 The Atlantic "Hymn"Emily HiestandWilliam Whitworth, Editor
2000 The Sciences "Clock of Ages"Brian HayesPeter G. Brown, Editor
2001 The New Yorker "Like a King"Adam GopnikDavid Remnick, Editor
2002 The New Yorker "My Father's Brain"Jonathan FranzenDavid Remnick, Editor
2003 The American Scholar "A Piece of Cotton"Anne FadimanAnne Fadiman, Editor
2004 The New Yorker "A Sudden Illness"Laura HillenbrandDavid Remnick, Editor
2005 National Geographic "Was Darwin Wrong?"David QuammenWilliam L. Allen, Editor in Chief
2006 Vanity Fair "A Matter of Life and Death"Marjorie WilliamsGraydon Carter, Editor
2007 The Georgia Review "Russell and Mary"Michael DonohueStephen Corey, Acting Editor
2008 New Letters "I Am Joe's Prostate"Thomas E. KennedyRobert Stewart, Editor in Chief
2009 Backpacker "The Source of All Things"Tracy RossJonathan Dorn, Editor in Chief
2010 National Geographic "Top Ten State Fair Joys"Garrison KeillorChris Johns, Editor in Chief
2011 The Paris Review "Mister Lytle: An Essay"John Jeremiah SullivanLorin Stein, Editor
2012 New York "Paper Tigers" Wesley Yang Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2013 The Atlantic "Fear of a Black President" [57] Ta-Nehisi Coates James Bennet, Editor in Chief

Scott Stossel, Editor

2014 The New Yorker "Thanksgiving in Mongolia" [58] Ariel Levy David Remnick, Editor Pamela Maffei McCarthy, Deputy Editor
2015 The New Yorker "This Old Man" [59] Roger AngellDavid Remnick, Editor
2016 Esquire "The Friend," [60] Matthew Teague David Granger, Editor in Chief
2017 The New York Times Magazine "David's Ankles," [61] Sam AndersonJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2018 The Atlantic "Lola’s Story," [62] JuneAlex TizonJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
2019 The New York Times Magazine "Getting Out," [63] October 21 Reginald Dwayne Betts Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
2020 Poetry "Tactile Art," [64] October John Lee Clark Don Share, Editor
2021 The New Yorker "The Trayvon Generation," [65] June 22 Elizabeth Alexander David Remnick, Editor

Columns and Commentary

Honors political and social commentary; news analysis; and reviews and criticism.

YearMagazineArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
2002 New York "Russert to Judgment"; "Sullivan’s Travels"; "The Stupids" Michael Wolff Caroline Miller, Editor in Chief
2003 The Nation "God Changes Everything"; "Backlash Babies"; "As Miss World Turns"Katha PollittKatrina vanden Heuvel, Editor
2004 New York "Live from Doha"; "My Big Fat Questions"; "Al Jazeera’s Edge"Michael WolffCaroline Miller, Editor in Chief
2005 National Journal "On Same-Sex Marriage, Bush Failed the Public and Himself"; "Fix the McCain-Feingold Law. Oops—Can I Say That?"; "Good Plan, Republicans. But It Didn’t Work in Britain"Jonathan RauchCharles Green, Editor
2006 The New Yorker "Landmarks"; "Mired"; "Bah Humbug"Hendrik HertzbergDavid Remnick, Editor
2007 Vanity Fair "Childhood’s End"; "The Vietnam Syndrome"; "Oriana Fallaci and the Art of Interview"Christopher HitchensGraydon Carter, Editor
2008 Rolling Stone "Worse Than Bush"; "My Favorite Nut Job"; "Obama’s Moment"Matt TaibbiJann S. Wenner, Editor and Publisher

