ASME Announces National Magazine Award Finalists

Fellow periodical fiends, take note: the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has announced the finalists for the 2011 National Magazine Awards. Below are the nominees in the design and photo categories, including nods for the redesigned Fortune and Tim Walker‘s stunning portraits of eccentric London youths for W. Notable shutouts in the photography category include Vogue and Vanity Fair, which bested last year’s finalist field. We’ve denoted 2010 winners (if re-nominated in that category) with an asterisk and posted specifics of each nomination after the jump. The winners will be announced and receive their elephantine Alexander Calder-designed statuettes on May 9 in New York City.

DESIGN, PRINT: Honors overall excellence in magazine design, including the use of illustrations and photographs.
Esquire, Fortune, GQ, New York, Wired*

PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINT: Honors overall excellence in magazine photography.
GQ, Martha Stewart Living, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, W

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY: Honors photojournalism and photography that documents news, sports, and entertainment events and news-related subjects.
National Geographic*, The New York Times Magazine (two nominations), TIME, Virginia Quarterly Review

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: Honors portraiture; fashion, travel and nature photography; and food, shelter, and other still-life photography conceptual photography; and photo-illustration.
AARP The Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, W

DESIGN, PRINT
Esquire | For May, October, November Issues

Fortune | For March 22, May 3, November 1 Issues

GQ | For June, August, December Issues

New York | For February 22-March 1, April 19, May 17 Issues

Wired | For June, July, August Issues

PHOTOGRAPHY PRINT
GQ | For August, November, December Issues

Martha Stewart Living | For August, October, November Issues

National Geographic | For February, April, December Issues

The New York Times Magazine | For February 7, March 21, December 12 Issues

W | For September, October, November Issues

NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
National Geographic
For “Veiled Rebellion,” by Elizabeth Rubin; photographs by Lynsey Addario
December

The New York Times Magazine
For “The Shrine Down the Hall,” photographs by Ashley Gilbertson; essay by Dexter Filkins
March 21

The New York Times Magazine
For “Dumping Across the Digital Divide,” photographs by Pieter Hugo
August 15

TIME
For “The Perils of Pregnancy: One Woman’s Tale of Dying to Give Birth,” by Alice Park; photographs by Lynsey Addario
June 14

Virginia Quarterly Review
For “The Cocaine Coast,” essay and photographs by Marco Vernaschi
Winter

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
AARP The Magazine
For “The Me I Used to Be,” by Frank Yuvancic; photographs by Gregg Segal
November-December

ESPN The Magazine
For “Bodies We Want,” reporting by Morty Ain
October 18

National Geographic
For “One Cubic Foot,” by Edward O. Wilson; photographs by David Littschwager
February

The New York Times Magazine
For “Fifteen Actors Acting,” photographs by Solve Sundsbo; introduction by A.O. Scott
December 12

W
For “The East Enders,” by Ted Polhemus; portfolio by Tim Walker
September

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