The 68th Annual Maggie Awards® Reveal 158 Finalists
The 68th Annual Maggie Awards® revealed the 158 finalists for excellence in publishing and digital media. Entrants represented hundreds of distinct brands. The longest reigning awards program is proud to reveal finalists as judged by industry peers and publishing executives.
“We are honored to present this year’s finalists representing the best in media across consumer, trade, student and digital media,” reports Catherine Upton, Maggie Awards® Chair. “These brands span the USA and are recognized for excellence in editorial, design, layout and impact.,” continues Upton.
View the 68th Annual Maggie Awards® Finalists below. Search for your brand by name, category or entry ID using the search field.
| Publication Title | Issue | Entry | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Coast | April 2019 | 2019 Best New Restaurants Issue | MA007 City & Metropolitan/Consumer |
| Sactown Magazine | August/September 2019 | Best of the City 2019 Issue | MA007 City & Metropolitan/Consumer |
| Blue Door Magazine | April 2019 | Blue Door Magazine | MA007 City & Metropolitan/Consumer |
| Desert Companion | November 2019 | Desert Companion: The Found Issue | MA007 City & Metropolitan/Consumer |
| 1859 Oregon’s Magazine | March/April | 1859 Oregon’s Magazine | MA008 Regional & State/Consumer |
| Bend Magazine | September/October 2019 | Bend Magazine Sept/Oct 2019 | MA008 Regional & State/Consumer |
| Nantucket Magazine | July 2019 | Nantucket Magazine | MA008 Regional & State/Consumer |
| 1889 Washington’s Magazine | June/July 2019 | 1889 Washington’s Magazine | MA014 Special Interest/Consumer |
| Where Traveler Los Angeles | September 2019 | Where Traveler Los Angeles | MA014 Special Interest/Consumer |
| Reason | February 2019 | Reason Magazine | MA014 Special Interest/Consumer |
| Sierra | March/April 2019 | Sierra Magazine | MA014 Special Interest/Consumer |
| Luxury Real Estate Magazine | July 2019 | Luxurya Real Estate Magazine | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| CURATED Magazine | Winter 2020 | CURATED Magazine by Exclusive Resorts | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| Design OC | Fall/Winter 2019 | DesignOC | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| Where Guestbook Orange County | 2019 | Where Guestbook Orange County | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| Greater Louisville Relocation Guide | 2019 | Greater Louisville Relocation Guide | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| Ranch Magazine | 2019 | Ranch | MA017 Annual, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time/ Consumer |
| Beyond the Acorn | November/December 2019 | Beyond the Acorn | MA018 Quarterlies (Circ under 75,000)/ Consumer |
| ElectriCar Magazine | December 2019 | ElectriCar Magazine | MA018 Quarterlies (Circ under 75,000)/ Consumer |
| Aspen Sojourner | November 2019 | Holiday Issue | MA018 Quarterlies (Circ under 75,000)/ Consumer |
| Where Guestbook San Diego | 2019 | Where Guestbook San Diego | MA022 Visitor’s Guides/ Consumer |
| Where Guestbook Los Angeles | 2019 | Where Guestbook Los Angeles | MA022 Visitor’s Guides/ Consumer |
| Discover Hailey & the Wood River Valley | Winter 2019 | Discover Hailey & the Wood River Valley | MA022 Visitor’s Guides/ Consumer |
| Zoo View | Summer 2019 | Zoo View | MA027 Association Publication/ Consumer&Trade |
| Zoo View | Spring 2019 | Zoo View | MA027 Association Publication/ Consumer&Trade |
| California Real Estate Magazine | March/April 2019 | California Real Estate Magazine | MA027 Association Publication/ Consumer&Trade |
| CA Real Estate Magazine | May/June 2019 | California Real Estate Magazine | MA027 Association Publication/ Consumer&Trade |
| Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine | Holiday 2019/2020 | The Last Fugitive | MA028 Best Feature Article (Circ under 75,000)/Consumer |
| Winter Adventures | Spring 2019 | Risky Business | MA028 Best Feature Article (Circ under 75,000)/Consumer |
| Jewish in Seattle | April/May 2019 | Jewish in Seattle “An Evergreen Hate” | MA028 Best Feature Article (Circ under 75,000)/Consumer |
| Desert Companion | July 2019 | How to Eat a City | MA028 Best Feature Article (Circ under 75,000)/Consumer |