Will Dana, Managing Editor

2009 Automobile "They Fought the Laws (of Supply and Demand), and the Laws Won"; "Lease Me to the Moon: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Finance?"; "Bailout Time for the Big Three"; "None Dare Call Them Republicans"Jamie KitmanJean Jennings, President and Editor in Chief
2010 Newsweek "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative"; "The Way Out of Afghanistan"; "Theocracy and Its Discontents"Fareed ZakariaJon Meacham, Editor
2011 Vanity Fair "Topic of Cancer"; "Unanswerable Prayers"; "Miss Manners and the Big C"Christopher HitchensGraydon Carter, Editor
2012 Vanity Fair "When the King Saved God"; "Unspoken Truths"; "From Abbottabad to Worse"Christopher HitchensGraydon Carter, Editor
2013 Slate "It’s Not About the Law, Stupid"; "The Supreme Court’s Dark Vision of Freedom"; "Where Is The Liberal Outrage?"Dahlia LithwickDavid Plotz, Editor in Chief
2014 The New Yorker "Shark Week"; "Difficult Women"; "Private Practice"Emily NussbaumRemnick, Editor; Pamela Maffei McCarthy, Deputy Editor
2015 New York "Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same?," "Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of Worlds," "Post-Macho God: Matisse's Cut-Outs Are World-Historically Gorgeous"Jerry SaltzAdam Moss, Editor in Chief
2016 The Intercept "A Visit to the Sweat Lodge," July 16, "Santa Muerte, Full of Grace," August 24, and "Stop Sending Me Jonathan Franzen Novels," October 6, at theintercept.comBarrett BrownBetsy Reed, Editor in Chief
2017 Harper's Magazine "Bird in a Cage," March, "The Ideology of Isolation," July, and "Giantess," SeptemberRebecca SolnitChristopher Cox, Editor, for March

Ellen Rosenbush, Editor, for July

James Marcus, Editor, for September

2018 New York "Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn’t Come Out Until Now," October 5, "Your Reckoning. And Mine.," November 12, and "This Moment Isn’t (Just) About Sex. It’s Really About Work," December 10, at thecut.comRebecca TraisterAdam Moss, Editor in Chief
2019 The New Yorker "The National Geographic Twins and the Falsehood of Our Post-Racial Future," March 14"The Profound Presence of Doria Ragland," May 21, and "The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment," September 27, at newyorker.comDoreen St. FélixDavid Remnick, Editor
2020Catapult Magazine“When Disability Is a Toxic Legacy,” [66] April 23, “The Ugly Beautiful and Other Failings of Disability Representation,” [67] October 24, and “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Mental Health and Medication,” [68] November 26s.e. smithNicole Chung, Editor in Chief
2021 The Paris Review Three columns from “Detroit Archives”: “Ladies of the Good Dead,” [69] May 22, “On Immolation,” [70] July 9, and “On Doulas,” [71] September 15, at theparisreview.org Aisha Sabatini Sloan Emily Nemens, Editor

Profile Writing

Category was inactive from 2013 through 2019 and was reactivated in 2020. Category was briefly known as Profiles from 2000 to 2001. Honors excellence in profile writing by recognizing the vividness and perceptiveness with which the writer brings his or her subject to life.

YearMagazine
2000 Sports Illustrated
2001 The New Yorker
2002 The New Yorker
2003 Sports Illustrated
2004 Esquire
2005 The New Yorker
2006 Esquire
2007 New York
2008 Vanity Fair
2009 Rolling Stone
2010 Esquire
2011 The New York Times
2012 D Magazine

Former categories

National Magazine Award

For the first four years of the National Magazine Awards, only one award was given.


1966

1967

1968

1969

Certificates of Special Recognition

Identifying one winner was no doubt a challenge for the judges in the first years of the National Magazine Awards. It was decided from the start that Certificates of Special Recognition as well as commendations would be given.


1966

1967

1968

Commendation

Nine titles were commended at the first annual National Magazine Awards. This was the only year such recognition was given.

1966

Special Award

YearMagazine
1976 TIME, Bicentennial Issue
1989Robert E. Kenyon, Jr.

Specialized Journalism

YearMagazine
1970 Philadelphia
1971 Rolling Stone
1972 Architectural Record
1973 Psychology Today
1974 Texas Monthly
1975 Medical economics
1976 United Mine Workers
1977 Architectural Record
1978 Scientific American
1979 National Journal
1980 IEEE Spectrum


Reviews and Criticism

Honors excellence in criticism of art, books, movies, television, theater, music, dance, food, dining, fashion, products and the like by recognizing the knowledge, persuasiveness and original voice that the critic brings to his or her reviews.

