Mother Jones is named Magazine of the Year in U.S. National Magazine Awards

Mother Jones magazine was named magazine of the year, the top prize in the U.S. National Magazine Awards which were presented Tuesday in New York.

"The 41-year-old bimonthly, which also won in the Reporting category for its blockbuster exposé on private prisons, beat out fellow Magazine of the year finalists The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, The California Sunday Magazine and New York magazine," according to a post on Adweek. 

New York tied for the most awards won, claiming best magazine section (for its “Culture Pages” department), single-topic issue (for the Oct. 3-16 issue, “Eight Years in America”), video (for “Guns & Empathy”). The New York Times Magazine won three Ellies (named after the Elephant sculpture created for the award winners by sculptor Alexander Calder (shown)): feature writing (for “I Have No Choice but to Keep Looking” by Jennifer Percy), public interest (for “Worlds Apart” by Nikole Hannah-Jones), and essays and criticism (“David’s Ankles” by Sam Anderson).

First-time winners included The Marshall Project (general excellence in literature, science and politics), Good (personal service) and Huffington Post Highline (multimedia).

Below is a full list of winners.

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Vogue named mag of the year in U.S. national magazine awards

The "Ellie" trophy: a "stabile"
by Alexander Calder

The [US] National Magazine Awards were announced last night in New York and magazine of the year was Vogue. 

New York magazine and The New Yorker each won three awards. 18 publications won awards in 24 categories, including first-time winners: The Atavist, The Hollywood Reporter, Pacific Standard and Nautilus.

The awards for general excellence went to:

• The New Yorker (general interest magazines)
• Glamour (service and lifestyle)
• Garden & Gun (style and design)
• Men's Health (active interest)
• The Hollywood Reporter (special interest)
• Nautilus (literature, science and politics)

Best tablet magazine was National Geographic.

It was nice to see one of The New Yorker's awards went to 90-ish Roger Angell for “This Old Man,” in the February 17 and 24, 2014 issue of the magazine. 

Full list of winners

New York, The New Yorker and Bon Appetit lead with multiple noms in the U.S. National Magazine Awards

It is no surprise that New York magazine and The New Yorker are among leading contenders again in the [U.S.] National Magazine Awards. 

Recipient of multiple nominations:

• New York (10 nominations)
• The New Yorker (6)
• Bon Appetit (6)
• The Atlantic (4)
• GQ (4)
• Virginia Quarterly Review (4)
• Bloomberg Businessweek (3)
• Harper's Bazaar (3)
• Texas Monthly (3)
• Garden & Gun (2)
• National Geographic (2)
• The New York Times magazine (2)
• Wired (2)

Among new-to-the-awards finalists in digital or digital-only categories:

• California Sunday Magazine (design); 
• Grantland (video, feature writing, columns & commentary); 
• Kinfolk (photography); 
• Matter (public interest and feature photography); 
• Nautilus (general excellence and website); 
• POLITICO (general excellence and website); 
• Powder (multimedia); and 
• Refinery29 (website).

Nominees for magazine of the year:

• Better Homes and Gardens 
• Cosmopolitan 
• The Hollywood Reporter 
• New York 
• Vogue

Winners, including the lifetime achievement award recipient Time photojournalist James Nachtwey, will be announced Feb 2 in New York.