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The magazine industry gathered Monday night for the 50th annual National Magazine Awards or “Ellies,” which were held at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown East in New York. Sixty-seven media organizations duked it out across 21 categories that ranged from Magazine of the Year, Best Feature Photography, Design and General Excellence in a slew of areas including Service and Lifestyle, Design and News, Sports and Entertainment.
The big prize — Magazine of the Year — went to The Atlantic, which was up against The Hollywood Reporter, National Geographic, New York and The New Yorker.
General Excellence for News, Sports and Entertainment went to New York, while lifestyle-centric publications Bon Appétit; Golf Digest; Harper’s Bazaar; Lucky Peach; Parents; Seventeen, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine vied for General Excellence in the Service and Lifestyle category, with Lucky Peach emerging victorious.
The Ellie for Design, which was between Bon Appétit, Wired, New York, The Pitchfork Review and GQ, went to Wired. Meanwhile, The California Sunday Magazine nabbed the award for Photography, and New York grabbed the Ellie for best Web site.
The Personal Service award was scooped up by Family Fun, while Ellie for Feature Photography went to Politico.
An emotional moment came when Esquire won for General Excellence in Essays and Criticism. David Granger, who was recently replaced by Jay Fielden as editor in chief after 19 years in the job, received a standing ovation when he came to accept the award. “I’m so happy about this — I’m just going to quit,” said Granger, whose voice trembled as he thanked his staff before leaving the stage.
A full list of award winners appears below:
General Excellence
News, Sports and Entertainment
New York
Service and Lifestyle
Lucky Peach
Special Interest
The Hollywood Reporter
Literature, Science and Politics
The Oxford American
Design
Wired
Photography
The California Sunday Magazine
Single-Topic Issue
Bloomberg Businessweek for “Code: An Essay,” June 15-28
Web site
New York
Multimedia
New York for “This Is the Story of One Block in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn,” at nymag.com and Nov. 16-22 print issue
Video
Vice News for “Selfie Soldiers: Russia’s Army Checks In to Ukraine,” June 16
Public Interest
Buzzfeed News for “The New American Slavery,” July 24, and “All You Americans Are Fired,” Dec. 1, by Jessica Garrison, Ken Bensinger and Jeremy Singer-Vine
Personal Service
Family Fun for “The Happy Family Playbook,” by Jennifer King Lindley, May
Leisure Interests
Eater for “The Eater Guide to Surviving Disney World,” Aug. 26 at eater.com
Magazine Section
New York for “The Culture Pages”
Reporting
Matter for “My Nurses Are Dead and I Don’t Know If I’m Already Infected,” by Joshua Hammer, Jan. 12
Feature Writing
The New Yorker for “The Really Big One,” by Kathryn Schulz, July 20
Feature Photography
Politico for “Front Row at the Political Theater,” photographs by Mark Peterson, November/December
Essays and Criticism
Esquire for “The Friend,” by Matthew Teague, May
Columns and Commentary
The Intercept for three “The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Prison” columns by Barrett Brown: “Stop Sending Me Jonathan Franzen Novels,” Oct. 6, “A Visit to the Sweat Lodge,” July 16, and “Santa Muerte, Full of Grace,” Aug. 24
Fiction
Zoetrope: All-Story for “The Grozny Tourist Bureau,” by Anthony Marra, Fall
Magazine of the Year
The Atlantic