YearMagazine
2000 Esquire
2001 The New Yorker
2002 Harper's Magazine
2003 Vanity Fair
2004 Esquire
2005 The New Yorker
2006 Harper's Magazine
2007 The Nation
2008 The Atlantic
2009 The New Yorker
2010 The New Yorker

News and Documentary Photography

Previously known as Photojournalism (2007–2010) and News Photography (2011–2012). Honors excellence in the informative photographic documentation of an event or subject in real-time.

YearMagazine
2007 The Paris Review
2008 National Geographic
2009 National Geographic
2010 National Geographic
2011 The New York Times
2012 Harper's Magazine

Photography, Digital Media

Honors overall excellence in the design of magazine websites and online-only magazines.

YearMagazine
2010 National Geographic
2011 LIFE

General Excellence in Digital Media

Previously known as General Excellence in New Media (1997–2000), General Excellence Online (2001–2009) and General Excellence, Digital Media (2010–2013).

YearMagazine
1997 Money
1998 Sporting News
1999 Cigar Aficionado
2000 Bloomberg Businessweek
2001 U.S. News & World Report
2002 National Geographic
2003 Slate
2004 CNET
2005 Style.com
2006 National Geographic
2007 Beliefnet
2008 Runner's World
2009 New York
Backpacker
2010 New York
2011 Slate
2012 New York
2013 Pitchfork

Design, Digital Media

Previously known as Best Interactive Design (2001). Honors overall excellence in the design of magazine websites and online-only magazines.

YearMagazine
2001 SmartMoney
2010 Billboard
2011 The New York Times
2012 Wired

Reporting, Digital Media

Previously known as News Reporting (2010–2011). Honors overall excellence in the design of magazine websites and online-only magazines.

YearMagazine
2010 The Virginia Quarterly Review
2011 Foreign Policy
2012 Wired

Personal Service, Digital Media

Previously known as Interactive Service (2007) and Personal Service Online (2008–2008). Honors a site’s effective use of multimedia technology to deliver information that users can act on to improve the quality of their personal lives or enjoy recreational pursuits.

YearMagazine
2007 Bloomberg Businessweek
2008 Bloomberg Businessweek
2009 Backpacker
2012 Men's Health

Commentary, Digital Media

Previously known as Blogging (2010–2011). Honors excellence in opinion journalism on digital platforms.

YearMagazine
2010 Foreign Policy
2011 Tablet Magazine
2012 The American Scholar

Website Department

Previously known as Regular Department or Section (2010) and Online Department (2011). Honors a regularly updated, clearly branded department or channel.

YearMagazine
2010 Sports Illustrated
2011 Fast Company
2012 The Daily Beast

Utility App

Previously known as Interactive Feature (2007–2009) and Interactive Tool (2010–2011). Honors an outstanding app, feature or section of a website that uses multimedia technology, tools, community platforms or other interactive formats to deliver or share content such as news, information and entertainment, rather than practical instruction or advice.

YearMagazine
2007 New York
2008 Bicycling
2009 AARP The Magazine
2010 Men's Health
2011 Epicurious
2012 TIME

Community

YearMagazine
2010 National Geographic

Tablet Magazine

Previously known as Mobile Media (2010), Mobile Edition (2011) and Tablet Edition (2012). Honors magazines published on tablets and e-readers, including digital-only magazines.

YearMagazine
2010 Epicurious
2011 Esquire
2012 National Geographic
2013 National Geographic
2014 National Geographic
2015 National Geographic

Multimedia

Previously known as Multimedia Feature or Package (2010) and Multimedia Package (2011). Honors digital storytelling and the integration of magazine media.