| Desert Companion | April 2019 | In the Realm of the Senses | MA028 Best Feature Article (Circ under 75,000)/Consumer |
| Boys’ Life magazine | January 2019 | A Community In Need | MA029 Best Feature Article (Circ over 75,000)/Consumer |
| Boys’ Life magazine | April 2019 | It’s Good to be Kings | MA029 Best Feature Article (Circ over 75,000)/Consumer |
| Sierra | July/August 2019 | Trash Talk | MA029 Best Feature Article (Circ over 75,000)/Consumer |
| Outreach Magazine | March/April 2019 | The Peaceable Warrior | MA032 Best Interview or Profile/ Consumer |
| Orange Coast | June 2019 | Kaira Rouda | MA032 Best Interview or Profile/ Consumer |
| Sactown Magazine | October/November 2019 | True West | MA032 Best Interview or Profile/ Consumer |
| Desert Companion | September 2019 | The Advocate | MA032 Best Interview or Profile/ Consumer |
| Sierra | November/December 2019 | Time to Fix the Population Fixation | MA033 Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer&Trade |
| Sactown Magazine | February/March 2019 | The Big Sick | MA033 Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer&Trade |
| Desert Companion | September 2019 | Heaven or Las Vegas | MA033 Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer&Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | April 2019 | The Worst of CES | MA033 Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer&Trade |
| Roast Magazine | May/June 2019 | Can You Taste the Roasting System? | MA033 Best Signed Editorial or Essay/ Consumer&Trade |
| Beyond the Acorn | May & November 2019 | Snapshot: Local Lore | MA034 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Consumer |
| Outreach Magazine | May/June,Nov/Dec 2019 | Ideas | MA034 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Consumer |
| Aspen Sojourner | Summer, May 2019 | At Altitude Best Department | MA034 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Consumer |
| Diablo magazine | June 2019 | Home Is Where the Art Is | MA036 Best Editorial Layout/Consumer |
| Diablo magazine | January 2019 | Lands Of Opportunity | MA036 Best Editorial Layout/Consumer |
| Orange Coast | December 2019 | Our Favorite Places | MA036 Best Editorial Layout/Consumer |
| Desert Companion | November 2019 | Chop, Sizzle, Gather | MA036 Best Editorial Layout/Consumer |
| Sierra | July/August 2019 | Trash Talk | MA041 Best Single or Series of Editorial Photographs/Consumer |
| Windermere Living | Spring 2019 | Brunch in Bloom | MA041 Best Single or Series of Editorial Photographs/Consumer |
| Desert Companion | October 2019 | A Fading Tradition | MA041 Best Single or Series of Editorial Photographs/Consumer |
| Diablo magazine | October 2019 | Comic All-Stars | MA042 Best Cover/ Consumer |
| Bend Magazine | November/December 2019 | Hello Winter | MA042 Best Cover/ Consumer |
| Outreach Magazine | March/April 2019 | Erwin Rafael McManus | MA042 Best Cover/ Consumer |
| Sactown Magazine | August/September 2019 | Best of the City | MA042 Best Cover/ Consumer |
| Aspen Sojourner | Midwinter/Spring 2019 | MA044 Best Overall Publication Design/ Consumer | |
| Orange Coast | April 2019 | MA044 Best Overall Publication Design/ Consumer | |
| Desert Companion | July 2019 | MA044 Best Overall Publication Design/ Consumer | |
| Beyond the Acorn | November/December 2019 | How the Community Heals | MA046 Special Theme Issue/Consumer |
| Reason | Aug/Sept 2019 | Good News/ Bad News | MA046 Special Theme Issue/Consumer |
| Diablo magazine | November 2019 | The Food Issue | MA046 Special Theme Issue/Consumer |
| Flourish | Summer 2019 | MA052 Best New Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Bend Home + Design | Summer 2019 | MA052 Best New Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Luckbox | August 2019 | MA052 Best New Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Journal of the California Dental Association | October 2019 | MA056 Medical, Dental & Related Services/ Trade | |
| American Journal of Critical Care | November 2019 | MA056 Medical, Dental & Related Services/ Trade | |
| Critical Care Nurse | October 2019 | MA056 Medical, Dental & Related Services/ Trade | |
| Dental Product Shopper | April 2019 | MA056 Medical, Dental & Related Services/ Trade | |
