National Magazine Awards
Year Magazine Article ( s ) and Author ( s ) Editor ( s )
1974 Sports Illustrated Women in Sport , three-part series Roy Terrell , Managing Editor
1975 Esquire The Drinking Man 's Liver , by Richard Selzer Kidney Stone The Knife Don Erickson , Editorial Director
1976 Modern Medicine Ethics , Genetics and the Future of Man , four-part series , February 1 and 15 , March 1 and 15 Paul D. Scultz
1977 Harper 's Magazine The Anti-Social Cell Lewis H. Lapham , Editor
1978 Newsweek The Graying of America , by Allan J. Mayer and with Tom Joyce , William J. Cook and Pamela Ellis Simons , February 28 Edward Kosner , Editor
1979 American Journal of Nursing For a series providing continuing education , medical developments and concern to professional expert Thelma Schorr
1980 Saturday Review Children and Cancer , by Susan Schiefelbein Carl Tucker
1982 Philadelphia That Certain Smile , by Carol Saline , September Art Spikol , Editor
1983 Sunset Fish Market Revolution , October William Marken
1984 New York How Well Does Your Bank Treat You ? by Jeff and Marie Blyskal , March 7 Edward Kosner , Editor and president
1985 The Washingtonian How to Save Your Life , by John Pekkanen , Gail Friedman , Marilyn Dickey and William O'Sullivan , March John A. Limpert , Editor
1986 Farm Journal Your Call for Help Can be Heard , by Elizabeth Curry Williams , February There is Life after Farming , February Bootstrap Plans to Beat Tough Times , April Rescue from Suicide , by Bonnie Pollard , September What Distressed Farmers Need Most , by Dick Braun , November Lane Palmer , Editor in Chief
1987 Consumer Reports Life Insurance : How to Protect Your Family , by Trudy Lieberman , June , July , August Irwin Landau , Editorial Director
1988 Money After the Crash : The Safest Places to Put Your Money Now , by Diane Harris , Eric Schurenberg and Jerry Edgerton , December Landon Y. Jones , Managing Editor
1989 Good Housekeeping Child Care '88 , September John Mack Carter , Editor in Chief
1990 Consumer Reports Beyond Medicare , by Trudy Lieberman , June Irwin Landau , Editorial Director
1991 New York Sparing the Child , by Michael W. Robbins , December 10 Edward Kosner , Editor and President
1992 Creative Classroom Teaching Children About AIDS , by Lisa Feder-Feitel , January/February How to Talk about Substance Abuse , September Teachers Against Child Abuse , January/February 1992 Elaine Israel , Editor in Chief
1993 Good Housekeeping The Better Way , January , February , June John Mack Carter , Editor in Chief
1994 Fortune One Man 's Tough Choices on Prostate Cancer , by Tom Alexander , September 20 Marshall Loeb , Managing Editor
Current categories -- Personal Service
Previously known as Service to the Individual ( 1974—1985 ) . Honors magazine journalism that serves readers ’ needs and aspirations . No award was given in 1981 .
The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print magazines, the awards now recognize magazine-quality journalism published in any medium. They are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) in association with Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and are administered by ASME in New York City. The awards have been presented annually since 1966. The Ellie Awards are judged by magazine journalists and journalism educators selected by the administrators of the awards. More than 300 judges participate every year. Each judge is assigned to a judging group that averages 15 judges, including a judging leader. Each judging group chooses five finalists (seven in Reporting and Feature Writing); the same judging group selects one of the finalists to be the winner of the Ellie Award in that category. Judging results are subject to the approval of the National Magazine Awards Board, which is composed of current and former officers of ASME, the dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and veteran judges. The current categories are:
Finalists in each of the Ellie Award categories receive certificates of recognition. The winner in each category receives a reproduction of Alexander Calder's stabile Elephant, the symbol of the awards since 1970. Among the notable changes for 2017 are the expansion of the Design and Photography categories to include digital entries and the suspension of the Fiction award.