National Geographic is Magazine of the Year

On May 9^th, the American Society of Magazine Editors announced the winner of Magazine of the Year 2011 to be National Geographic. Growing up with National Geographic, I couldn’t be more excited. I remember looking at all the pictures of animals, landscapes, and people, before I could fully understand the articles that went along with them, and being in complete awe.

The awards were hosted by Katie Couric and were attended by more than 700 magazine editors and publishers. Magazine of the Year is the highest honor given and commends the best magazines published both in print and on digital platforms. National Geographic was chosen over finalists The Atlantic, Backpacker, Foreign Policy, and Wired.

National Geographic also grabbed the award for Single-Topic Issue, honoring magazines that have devoted an issue to the comprehensive examination of one subject or topic for “Water: Out Thirsty World,” the April issue.

Here are the 22 National Magazine Awards winners:

• General Excellence -- News, Sports, Entertainment
  New York magazine

• General Excellence -- Literary, Political, Professional
  Poetry

• General Excellence -- Fashion, Service, Lifestyle
  Women's Health

• General Excellence -- Food, Travel, Design
  Garden & Gun

• General Excellence -- Finance, Technology, Lifestyle
   Scientific American

• General Excellence -- Special Interest Magazines
  Los Angeles magazine

• Design, Print
  Gentlemen's Quarterly

• Photography, Print
  W

• News and Documentary Photography
  The New York Times Magazine

• Feature Photography
  ESPN

• Single Topic Issue
  National Geographic

• Magazine Section
  New York magazine

• Personal Service
  Men's Health

• Leisure Interests
  Men's Journal

• Public Interest
  The New Yorker

• Reporting
  Harper's magazine

• Feature Writing
  Los Angeles magazine

• Profile Writing
  The New York Times Magazine

• Essays & Criticism
  The Paris Review

• Columns & Commentary
  Vanity Fair

• Fiction
  Virginia Quarterly Review

• Magazine of the Year
  National Geographic

Sources:

www.magazine.org

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