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2003 National Magazine Award Winners Announced
The American Society of Magazine Editors have presented the
2003 National Magazine Awards to 18 print and online magazines in 20
categories. The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker each
received two awards. Established in 1966, the National Magazine Awards is sponsored
by ASME in association with the Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism.
The 2003 winners are:
- Parenting for General Excellence (over 2,000,000 circulation)
- ESPN The Magazine for General Excellence (1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation)
- The Atlantic Monthly for General Excellence (500,000 to 1,000,000 circulation)
- Texas Monthly for General Excellence (250,000 to 500,000 circulation)
- Architectural Record for General Excellence (100,000 to 250,000 circulation)
- Foreign Policy for General Excellence (under 100,000 circulation)
- Outside for Personal Service
- National Geographic Adventure for Leisure Interests
- The New Yorker for Reporting
- The Atlantic Monthly for Public Interest
- Harper’s Magazine for Feature Writing
- The Nation for Columns and Commentary
- The American Scholar for Essays
- Vanity Fair for Reviews and Criticism
- Sports Illustrated for Profile Writing
- Scientific American for Single-topic Issue
- Details for Design
- Condé Nast Traveler for Photography
- The New Yorker for Fiction
- Slate for General Excellence Online
At the ceremony, held at The Waldorf-Astoria in midtown Manhattan
before 1,200 editors, publishers and their guests, there were
sobering reminders of the state of the world. ASME paid tribute
to Michael Kelly, former editor of The Atlantic Monthly, who was
killed while covering the war in Iraq. A number of the finalist
articles, essays and reports focused on war, terrorism, homeland
security and the situation in the Middle East.
In addition to winning awards in two categories, The New
Yorker received nine nominations and The Atlantic
Monthly received seven. Harper’s Magazine and Vanity Fair
received five nominations and won one award each; Sports
Illustrated received four nominations and won one award;
Outside and Texas Monthly received three nominations and won
one award each. The American Scholar, Condé Nast Traveler
and National Geographic Adventure received two nominations and
won one award each. Winners were presented with an “Ellie,” a
reproduction of Alexander Calder’s stabile, “Elephant,” which
is ASME’s symbol of the award.
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