2004 National Magazine Award Winners

Posted on May 28, 2004

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism have presented the 2004 National Magazine Awards, to 16 print and online magazines across 21 categories. For the first time in the 39-year history of the awards, Esquire magazine had multiple wins with four Ellies (named after the Alexander Calder Stabile "Elephant," which is ASME's symbol of the award). The New Yorker received three Ellies and was the only other magazine to receive more than one National Magazine Award. Winning their first Ellie ever: Aperture, Budget Living, City, and CNET News.com. The awards were presented at a ceremony held at The Waldorf-Astoria in midtown Manhattan attended by more than 1,300 editors, publishers, industry professionals and guests.

The New Yorker received eleven nominations and won three awards. Esquire received seven nominations and won four awards. Newsweek received three nominations and won one award. City, Consumer Reports, Popular Science and Rolling Stone received two nominations and won one award each.

A selection of this year's articles from finalists and winners will be published in The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 (September, HarperCollins/Perennial), ASME's fifth anthology of National Magazine Award writing. Established in 1966, the National Magazine Awards honors editorial excellence in the magazine industry. ASME sponsors the awards program in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

2004 National Magazine Award Winners

(Note that editors listed held that position at the time the issue was published in 2003.)

GENERAL EXCELLENCE

Over 2,000,000 circulation -- Newsweek: Richard M. Smith, chairman and editor-in-chief; Mark Whitaker, editor, for March 10, March 31, November 3 issues.

1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation -- Popular Science: Scott Mowbray, editor-in-chief, for September, October, November issues.

500,000 to 1,000,000 circulation -- Gourmet: Ruth Reichl, editor-in- chief, for January, March, October issues.

250,000 to 500,000 circulation -- Budget Living: Sarah Gray Miller, editor-in-chief, for April/May, August/September, December/January issues.

100,000 to 250,000 circulation -- Chicago Magazine: Richard Babcock, editor, for February, March, August issues.

Under 100,000 circulation -- Aperture: Melissa Harris, editor-in-chief, for Spring, Fall, Winter issues.

PERSONAL SERVICE
Men's Health: David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief, for A Tale of 3 Hearts, by Peter Moore; 100 Ways to Live Forever, by Adam Campbell and Brian Good; Death by Exercise, by Lou Schuler, July/August.

LEISURE INTERESTS
Consumer Reports: Julia Kagan, vice president and editorial director, for Veterinary Care Without the Bite, by Jeff Blyskal, July.

REPORTING
Rolling Stone: Jann Wenner, editor and publisher; Ed Needham, managing editor, for The Killer Elite, a three-part report by Evan Wright, Part I, The Killer Elite, June 26; Part II, From Hell to Baghdad, July 10; Part III, The Battle for Baghdad, July 24.

PUBLIC INTEREST
The New Yorker: David Remnick, editor, for three articles by Seymour M. Hersh, Lunch with the Chairman, March 17; Selective Intelligence, May 12; The Stovepipe, October 27.

FEATURE WRITING
The New Yorker: David Remnick, editor, for The Marriage Cure, by Katherine Boo, August 18 & 25.

PROFILE WRITING
Esquire: David Granger, editor-in-chief, for The Confessions of Bob Greene, by Bill Zehme, April.

ESSAYS
The New Yorker: David Remnick, editor, for A Sudden Illness, by Laura Hillenbrand, July 7.

COLUMNS and COMMENTARY
New York Magazine: Caroline Miller, editor-in-chief, for three columns by Michael Wolff, Live From Doha..., April 7-14; My Big Fat Question, April 21; Al Jazeera's Edge, April 28.

REVIEWS and CRITICISM
Esquire: David Granger, editor-in-chief, for three reviews by Tom Carson, Increasingly Berserk Developments, January; Back to the Terminator, August; Mr. Uncongeniality, December.

SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
The Oxford American: Marc Smirnoff, editor, for its Sixth Annual Music Issue, Summer.

DESIGN
Esquire: David Granger, editor-in-chief; John Korpics, design director, for May, July, October issues.

PHOTOGRAPHY
City: John F. McDonald, editorial director and publisher; Fabrice Frere, creative director and COO; Adriana Jacoud, art director; Piera Gelardi, photography editor, for May/June, Summer, Winter issues.

PHOTO PORTFOLIO/PHOTO ESSAY
W: Patrick McCarthy, chairman and editorial director; Dennis Freedman, vice chairman and creative director; Edward Leida, executive vice president and group design director; Kirby Rodriguez, art director, for The Kate Moss Portfolio, September.

FICTION
Esquire: David Granger, editor-in-chief, for Presence, by Arthur Miller, July; The Red Bow, by George Saunders, September; Rest Stop, by Stephen King, December.

GENERAL EXCELLENCE ONLINE
CNET News.com (news.com): Jai Singh, editor-in-chief

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is a non-profit professional organization for editors of print and online magazines, which are edited, published and sold in the U.S. Established in 1963, ASME currently has about 900 members nationwide.