YearTitleArticle(s) and Author(s)Editor
2010 New York "New York Fashion Week"Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Ben Williams, editorial director, NYMag.com

2011 The Virginia Quarterly Review "Assignment Afghanistan"Ted Genoways, Editor

Elliott D. Woods, Reporter and Multimedia Production

Jesse Dukes, Multimedia and Audio Production

Bluecadet Interactive, Web Design and Product Coordination

2012 Foreign Policy "The Qaddafi Files: An FP Special Report"Susan B. Glasser, Editor in Chief
2013 National Geographic "Cheetahs on the Edge," November iPad EditionChris Johns, Editor in Chief
2014 National Geographic "The Last Chase," by Robert Draper, November Print and iPad EditionChris Johns, Editor in Chief
2015 The Texas Observer in partnership with The Guardian US "Beyond the Border," by Melissa del Bosque, August 6 at texasobserver.orgDave Mann, Editor in Chief, The Texas Observer

Katharine Viner, Editor in Chief, Guardian US

2016 New York "This Is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn," nymag.com and November 16–22 Print IssueAdam Moss, Editor in Chief
2017 Huffington Post Highline "The 21st Century Gold Rush," [72] by Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie, December 21 at highline.huffingtonpost.comRachel Morris and Greg Veis, Executive Editors

Magazine of the Year

Honors magazines for editorial excellence as demonstrated in print and on digital platforms for the quality and consistency of magazine-branded content and services produced by or associated with the publication, including but not limited to conferences and events; books; and radio and television programs.

YearMagazineIssuesEditor
2010 Glamour April, September, NovemberCynthia Leive, Editor in Chief

Jill Herzig, Executive Editor

Ben Berentson, Online Managing Editor

2011 National Geographic February, April, December; NationalGeographic.comChris Johns, Editor in Chief

Rob Covey, Digital Media Editor, NGM.com

2012 TIME May 20, October 17 and December 26, 2011/January 2, 2012 Print Issues; TIME.com; Weekly iPad AppRick Stengel, Managing Editor

Catherine Sharick, Managing Editor, TIME.com

2013 New York May 28, October 22, November 12 Print and iPad Editions, nymag.comAdam Moss, Editor in Chief

Ben Williams, Online Editorial Director

2014 Fast Company March, May, October Print Editions; May, June, July/August iPad Editions; fastcompany.comRobert Safian, Editor

Florian Bachleda, Creative Director

Noah Robischon, executive director of Digital

2015 Vogue February, April and July Print and Tablet Editions; vogue.comAnna Wintour, Editor in Chief
2016 The Atlantic January/February, March and October; The Atlantic Magazine: Digital Editor; theatlantic.comJames Bennet, Editor in Chief

Scott Stossel, Editor

John Gould, Editor, TheAtlantic.com

2017 Mother Jones January/February, July/August and November/December; November/December Tablet Edition; motherjones.comClara Jeffery, Editor in Chief

Ivylise Simones, Creative Director

Magazine Section

Honors a regularly published front- or back-of-the-book department or section.

YearMagazineArticle(s)Editor
2005 Popular Science "How 2.0," April, May, JuneScott Mowbray, Editor in Chief
2006 Backpacker "Basecamp," June, September, DecemberJonathan Dorn, Editor in Chief
2007 New York "Strategist," June 12, July 24, December 11Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2008 Condé Nast Portfolio "Brief," September, October, DecemberJoanne Lipman, Editor in Chief
2009 Wired "Start," September, October, DecemberChris Anderson, Editor in Chief
2010 New York "Strategist," April 20, May 25, October 26Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2011 New York "Strategist," May 24, October 25, December 20–27Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2012 New York "Strategist," July 11, October 10, November 28Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2013 New York "Strategist," May 28, October 8, October 22Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2014 Modern Farmer "Modern Farmer Handbook," Spring, Fall, WinterAnne Marie Gardner, chief executive officer and Editor in Chief
2015 New York "Strategist," March 24 – April 6, April 7–20 and November 17–23Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2016 New York "The Culture Pages," March 9–22, October 5–18 and October 19 – November 1Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2017 New York "The Culture Pages," June 13–26, June 27 – July 10, and August 8–21Adam Moss, Editor in Chief
2018 New York "The Strategist," March 20 – April 2, September 18 – October 1 and December 11–24Adam Moss, Editor in Chief

