Magazine
professionals from around the country chose 143 finalists
representing 35 publications in the 26-year-old National City and Regional
Magazine Association’s awards competition. Magazines of varying circulations
competed in 29 categories, including editorial,
design, online and ancillary publications. Judges named five finalists in most
categories and will choose one ultimate winner in each. The awards for work
completed in 2010 will be announced at the CRMA 35th Annual
Conference April 30-May 2 at The Drake Hotel in
Chicago, IL.
The categories and
finalists (also posted on CRMA's website) are:
Criticism
D
Magazine Willard Spiegelman
“Bittersweet
Symphony”
“Out
With the Old”
“Critic
as Booster”
Los
Angeles Magazine Steve
Erickson
“Fatal
Attraction”
“Darkness
Visible”
“Modern
Maturity”
Milwaukee
Magazine Tom
Bamberger
“Raising
the Bar”
“Radical
Fun”
“Driving
Lessons”
Orange
Coast Magazine Preston
Lerner
“Crash
Dummies”
“Seeing
Red”
“The
Cool Cruiser”
Texas
Monthly Christopher
Kelly
“Stop
the Blitz”
“Life
Cycle”
“This
is Series Business”
Food or Dining
Writing
Chicago
Magazine Jeff
Ruby
“Piece
Offerings”
“Secrets
of Their Success”
“From
Goat to Hero”
Minnesota
Monthly Dara
Moskowitz Grumdahl
“Best
Barbecue”
“Small
Wonder”
“The
Kids Are All Right”
Portland
Monthly Karen
Brooks
“Pod
Perfection”
“2010
Best Restaurants”
“Little
Big Buzz”
Rhode
Island Monthly Karen
Deutsch
“Dining
Out: Cook & Brown Public House”
“Cheap
Eats!”
“Rise
& Shine”
Washingtonian Todd Kliman
“Hi,
I’ll be Your Server Tonight”
“Mix
Masters”
“Thinking
Big”
Column
Boston
Magazine Eileen
McNamara
“Ill
Wind”
“Bad
Medicine”
“The
Getaway”
Chicago
Magazine Jeff
Ruby
“The
Deep Dish I Knew”
“Hit
Parade”
“Justice
is Bland”
Los
Angeles Magazine Anne
Taylor Fleming
“Foul
Territory”
“Child
of L.A.”
“Love
Struck”
Los
Angeles Magazine Mark
Lacter
“What
Gives?”
“Home
Wrecker”
“The
Well Runs Dry”
Philadelphia
Magazine Sandy
Hingston
“The End of My
Leash”
“A
Clean Sweep”
“Moving
Day”
Reporting
5280
Magazine Maximillian
Potter
“Power
Broken”
Atlanta
Magazine Charles
Bethea
“Final
Exit”
D
Magazine Laray
Polk
“Dallas’
Evil Genius”
Texas
Monthly Skip
Hollandsworth
“That’s
Oil, Folks!”
Washingtonian Shane
Harris
“Own
the Sky”
Personality
Profile
Chicago
Magazine Robert
Sharoff
“Reconstructing
Harry Weese”
Los
Angeles Magazine Dave
Gardetta
“Tough
Sell”
Philadelphia
Magazine Sandy
Hingston
“A
Savior For the City”
Rhode
Island Monthly Mark
Arsenault
“His
Father’s Son”
Texas
Monthly Katy
Vine
“I
Believe I Can Fry”
Feature Story
5280
Magazine Lindsey
Koehler
“Gone”
Atlanta
Magazine Thomas
Lake
“The Golden Boy”
Chicago
Magazine Bryan Smith
“The
Long Fall”
Philadelphia
Magazine Ralph
Cipriano
“The
Hitman”
Texas
Monthly Michael
Hall
“The
Soul of a Man”
Writer of the
Year
Atlanta
Magazine Thomas
Lake
Chicago
Magazine Bryan
Smith
Indianapolis
Monthly Tony
Rehagen
Philadelphia
Magazine Robert
Huber
Texas
Monthly Pamela
Colloff
Excellence in
Writing
5280
Magazine December
Chicago
Magazine May
Philadelphia
Magazine December
Texas
Monthly September
Yankee
Magazine July/August
Spread Design
Atlanta
Magazine “Mother
Nature’s Daddy”
Indianapolis
Monthly “The
Pillar”
Minnesota
Monthly “UP
North”
Philadelphia
Magazine “Head-On
Collision”
Texas
Monthly “Innocence
Lost”
Feature Design
Birmingham
Magazine “We Make
Birmingham”
Indianapolis
Monthly “Best
Restaurants”
Los
Angles Magazine “Into
California’s Vast and Wild and Wonderful Desert”
Minnesota
Monthly “Unsolved
Mysteries”
Philadelphia
Magazine “High
Times”
Redesign
Boston
Magazine
Cleveland
Magazine
Honolulu
Magazine
Photography
5280
Magazine “Wing
Men”
Tyler
Stableford
B-metro
Magazine “The
Mythic Backyard”
Robin
Colter
Indianapolis
Monthly “Home
Courts”
Tony
Valainis
Los
Angeles Magazine “Wind
Fall”
Lisa
Lewis
Yankee
Magazine “Maine
Costal Odyssey”
Richard
Schultz
Cover
5280
Magazine August
Cincinnati
Magazine December
Los
Angeles Magazine August
Seattle
Metropolitan July
Texas
Monthly August
Designer of the
Year
5280
Magazine David
McKenna
Cincinnati
Magazine Grace
Saunders
Diablo
Magazine Roger
Gurbani
Los
Angeles Magazine Steven
Banks
Los
Angeles Magazine Lisa
Lewis
Excellence in
Design
5280
Magazine October
Cincinnati
Magazine November
Los
Angeles Magazine November
Seattle
Metropolitan December
Texas
Monthly November
Reader Service
Indianapolis
Monthly “Sell
Your House Fast”
Los
Angeles Magazine “The
Shortest Route to Happy”
Philadelphia
Magazine “Eat!
