The New Yorker Leads the Pack in Nominations for Magazine Awards

Posted Thursday, Mar 21, 2002

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has announced the nominees for the 37th Annual National Magazine Awards, which will be awarded in a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria on May 1. The New Yorker again took away the most nominations -- with nine nominations in eight categories -- and 19 print magazines were nominated for more than one award, including The Atlantic Monthly and Time, with five nominations in five categories. The awards were established to honor "editorial excellence and encourage editorial vitality."

The nominees in the Fiction Category are:

  • The Atlantic Monthly: Michael Kelly, editor, for "The Hunter's Wife," by Anthony Doerr, May; "Digging," by Beth Lordan, September; "Popular Girls," by Karen Shepard, October.
  • Harper's Magazine: Lewis H. Lapham, editor, for "Curly Red," by Joyce Carol Oates, April; "Revenge," by Steven Millhauser, July; "Love and Hydrogen," by Jim Shepard, December.
  • The New Yorker: David Remnick, editor, for "What is Remembered," by Alice Munro, February 19 and February 26; "A House on the Plains," by E.L. Doctorow, June 18 and June 25; "Surrounded by Sleep," by Akhil Sharma, December 10.
  • The Paris Review: George Plimpton, editor, for "Aqua Boulevard," by Maile Meloy, Spring/Summer; "The Caretaker," by Anthony Doerr, Fall; "Eating Mammals," by John Barlow, Winter.
  • Zoetrope: All-Story: Adrienne Brodeur, editor-in-chief, for "Anything for Money," by Karen E. Bender, August; "The Evil B.B. Chow," by Steve Almond, August; "The Affairs of Each Beast," by David Benioff, November.

The nominees in the General Excellence Category are:

Under 200,000 circulation

  • The American Scholar: Anne Fadiman, editor, for Spring, Summer, Autumn issues.
  • City: John F. McDonald, editorial director and publisher, for March/April, September/October,November/December issues.
  • MBA Jungle: Bill Shapiro, editor-in-chief, for May, September, November issues.
  • Nest: Joseph Holtzman, editor-in-chief and art director, for Summer, Fall, Winter issues.
  • Print: Martin Fox, vice president and editor, for January/February, May/June, July/August issues.

200,000 to 500,000 circulation

  • Details: Daniel Peres, editor-in-chief, for September, October, December issues.
  • National Geographic Adventure: John Rasmus, editor-in-chief, for March/April, May/June, September/October issues.
  • Saveur: Dorothy Kalins, editor-in-chief, for March issue; Colman Andrews, editor-in-chief, for July/August, September/October issues.
  • Sports Illustrated Women: Susan Casey, managing editor, for September, October, December/January issues.
  • Texas Monthly: Evan Smith, editor, for April, July, November issues.

500,000 to 1,000,000 circulation

  • Gourmet: Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief, for March, August, September issues.
  • Jane Magazine: Jane Pratt, editor-in-chief, for April, October, November issues.
  • The New Yorker: David Remnick, editor, for February 19 and 26, September 24, December 10 issues.
  • Vibe: Emil Wilbekin, editor-in-chief, for September, November, December issues.
  • Wired: Katrina Heron, editor-in-chief, for February issue; Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief, for September, December issues.

1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation

  • Entertainment Weekly: James W. Seymore, Jr., managing editor, for June 29/July 6, November 2, December 21/December 28 issues.
  • ESPN, The Magazine: John Papanek, editor-in-chief, for March 19, August 6, September 17 issues.
  • Fortune: Rik Kirkland, managing editor, for May 14, October 1, December 24 issues.
  • In Style: Martha Nelson, managing editor, for March, May, November issues.
  • Vanity Fair: Graydon Carter, editor, for October, November, December issues.

Over 2,000,000 circulation

  • Better Homes and Gardens: Jean LemMon, editor-in-chief, for March issue; Karol DeWulf Nickell, editor-in-chief, for November, December issues.
  • National Geographic: William L. Allen, editor-in-chief, for March, July, December issues.
  • Newsweek: Richard M. Smith, chairman and editor-in-chief; Mark Whitaker, editor, for September 24, October 1, October 15 issues.
  • O, The Oprah Magazine: Oprah Winfrey, founder and editorial director; Amy Gross, editor-in-chief, for May, June, September issues.
  • Time: James Kelly, managing editor, for September 13, September 24, December 31/January 7 issues.

ASME is the professional organization for editors of consumer magazines and business publications, which are edited, published, and sold in the U.S.

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