2025 National Magazine Award Finalists
Our picks from the long list
The Ameierican Society of Magazine Editors has announced its 2025 National Magazine Award Finalists. Here are our favourites from the long list:
The Invisible Man by Patrick Fealey - A firsthand account of homelessness in America
The Canary by Michael Lewis - Each spring, the most interesting organization that no one’s ever heard of collects nominations for the most important awards that most people will never know were handed out
Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia by Lauren Smiley - She came to the US with a dream. Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one problem.
The Deserter by Sarah A. Topol - Deserting Putin's army and the Russia-Ukraine war
How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of War by Naomi Klein - Memorials to the 7 October attacks use art, virtual reality and dark tourism to stir support for limitless violence
Gay Men Have Long Been Obsessed With Their Muscles. Now Everyone Is. by Mark Harris - In Hollywood, on Instagram and beyond, the male-on-male gaze still decides what’s hot and what’s not
Coviction by Rachel Aviv - A British nurse was found guilty of killing seven babies. Did she do it?
The Music Licensing Wars by Sarah Jeong - How Grokster's music piracy case changed the course of the Internet
Eat What You Kill by J. David McSwane - As the myth surrounding a high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths
The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners by Caleb Melby, Polly Mosendz and Noah Buhayar - They don’t merely support doctors—NPs increasingly treat patients independently, including in specialty practices and emergency rooms. When they aren’t well trained, the results can be tragic.
The Polycrisis by Brandy Jensen - Why can’t we stop talking about nonmonogamy?
Alone by Natalia Galicza - Researchers and lawmakers are only beginning to understand what that does to a person
The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape by Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me
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