(Cheap, But Well)”
Portland
Monthly “20/20
Vision”
Washingtonian “Stress”
Leisure/Lifestyle
Interests
417
Magazine “Asian
Food Lovers’ Guide”
5280
Magazine “The
5280 Football Preview”
Chicago
Magazine “40
Reasons to Love Chicago”
Los
Angeles Magazine “Lunch
in LA”
Portland
Monthly “Food
Cart City”
Civic Journalism
5280
Magazine “The
Education of Ms. Barsallo”
5280
Magazine “Unwanted”
Chicago
Magazine “The
Insider”
St.
Louis Magazine “Tough
Kids Turning”
Texas
Monthly “Innocence
Lost”
Special Issue
Chicago
Magazine December
D
Magazine April
D
Magazine January
Los
Angeles Magazine December
Texas
Monthly November
Ancillary
Publication I
Columbus
Monthly Columbus
Bride
Evansville
Living Evansville
Business
Inside
Columbia CEO
Martha’s
Vineyard Magazine Island
Weddings
Memphis
Magazine MBQ
Memphis Business Quarterly
Ancillary
Publication II
Boston
Magazine Home
MPLS
St. Paul Weddings
Philadelphia
Magazine Wedding Spring/Summer
Seattle
Metropolitan Bride
& Groom
Washingtonian Bride & Groom
Community
Service Project
Chicago
Magazine Action
Figures
Evansville
Living Indiana
Preservationist
Inside
Columbia Inside
Columbia’s Wine & Food Festival 2010
St.
Louis Magazine Excellence
in Nursing
St.
Louis Magazine Fever
Fashion Show Fall 2010
Excellence
Online
Atlanta
Magazine www.atlantamagazine.com
Chicago
Magazine www.chicagomag.com
D
Magazine www.dmagazine.com
Philadelphia
Magazine www.phillymag.com
Texas
Monthly www.texasmonthly.com
Blog Column
Atlanta
Magazine Field
Notes
Chicago
Magazine Felsenthal
Files
Cleveland
Magazine Cleveland
Magazine Politics
Philadelphia
Magazine The Philly
Post
Seattle
Metropolitan Sauced
E-Newsletter
Chicago
Magazine Chicago
Guide
Chicago
Magazine Domestica
Los
Angeles Magazine Online
This Week
Philadelphia
Magazine The
Weekender
What’s
Up? Annapolis Food Flash
Multimedia
MPLS
St. Paul
Portland
Monthly
Texas
Monthly
Washingtonian
Yankee
Magazine
General
Excellence I
Berkshire
Living
Honolulu
Magazine
Madison
Magazine
Main
Line Today
Memphis
Magazine
General
Excellence II
Cincinnati
Magazine
Milwaukee
Magazine
Portland
Monthly
Seattle
Metropolitan
St.
Louis Magazine
General
Excellence III
5280
Magazine
Chicago
Magazine
Los
Angeles Magazine
Texas
Monthly
Yankee
Magazine
Topping
the list with 10 or more nominations were 5280
(Denver), Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Texas
Monthly magazines. Magazines with at least five nominations include Atlanta, D Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly,
Portland Monthly, Seattle Metropolitan and Washingtonian. Receiving at least three
nominations were Boston, Cincinnati, Minnesota Monthly, St. Louis
and Yankee magazines. Judges also
recognized a number of small and mid-size circulation publications such as Cleveland, Evansville Living, Honolulu,
Inside Columbia, Memphis, Milwaukee, MPLS St. Paul and Rhode Island Monthly, each with two nominations. Eleven other magazines received one
nomination each.
The competition is open to members of CRMA and other city
and regional magazines throughout North America that qualify. The contest is a
26-year-old national competition and has been coordinated by the University of
Missouri School of Journalism on behalf of CRMA for the past 15 years.
For more information, contact
Contest Coordinator Kimberly Townlain, University of Missouri, 320 Lee Hills
Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 (573-884-1869) or CRMA Executive Director C. James
Dowden, 1970 East Grand Ave., Suite 330, El Segundo, CA 90245 (310-364-0193).
