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- Date: May 1, 2008
- Award called an "Ellie"
- Ellie designed by Alexander Calder
- Past honorees include Jon Krakauer and Martha Stewart
- Called the "Oscars of the magazine world"Huffington Post: Everyone Loves Everyone At the National Magazine Awards (May 10, 2006)
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Established by the American Society of Magazine Editors, the National Magazine Awards honor print and online magazines in an annual awards presentation ceremony. The awards recognize achievements in journalism, technique and design.
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About the Awards
Since 1966, the National Magazine Awards have been put on every year by the American Society of Magazine Editors and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. A National Magazine Award is seen as the highest honor that a person in the magazine industry can acquire, and is referred to as the "Oscar of the magazine world."Huffington Post: Everyone Loves Everyone At the National Magazine Awards (May 10, 2006) The award statues themselves are known as "Ellies" and resemble an elephant.ASME: 43rd Annual National Magazine Award Finalists (March 19, 2008) 2008 winners included magazines such as Popular Mechanics, National Geographic and The New Yorker.Huffington Post: National Magazine Awards 2008: The Winners (May 2, 2008)



