The New Yorker led with nine nominations in the National Magazine Award finalists announced Tuesday, while Los Angeles scored a publication-record three nominations.
The New Yorker and Los Angeles were among several magazines to score mulitple nominations in the Ellies, named for the reproductions of the Alexander Calder stabile "Elephant" that go to each winner.
Magazines receiving multiple nominations include The Atlantic (4 nominations), Esquire (3), GQ (5), Harper’s Magazine (2), Los Angeles (3), Martha Stewart Living (2), Men’s Journal (2), National Geographic (4), New York (6), The New York Times Magazine (6), The Paris Review (2), Real Simple (3), Scientific American (2), Texas Monthly (2), TIME (2), Vanity Fair (2), Virginia Quarterly Review (6), W (3) and Wired (3).
Six never-before-nominated titles were nominated: Cooking Light, House Beautiful, Lapham’s Quarterly, OnEarth, The Sun and Women’s Health.
Only the finalists in the 21 National Magazine Award categories for print magazines were announced Tuesday. Finalists in the Magazine of the Year category, which honors publications on print and digital platforms, will be announced next Tuesday.
The awards will be presented on Monday, May 9, in New York City.
The full list of magazines nominated for 2011 National Magazine Awards:
GENERAL EXCELLENCE, PRINT
News, Sports and Entertainment Magazines
Honors large-circulation weeklies, biweeklies and general-interest monthlies
Fast Company; New York; The New Yorker; People; TIME
Literary, Political and Professional Magazines
Honors academic and scholarly publications as well as smaller-circulation general-interest magazines
Lapham’s Quarterly; The Paris Review; Poetry; The Sun; Virginia Quarterly Review
Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors women’s magazines, including health and fitness magazines and family-centric publications
Essence; Real Simple; Vogue; W; Women’s Health
Food, Travel and Design Magazines
Honors lifestyle magazines for men and women as well as shelter titles
Conde Nast Traveler; Garden & Gun; House Beautiful; Martha Stewart Living; Saveur
Finance, Technology and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors men’s magazines as well as business, science and active-interest publications
Backpacker; Bloomberg Markets; GQ; Popular Mechanics; Scientific American
Special Interest Magazines
Honors magazines serving targeted audiences, including city and regional magazines
Audubon; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Texas Monthly; Time Out New York
DESIGN, PRINT
Esquire; Fortune; GQ; New York; Wired
PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINT
GQ; Martha Stewart Living; National Geographic; The New York Times Magazine; W
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
National Geographic; The New York Times Magazine (2); TIME; Virginia Quarterly Review
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
AARP The Magazine; ESPN The Magazine; National Geographic; The New York Times Magazine; W
SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
Bloomberg Businessweek; GQ: National Geographic; New York; Scientific American
MAGAZINE SECTION
Esquire; New York; Real Simple (2); Wired
PERSONAL SERVICE
Good Housekeeping; Men’s Health; Men’s Journal; O, The Oprah Magazine; Wired
LEISURE INTERESTS
Cooking Light; Golf Digest; Los Angeles; Men’s Journal; Runner’s World
PUBLIC INTEREST
The Atlantic; Marie Claire; The New Yorker; OnEarth; Texas Monthly
REPORTING
Harper’s Magazine; The New York Times Magazine; The New Yorker; Rolling Stone; Virginia Quarterly Review
FEATURE WRITING
The Atlantic; GQ; Los Angeles; Mother Jones; The New Yorker
PROFILE WRITING
The Atlantic; Harper’s Magazine; New York; The New York Times Magazine; The New Yorker
ESSAYS & CRITICISM
The American Scholar; The Antioch Review; The New Yorker; The Paris Review; Virginia Quarterly Review
COLUMNS & COMMENTARY
Esquire; New York; The New Yorker; Vanity Fair (2)
FICTION
The Atlantic; The New Yorker (2); Virginia Quarterly Review (2)