| Business Fleet | January/February 2019 | The Risky Business of Moving Cannabis and Cash | MA060 Non-Paid/Trade |
| Nutritional Outlook | September 2019 | MA060 Non-Paid/Trade | |
| OC REALTOR® | September/October 2019 | MA060 Non-Paid/Trade | |
| Roast Magazine | May/June 2019 | MA062 Special Interest/Trade | |
| ICG Magazine | December 2019 | MA062 Special Interest/Trade | |
| Variety | June 2019 | MA062 Special Interest/Trade | |
| EXHIBITOR | February 2019 | MA062 Special Interest/Trade | |
| ASCP Skin Deep | September/October 2019 | MA062 Special Interest/Trade | |
| Elearning! Magazine | Summer 2019 | MA064 Annual, Semi-Annual, Three-Time & Quarterly/ Trade | |
| Elearning! Magazine | Winter 2019 | MA064 Annual, Semi-Annual, Three-Time & Quarterly/ Trade | |
| Plano The Guide | 2019 | MA064 Annual, Semi-Annual, Three-Time & Quarterly/ Trade | |
| Cvent Meetings | 2019 | MA064 Annual, Semi-Annual, Three-Time & Quarterly/ Trade | |
| Roast Magazine | November/December 2019 | Guide to Regulatory Requirements and Compliance for Coffee Roasters | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| TravelAge West | June 2019 | The Golden Age: A History of Travel From 1969 to 2019 | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| Nutritional Outlook | April 2019 | Best Frenemies | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| Nutritional Outlook | September 2019 | Prebiotics | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| Nutritional Outlook | December 2019 | Fermentation | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | August 2019 | Cruise Control | MA072 Best Feature Article (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| Government Technology | October 2019 | Securing the Vote | MA073 Best Feature Article (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | January/February 2019 | Tax Confusion, Begone! | MA073 Best Feature Article (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | November/December 2019 | The Biggest Wows of 2019 | MA073 Best Feature Article (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| Massage & Bodywork | September/October 2019 | CBD: Is It Right For Your Practice? | MA073 Best Feature Article (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| Critical Care Nurse | October 2019 | Power of Family Engagement in Rounds | MA073 Best Feature Article (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | February 2019 | Top 7 Design Tenets from the Museum World | MA075 Best How-To Article/ Consumer&Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | March 2019 | The Seven Deadly Sins of Booth Staffers | MA075 Best How-To Article/ Consumer&Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | February 2019 | International Exhibiting Guide | MA075 Best How-To Article/ Consumer&Trade |
| Desert Companion | December 2019 | This Is a Story About Eating Grasshoppers | MA075 Best How-To Article/ Consumer&Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | March/April 2019 | In Conversation: Herman Chan | MA076 Best Interview or Profile/ Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | July/August 2019 | The Lead: Christine Kim | MA076 Best Interview or Profile/ Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | October 2019 | In Conversation: Felicia Mares | MA076 Best Interview or Profile/ Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | November/December 2019 | The School of Radsick | MA076 Best Interview or Profile/ Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | December 2019 | Return on Relationship | MA076 Best Interview or Profile/ Trade |
| California Real Estate Magazine | January/February 2019, March/April 2019 | One Question, Six Answers | MA078 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | August/September 2019 | Plan B | MA078 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | February/March 2019 | Exhibiting 101 | MA078 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Trade |
| Critical Care Nurse | April, August 2019 | Ask the Experts | MA078 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Trade |
| American Journal of Critical Care | July, November 2019 | Clinical Evidence Review | MA078 Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/ Trade |
