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Complete List of the 2011 National Magazine Awards Finalists

April 12, 2011

National Magazine Awards 2011 Categories and Finalists
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GENERAL EXCELLENCE, PRINT

News, Sports and Entertainment Magazines
Honors large-circulation weeklies, biweeklies and general-interest monthlies

Fast Company
For July-August, September, November Issues

New York
For April 19, July 12, August 9-16 Issues

The New Yorker
For August 2, August 9, October 4 Issues

People
For May 10, September 6, December 20 Issues

TIME
For August 9, November 22, December 27, 2010-January 3, 2011 Issues

Literary, Political and Professional Magazines
Honors academic and scholarly publications as well as smaller-circulation general-interest magazines

Lapham’s Quarterly
For Winter, Spring, Fall Issues

The Paris Review
For Summer, Fall, Winter Issues

Poetry
For April, September, October Issues

The Sun
For March, June, December Issues

Virginia Quarterly Review
For Winter, Spring, Fall Issues

Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors women's magazines, including health and fitness magazines and family-centric publications

Essence
For July, September, November Issues

Real Simple
For October, November, December Issues

Vogue
For March, August, September Issues

W
For September, November, December Issues

Women’s Health
For January-February, July-August, October Issues

Food, Travel and Design Magazines
Honors lifestyle magazines for men and women as well as shelter titles

Condé Nast Traveler
For May, October, November Issues

Garden & Gun
For April-May, June-July, December 2010-January 2011 Issues

House Beautiful
For March, April, July-August Issue

Martha Stewart Living
For October, November, December Issues

Saveur
For August-September, October, December Issues

Finance, Technology and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors men's magazines as well as business, science and active-interest publications

Backpacker
For March, May, October Issues

Bloomberg Markets
For May, November, December Issues

GQ
For March, August, September Issues

Popular Mechanics
For April, June, July Issues

Scientific American
For September, November, December Issues

Special-Interest Magazines
Honors magazines serving targeted audiences, including city and regional magazines

Audubon
For March-April, May-June, September-October Issues

Los Angeles
For February, September, November Issues

San Francisco
For October, November, December Issues

Texas Monthly
For July, November, December Issues

Time Out New York
For March 25-31, July 8-14, August 5-11 Issues

DESIGN, PRINT
Honors overall excellence in magazine design, including the use of illustrations and photographs

Esquire
For May, October, November Issues

Fortune
For March 22, May 3, November 1 Issues

GQ
For June, August, December Issues

New York
For February 22-March 1, April 19, May 17 Issues

Wired
For June, July, August Issues

PHOTOGRAPHY PRINT
Honors overall excellence in magazine photography

GQ
For August, November, December Issues

Martha Stewart Living
For August, October, November Issues

National Geographic
For February, April, December Issues

The New York Times Magazine
For February 7, March 21, December 12 Issue

W
For September, October, November Issues

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors photojournalism and photography that documents news, sports and entertainment events and news-related subjects

National Geographic
For “Veiled Rebellion,” by Elizabeth Rubin; photographs by Lynsey Addario
December

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Shrine Down the Hall,” photographs by Ashley Gilbertson; essay by Dexter Filkins
March 21

The New York Times Magazine
For “Dumping Across the Digital Divide,” photographs by Pieter Hugo
August 15

TIME
For “The Perils of Pregnancy: One Woman’s Tale of Dying to Give Birth,” by Alice Park; photographs by Lynsey Addario
June 14

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “The Cocaine Coast,” essay and photographs by Marco Vernaschi
Winter

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors portraiture; fashion, travel and nature photography; and food, shelter and other still-life photography conceptual photography; and photo-illustration

AARP The Magazine
For “The Me I Used to Be,” by Frank Yuvancic; photographs by Gregg Segal
November-December

ESPN The Magazine
For “Bodies We Want,” reporting by Morty Ain
October 18

National Geographic
For “One Cubic Foot,” by Edward O. Wilson; photographs by David Littschwager
February

The New York Times Magazine
For “Fifteen Actors Acting,” photographs by Solve Sundsbo; introduction by A.O. Scott
December 12

W
For “The East Enders,” by Ted Polhemus; portfolio by Tim Walker
September

SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE

Honors magazines that have devoted an issue to the comprehensive examination of one subject or topic

Bloomberg Businessweek
For “Year in Review”
December 20, 2010-January 2, 2011

GQ
For “Comedy Issue”
August

National Geographic
For “Water: Our Thirsty World”
April

New York
For “Who Runs New York?”
October 4

Scientific American
For “The End”
September

MAGAZINE SECTION
Honors a regularly published, clearly branded front- or back-of-the-book department or section

Esquire
For “Man at His Best”
March, May, June-July Issues

New York
For “Strategist”
May 24, October 25, December 20-27 Issues

Real Simple
For “Food”
June, October, November Issues

Real Simple
For “Solutions”
July, September, October Issues

Wired
For “Play”
August, October, December Issues

PERSONAL SERVICE
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to serve readers’ needs and aspirations

Good Housekeeping
For “The (Surprising) Truth About Salt,” by Rachael Moeller Gorman
November

Men’s Health
For “I Want My Prostate Back,” by Laurence Roy Stains; photographs by Nigel Cox
March