Fiction

Previously known as Fiction & Belle-Lettres (1974–1976). Honors fiction originally published in magazines. Last awarded in 2016. Succeeded by the ASME Awards for Fiction in 2018. [73]

YearMagazineArticle(s)Author(s)Editor
1970 Redbook "Tonight at 9:36"
"Troubadour"
"The Magic Mama"
Alfred Gillespie
Rick Sterry
Lucille Clifton
Sey Chassler, Editor in Chief
1971 Esquire
1972 Mademoiselle "A Most Incredible Meal"William Kotzwinkle
1973 The Atlantic "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" Grace Paley
1974 The New Yorker "A Bad Baby"
"A Story in an Almost Classical Mode"
"Burial"
Roberta Silman
Harold Brodkey
Larry Woiwode
William Shawn, Editor
1975 Redbook "Swimmer in the Secret Sea" William Kotzwinkle Sey Chassler, Editor in Chief
1976 Essence "Isom" Hortense Spillers Marcia Anne Gillespie, Editor in Chief
1977 Mother Jones'"Peking! Peking!"Li-li Ch’enJeffrey Klein, Editor
1978 The New Yorker "In the Miro District"
"Potter"
"The Kugelmass Episode"
Peter Taylor
Mavis Gallant
Woody Allen
William Shawn, Editor
1979 The Atlantic "Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired"Richard YatesRobert Manning, Editor
1980 Antaeus "The Farm"Joy WilliamsSusan Dwyer
1981 North American Review "Every Day a Visitor"
"A Guide to the Geography of Vermont"
"Summer Opportunity"
Richard Abrons
Ward Just
Maria Thomas
Robley Wilson, Jr.
1982 The New Yorker "A Correspondence Course"
"Sister Imelda"
"The City"
Nadine Gordimer
Edna O’Brien
John Updike
William Shawn, Editor
1983 North American Review "Scales"
"Putting and Gardening"
"The Novitiate"
Louise Erdrich
William F. VanWert
Erica Liederman
Robley Wilson, Jr.
1984 Seventeen "An Eighty Percent Chance"
"The Education of Esther Eileen"

"Teenage Wasteland"

Elizabeth Benedict
Roberta Silman
Anne Tyler
Midge Turk Richardson, Editor in Chief
1985 Playboy "The Trail of Your Blood on the Snow"
"Forky"
"Julius Caesar and the Werewolf"
Gabriel García Márquez
Andre dubus III
John Gardner
Arthur Kretchmer, Editorial Director
1986 The Georgia Review "Time and Fear and Somehow Love"
"Something Good for Ginnie"
"Somewhere Geese are Flying"
Lee K. Abbott
Mary Hood
Gary Gildner
Stanley W. Lindberg, Editor
1987 Esquire "Fleur"
"Doc’s Story"
"The Things They Carried"
Louise Erdrich
Edgar Wideman
Tim O’Brien
Lee Eisenberg, Editor in Chief
1988 The Atlantic "A Farm at Raraba"
"The Man Who Knew Belle Starr"
"The Halfway Diner"
Ernst Havemann
Richard Bausch
John Sayles
William Whitworth, Editor
1989 The New Yorker "White Angel "
"I Read My Nephew Stories"

"We"

