The winners of the National Magazine Awards were announced tonight at an awards ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in New York.
Sixty-six magazines—a slew of them digital-only—were nominated as finalists, and 18 publications won awards in 24 categories. Of those, six were first-time winners, including The Atavist, The Hollywood Reporter, Pacific Standard and Nautilus, which was launched in 2013 and is the first publication to win two awards in its first year of eligibility.
Vogue, which is edited by Anna Wintour, took home the prize for magazine of the year. Garden & Gun won for general excellence in the style and design category, though it should also have won for best name, if that were a thing.
New York and the The New Yorker both won three awards. It was a step up for The New Yorker, which last year failed to nab one. (Nonagenarian Roger Angell got a prize for his excellent meditation on aging, “This Old Man”).
Scroll down for the full list of winners:
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Vogue
GENERAL EXCELLENCE
General Interest Magazines
Winner: The New Yorker
Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Winner: Glamour
Style and Design Magazines
Winner: Garden & Gun
Active Interest Magazines
Winner: Men’s Health
Special Interest Magazines
Winner: The Hollywood Reporter
Literature, Science and Politics Magazines
Winner: Nautilus
DESIGN
Winner: New York
PHOTOGRAPHY
Winner: National Geographic
SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
Winner: San Francisco for “The Oakland Issue,” June
MAGAZINE SECTION
Winner: New York for “Strategist”
WEBSITE
Winner: Nautilus
TABLET MAGAZINE
Winner: National Geographic
MULTIMEDIA
Winner: The Texas Observer in partnership with Guardian US for “Beyond the Border,” by Melissa del Bosque, August 6
VIDEO
Winner: Vice News for “The Islamic State,” by Medyan Dairieh, August 15
PUBLIC INTEREST
Winner: Pacific Standard for “Women Aren’t Welcome Here,” by Amanda Hess, January/February
PERSONAL SERVICE
Winner: O, The Oprah Magazine, for “Ready or Not: The Caregiver’s Guide,” November
LEISURE INTERESTS
Winner: Backpacker for “The Complete Guide to Fire,” edited by Casey Lyons, October
REPORTING
Winner: GQ for “Inside the Iron Closet,” by Jeff Sharlet, February
FEATURE WRITING
Winner: The Atavist for “Love and Ruin,” by James Verini, February
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Winner: Time for “Crime Without Punishment,” photographs by Jerome Sessini, July 24
ESSAYS AND CRITICISM
Winner: The New Yorker for “This Old Man,” by Roger Angell, February 17 and 24
COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY
Winner: New York for “Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same?,” June 16-29, “Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of Worlds,” June 30-July 13, and “Post-Macho God: Matisse’s Cut-Outs Are World-Historically Gorgeous,” October 8, by Jerry Saltz
FICTION
Winner: The New Yorker for “The Emerald Light in the Air,” by Donald Antrim, February 3
To read the full list of finalists, click here.
