Nominations for the 2008 National Magazine Awards were announced yesterday, and I’m happy to say that a number of my friends and former colleagues are among the nominees. Popular Mechanics, which is edited by Jim Meigs, my former boss at Us, was nominated for Best Magazine with a circulation between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000, and also received two nominations in the Personal Service category. Time, which is edited by my former Notebook section chief Rick Stengel, was nominated for Best Magazine with a circulation over 2,000,000. The Autumn of the Multitaskers, by Walter Kirn, my onetime cubicle neighbor at Spy, earned a Best Essay nomination for The Atlantic. Three pieces by Kurt Andersen, my boss at Spy, earned a nomination for New York in the Columns and Commentary category. And Amid Capeci, who was an art director at Esquire when I was there and is now the assistant managing editor for design at Newsweek, was named in that magazine’s nomination in the Photo Portfolio category. Congratulations, guys! I’ll be rooting for you all.