Michael Cunningham
Ethan Mordden
Mary Grimm
Robert Gottlieb, Editor
1990 The New Yorker "Goodness and Mercy"
"The Trick of It"
"Letter to the Lady of the House"
Alice Munro
Michael Frayn
Richard Bausch
Robert Gottlieb, Editor
1991 Esquire "Something to Remember Me By"
"Faces of Madness"
"Serious Need"
Saul Bellow
Rachel Ingalls
Reynolds Price
Lee Eisenberg, Editor in Chief
1992 Story "It’s Come to This"
"Silver Water"
"The Greatest Living Mayan Speller Extant"
Annick Smith
Amy Bloom
W.D. Wetherell
Lois Rosenthal, Editor
1993 The New Yorker "A Wilderness Station"
"Career Move"
"Parachute Silk"
Alice Munro
Martin Amis
Emily Carter
Robert Gottlieb, Editor
1994 Harper's Magazine "The Prophet from Jupiter"
"The 400-Pound CEO"
"The Practical Heart"
Tom Earley
George Saunders
Allan Gurganus
Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
1995 Story "Waiting for the Evening News"
"Kingdom of the Sun"
"The Story of My Life"
Tim Gautreaux
Alice Schell
Kim Edwards
Lois Rosenthal, Editor
1996 Harper's Magazine "The Woodcarver’s Table"
"Bounty"
"The Lost Girl"
Mark Slouka
George Saunders
Tova Reich
Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
1997 The New Yorker "New York Girl"
"Baster"
"Save My Child!"
John Updike
Jeffrey Eugenides
Cynthia Ozick
Tina Brown, Editor
1998 The New Yorker "People Like THAT? US? Are the Only People Here"
"A Visit"
"Brokeback Mountain"
Lorrie Moore
Steven Millhauser
Annie Proulx
Tina Brown, Editor
1999 Harper's Magazine "The Whore’s Child"
"Lucky Ducks"
"Son of the Wolfman"
Richard Russo
Lorrie Moore
Michael Chabon
Lewis H. Lapham, Editor
2000 The New Yorker "The Third and Final Continent"
"The Barber’s Unhappiness"
"Dominion"
Jhumpa Lahiri
George Saunders
Robert Stone
David Remnick, Editor
2001 Zoetrope: All-Story "Fialta"
"Fair Warning"
"The Cavemen in the Hedges"
Rebecca Lee
Robert Olen Butler
Stacey Richter
Adrienne Brodeur, Editor in Chief
2002 The New Yorker "What is Remembered"
"A House on the Plains"
"Surrounded by Sleep"
Alice Munro
E.L. Doctorow
Akhil Sharma
David Remnick, Editor
2003 The New Yorker "Baader-Meinhof"
"The Thing in the Forest"
"Jolene: A Life"
Don DeLillo
A.S. Byatt
E.L. Doctorow
David Remnick, Editor
2004 Esquire "Presence"
"The Red Bow"
"Rest Stop"
Arthur Miller
George Saunders
Stephen King
David Granger, Editor in Chief
2005 The Atlantic "An Incomplete Map of the Northern Polarity"
"Foaling Season"
"The One in White"
Nathan Roberts
Aryn Kyle
Robert Olen Butler
Cullen Murphy, Managing Editor
2006 The Virginia Quarterly Review "Peacekeeper"
"Smother"
"Ina Grove"
Alan Heathcock
Joyce Carol Oates
R.T. Smith
Ted Genoways, Editor
2007 Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern "Wild Child"
"To Sit, Unmoving"
"The Strange Career of Dr. Raju Gopalarajan"
T.C. Boyle
Susan Steinberg
Rajesh Parameswaran
Dave Eggers, Editor
2008 Harper's Magazine "Death of the Pugilist"
"Fiction"
"A Report on Our Recent Troubles"
Daniel Mason
Alice Munro
Steven Millhauser
Roger D. Hodge, Editor
2009 The New Yorker "Them Old Cowboy Songs"
"The Noble Truths of Suffering"
Annie Proulx
Alexsandar Hermon
David Remnick, Editor
2010 McSweeney's Quarterly "Memory Wall"
"Raw Water"
"Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events"
Anthony Doerr
Wells Tower
Kevin Moffett
Dave Eggers, Editor
2011 The Virginia Quarterly Review "Minor Watt"Paul TherouxTed Genoways, Editor
2012 Zoetrope: All-Story "The Hox River Window"Karen RussellMichael Ray, Editor
2013 Harper's Magazine "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" [74] Stephen KingEllen Rosenbush, Editor
2014 The New Yorker "The Embassy of Cambodia" [75] Zadie SmithDavid Remnick, Editor

Pamela Maffei McCarthy, Deputy Editor

2015 The New Yorker "The Emerald Light in the Air" [76] Donald AntrimDavid Remnick, Editor
2016 Zoetrope: All-Story "The Grozny Tourist Bureau," [77] FallAnthony MarraMichael Ray, Editor

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