Vox Media Receives Fifteen National Magazine Award Nominations; Wins an ASME Next Award and Two ASME Awards for Design, Photography & Illustration

Vox Media editorial brands Eater, New York, and The Verge were today nominated for fifteen National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), recognizing work in written journalism, photography, design, illustration, and video. Eater, New York, and The Verge were each nominated for General Excellence in their respective categories, and it was New York’s eighth consecutive nomination in General Excellence. New York leads the nominations for the second consecutive year with ten, and Vox Media received the most nominations across titles alongside Condé Nast with 15 each.

Additionally, New York features writer Brock Colyar was awarded an ASME Next Award, honoring outstanding work by magazine journalists under 30, and New York and The Verge each won an ASME Award for Design, Photography & Illustration. Winners of the National Magazine Awards will be announced on March 28.

Vox Media’s full slate of wins and nominations is listed below.

National Magazine Award Nominations

Eater (Stephanie Wu, editor-in-chief)

• General Excellence, Service and Lifestyle
• Lifestyle Journalism, for “The United States of Fried Chicken”
• Video, for “How One of Philly’s Best Pizza Spots Creates Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated,” produced by Carla Francescutti

New York (David Haskell, editor-in-chief)

• Columns and Commentary for “Tinder Hearted,” by Allison P. Davis
• Design, for “A Practical Guide to Accessing an Abortion Today and Tomorrow,” “200 Restaurants, 100 Tips” and “The Strategist Holiday Gift Guide”
• Feature Writing, for “What the Right Found on Hunter Biden’s Laptop,” by Andrew Rice and Olivia Nuzzi
• General Excellence, News, Sports and Entertainment
• Lifestyle Journalism, for “The Year of the Nepo Baby”
• Photography, for “Voyage of the Gross,” photographs by Thomas Prior, “The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining,” photograph by Beth Sacca, photo-manipulation by Joe Darrow, and “Reasons to Love New York,” photographs by Pelle Cass
• Profile Writing, for “The Woman Who Killed Roe,” by Kerry Howley
• Reviews and Criticism, for “Hanya’s Boys,” “Ottessa Moshfegh Is Praying for Us,” and “The Mixed Metaphor,” by Andrea Long Chu
• Service Journalism, for “The Strategist Holiday Gift Guide”
• Single-Topic Issue, for “Ten Years Since Trayvon”

The Verge (Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief)

• General Excellence, News, Sports and Entertainment
• Profile Writing, for “Searching for Susy Thunder,” by Claire L. Evans (in partnership with Epic Magazine)

ASME Next Award

• Brock Colyar, New York features writer

ASME Awards for Design, Photography & Illustration

New York

• Service and Lifestyle Story (winner), for “What Abortion Actually Looks Like,” photographs by The Abortion Project
• News and Entertainment Photograph (nominee), for photographs by Pelle Cass from “Reasons to Love New York”
• News and Entertainment Story (nominee), for “Voyage of the Gross,” photographs by Thomas Prior
• Print Design (nominee), for “Ten Years of Re-Re-Re-Re-Downloading Tinder”
• Print Illustration (nominee), for an illustration by André Carrilho from “How Blue Man Blew Up”
• Profile Photograph (nominee), for a photograph by Philip Montgomery from “The Institution”
• Service and Lifestyle Photograph (nominee), for a photograph by Beth Sacca, photo-manipulation by Joe Darrow, from “The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining”

The Verge

• Print Design (winner), for “Homeland”
• Digital Design (nominee), for “The Great Fiction of AI”
• Illustrated Story (nominee), for “How to Replace the Sky,” a comic by Matt Huynh