Men’s Journal
For a three-part series: “The Complete Guide to Your Knee,” by Gretchen Reynolds, March; “The Complete Guide to Your Back,” by Catherine Price, April; “The Complete Guide to Your Hip,” by Nathanael Johnson, May

O, The Oprah Magazine
For a two-part series by Paige Williams; photographs by Lauren Greenfield: “My Bra’s Too Tight…,” January, and “It’s Never Too Late…,” February

Wired
For “Blood Simple,” by Steven Leckart; photographs by Mitchell Feinberg
December

LEISURE INTERESTS
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to provide information about recreational activities and special interests

Cooking Light
For “Oops! The 25 Most Common Cooking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them For Success Every Time,” by Ann Taylor Pittman; photographs by Romulo Yanes and Randy Mayor
March

Golf Digest
For “Why You Can’t Putt: The Ultimate Guide to Make You Great on the Greens”
October

Los Angeles
For “A Delicious Guide to Lunch in L.A.,” edited by Lesley Bargar Suter; photographs by Dave Lauridsen; illustrations by Edwin Fother Ingham
June

Men’s Journal
For “Five Meals Every Man Should Master,” by Daniel Duane; photographs by Marcus Nilsson
August

Runner’s World
For “Pet Project,” by Christie Aschwanden and Marc Parent; photographs by Michael Brian and Kent Pell; illustrations by Kim Rosen, John Ueland and Jason Lee
September

PUBLIC INTEREST
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of local or national importance

The Atlantic
For “God Help You, You're on Dialysis,” by Robin Fields, Propublica
December

Marie Claire
For “Still Waiting After All These Years . . . ,” by Ralph Blumenthal
September

The New Yorker
For “Letting Go,” by Atul Gawande
August 2

OnEarth
For “What's the Catch?” by Bruce Barcott; photographs by Corey Arnold
Summer

Texas Monthly
For a two-part series by Pamela Colloff: “Innocence Lost,” October; “Innocence Found,” January 2011

REPORTING
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles

Harper’s Magazine
For “The Guantanamo 'Suicides,’” by Scott Horton
March

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Desert War” by Robert F. Worth
July 11

The New Yorker
For “Covert Operations,” by Jane Mayer
August 30

Rolling Stone
For “The Runaway General,” by Michael Hastings
July 8-22

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Digging Out,” essay and photographs by Elliott D. Woods
Fall

FEATURE WRITING
Honors original, stylish storytelling

The Atlantic
For “The Wrong Man,” by David Freed
May

GQ
For “The Suicide Catcher,” by Michael Paterniti
May

Los Angeles
For “The End,” by Ben Ehrenreich
November

Mother Jones
For “For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question,” by Mac McClelland
March-April

The New Yorker
For “The Mark of a Masterpiece,” by David Grann
July 12 and July 19

PROFILE WRITING
Honors news or feature stories focused on individuals or groups of closely linked individuals

The Atlantic
For “Autism's First Child,” by John Donvan and Caren Zucker
October

Harper’s Magazine
For “Own Goal,” by Wells Tower
June

New York
For “Joan Rivers Always Knew She Was Funny,” by Jonathan Van Meter
May 31

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Man the White House Wakes Up To,” by Mark Leibovich
April 25

The New Yorker
For “The Unconsoled,” by George Packer
September 27

ESSAYS & CRITICISM
Honors long-form journalism that presents the opinions of the writer on topics ranging from the personal to the political

The American Scholar
For “Solitude and Leadership,” by William Deresiewicz
Spring

The Antioch Review
For “The Physics of Speed,” by William Giraldi
Fall

The New Yorker
For “The Fun Stuff,” by James Wood
November 29

The Paris Review
For “Mister Lytle: An Essay,” by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Fall

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Lust, Devotion, and the Binary Code,” by Kamin Mohammadi
Summer

COLUMNS & COMMENTARY
Honors short-form journalism that presents the views of the writer or publication

Esquire
For three “A Thousand Words About Our Culture” columns by Stephen Marche: “What’s Your Favorite War?” March; “Why Is Clint Eastwood Still the Man?” November; “Why Can't Kanye West Shut the Hell Up?” December

New York
For three reviews by Jerry Saltz: “Less Than the Sum of Its Parts,” April 5; “A Grand Tour,” August 9-16; “Judge Jerry,” September 20

The New Yorker
For three “Talk of the Town” columns by Hendrik Hertzberg: “And The Oscar Goes To,” February 15-22; “Puppetry,” November 29; “Iran and the Bomb,” December 13

Vanity Fair
For three columns by Christopher Hitchens: “Topic of Cancer,” September; “Unanswerable Prayers,” October; “Miss Manners and the Big C,” December

Vanity Fair
For three columns by James Wolcott: “The Norman Conquests,” June; “Barbarians at the Shore,” October; “The Sound of Sanity,” December

FICTION
Honors the best short stories published in magazines

The Atlantic
For “Bone Hinge,” by Katie Williams
May

The New Yorker
For “Foster,” by Claire Keegan
February 15-22

The New Yorker
For “Costello,” by Jim Gavin
December 6

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Minor Watt,” by Paul Theroux
Spring

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “Uzon,” by William Malatinsky
Summer

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Honors the best magazines published both in print and on digital platforms.

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