• by Tony Silber , Staff Writer, March 4, 2022

ASME, the American Society of Magazine Editors, on Thursday announced the finalists for the 57th annual National Magazine Awards. Sixty-five media organizations were nominated this year, with 15 titles — led by New York magazine with eight — receiving multiple nominations.

Other brands with multiple nominations were The New Yorker, with six nominations; The New York Times Magazine with five; and ProPublica with four. The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Harper’s Magazine and Time each received three nominations, and seven organizations were nominated twice. They were 5280, AARP The Magazine, The Atavist, Audubon, National Geographic, Quanta and Stranger’s Guide.

A total of 1,074 entries were submitted by 224 titles in the 2022 National Magazine Awards. Print entries numbered 486; digital entries, 484; and multiplatform entries, 104.

National Magazine Awards winners will be announced at Brooklyn Steel, in Williamsburg, New York, on April 5. The ASME Awards and ASME NEXT Awards 2022 finalists and winners will also be honored.

The awards were judged by 209 journalists and educators. One hundred and eighteen were women and 91 were men. More than half were top editors, 10% were art directors and photo editors ,and 10% were educators.

First-time finalists were Airloom Media, Alta, The Athletic, Bloomberg Green, Columbus Monthly, Crooked Media, Insider, The Journal, Pineapple Street Studios, Pipe Wrench, Undark and The Yale Review.

Digital-first finalists include Airloom Media, The Atavist, The Athletic, Bloomberg Green, BuzzFeed News, C13Originals, Crooked Media, Eater, Emergence, Epicurious, ESPN.com, Grist, Insider, The Journal, Pineapple Street Studios, Pipe Wrench, ProPublica, Quanta, SELF, The Trace and Undark.

Here’s a list of nominees in the general excellence categories.

General Excellence, News, Sports and Entertainment

• The Athletic
• The Atlantic
• New York
• The New York Times Magazine
• WIRED

General Excellence, Service and Lifestyle

• AFAR
• Bon Appétit
• ELLE
• Harper’s Bazaar
• Outside

General Excellence, Special Interest

• Audubon
• Car and Driver
• Columbia Journalism Review
• High Country News
• The Trace

General Excellence, Literature, Science and Politics

• The Georgia Review
• Grist
• 5
• The Nation
• Quanta
• Stranger’s Guide

ASME also announced winners in several related awards programs, including the fifth annual ASME Award for Fiction, and the second annual ASME Awards for Photography and Illustration:

ASME Award for Fiction Winner: The Georgia Review for “After God, Fear Women,” by Eloghosa Osunde; “Come With Me,” by Nishanth Injam; and “Copper Queen,” by Aryn Kyle.

ASME Awards for Photography and Illustration

1. Best News and Entertainment Photograph Winner: The New Yorker for “The Long Prologue to the Capitol Hill Riot,” photograph by Balazs Gardi

2. Best Service and Lifestyle Photograph Winner: National Geographic for “Cheetahs for Sale,” photograph by Nichole Sobecki

3. Best Profile Photograph Winner: InStyle for “The First,” photograph by Camila Falquez

4. Best Conceptual Photograph Winner: New York for “New Yawk Style,” photograph by Bobby Doherty

5. Best News and Entertainment Story Winner: New York for “What’s Going On in Washington Square Park?,” photographs by Daniel Arnold and Daniel Galicia

6. Best Service and Lifestyle Story Winner: Southern Living for “The Magic of Meringue,” photographs by Antonis Achilleos

7. Best Photo Portfolio Winner: The New Yorker for “Saving the Butterfly Forrest," photographs by Brendan George Ko

8. Best Print Illustrations Winner: Rolling Stone for “The Enemy Within,” illustration by Brian Stauffer