The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism presented the 2004 National Magazine Awards, the industry's most prestigious editorial honor,
to 16 print and online magazines across 21 categories. Esquire magazine had multiple wins with four "Ellies" (named after the Alexander Calder Stabile "Elephant," which is ASME's symbol of the award).
The New Yorker received three of the coveted "Ellies" and was the only other magazine to receive more than one National Magazine Award.
The 2004 National Magazine Award winners are:
Newsweek
for General Excellence (over 2,000,000 circulation) Popular Science for General Excellence (1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation) Gourmet for General Excellence (500,000 to 1,000,000
circulation) Budget Living for General Excellence (250,000 to 500,000 circulation) Chicago Magazine for General Excellence (100,000 to 250,000 circulation) Aperture for General Excellence
(under 100,000 circulation) Men's Health for Personal Service Consumer Reports for Leisure Interests Rolling Stone for Reporting The New Yorker for Public Interest The New Yorker
for Feature Writing Esquire for Profile Writing The New Yorker for Essays New York for Columns and Commentary Esquire for Reviews and Criticism The Oxford American for Single-topic
Issue Esquire for Design City for Photography W for Photo Portfolio/Photo Essay Esquire for Fiction CNET News.com for General Excellence Online
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The awards were presented at a
ceremony held at The Waldorf-Astoria in midtown Manhattan attended by more than 1,300 editors, publishers, industry professionals and guests. The New Yorker received eleven nominations and won three
awards. Esquire received seven nominations and won four awards. Newsweek received three nominations and won one award. City, Consumer Reports, Popular Science and Rolling Stone received two
nominations and won one award each. This year's program attracted 1,393 print and online entries. The 110 finalists and 21 winners were chosen by 190 editors, art directors,educators and online media
experts.