| Kentucky City | Fall 2019 | Kentucky City- Kentucky’s Drive-In Theaters | MA080 Best Editorial Layout (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| EXHIBITOR | April 2019 | Best of CES | MA080 Best Editorial Layout (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| ICG Magazine | June/July 2019 | The Interviews | MA080 Best Editorial Layout (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| ICG Magazine | December 2019 | Generation NEXT | MA080 Best Editorial Layout (Circ under 50,000)/Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | January/February 2019 | The Votes Are In | MA081 Best Editorial Layout (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | January/February 2019 | Tax Confusion, Begone! | MA081 Best Editorial Layout (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| California Real Estate magazine | November/December 2019 | The Biggest Wows of 2019 | MA081 Best Editorial Layout (Circ over 50,000)/Trade |
| Roast Magazine | May/June 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| OC REALTOR® | September/October 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| ICG Magazine | April 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| ICG Magazine | October 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| Massage & Bodywork | September/October 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| Government Technology | June 2019 | MA086 Best Cover/ Trade | |
| Roast Magazine | May/June 2019 | MA088 Best Overall Publication Design /Trade | |
| Chicago Architect | July/August 2019 | MA088 Best Overall Publication Design /Trade | |
| Elearning! Magazine | Winter 2019 | MA088 Best Overall Publication Design /Trade | |
| ICG Magazine | June/July | MA088 Best Overall Publication Design /Trade | |
| Cvent Meetings | July 2019 | MA088 Best Overall Publication Design /Trade | |
| ECO Magazine | June 2019 | Ocean Sound Special Issue | MA090 Special Theme Issue /Trade |
| Luckbox | August 2019 | The High Anxiety Economy | MA090 Special Theme Issue /Trade |
| ASCP Skin Deep | September/October 2019 | Intimate Skin Care Issue | MA090 Special Theme Issue /Trade |
| Variety | Variety’s Hitmakers | Hitmakers | MA090 Special Theme Issue /Trade |
| Variety | Power of Pride | Power of Pride Issue | MA090 Special Theme Issue /Trade |
| Warrior Life | Spring/Summer 2019 | MA097 Best Print Publication/Student | |
| State Press Magazine | March 2019 | MA097 Best Print Publication/Student | |
| State Press Magazine | September 2019 | MA097 Best Print Publication/Student | |
| The Sun | December 2019 | MA097 Best Print Publication/Student | |
| State Press Magazine | November 2019 | Rashad Shabazz’s Chicago | MA098 Best Print Article/Student |
| State Press Magazine | November 2019 | Who Is God The Mother? | MA098 Best Print Article/Student |
| State Press Magazine | October 2019 | Connection Ends Here: A look at the lack of internet connectivity on tribal lands and how it affects indigenous students | MA098 Best Print Article/Student |
| The Sun | December 2019 | Stranded in Tijuana | MA098 Best Print Article/Student |
| Warrior Life | Spring/Summer 2019 | MA099 Best Print Cover/Student | |
| State Press Magazine | May 2019 | The Best of Issue | MA099 Best Print Cover/Student |
| State Press Magazine | October 2019 | The Borders Issue | MA099 Best Print Cover/Student |
| Collegian Times | Spring/Summer 2019 | Print Pushes Back | MA099 Best Print Cover/Student |
| Elearning! Alert | October 2019 | MA119 Best Digital Edition or Web Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Shelf Unbound Magazine | August/September 2019 | MA119 Best Digital Edition or Web Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Elearning! eMagazine | Winter 2019 | MA119 Best Digital Edition or Web Publication/ Consumer&Trade | |
| Reason | September 2019 | ReasonTV: Hong Kong Protesters Want Democracy, Accountability, Autonomy, and U.S. Support | MA127 Best Use of Video /Consumer&Trade&Assoc |
| Reason | September 2019 | ReasonTV: How the Drug War Destroyed a Hippie Paradise in Kathmandu | MA127 Best Use of Video /Consumer&Trade&Assoc |
| Reason | 2019 | ReasonTV Channel | MA127 Best Use of Video /Consumer&Trade&Assoc |
| CPR LifeLinks | July 2019 | CPR LifeLinks Video: What it Takes to Save a Life | MA127 Best Use of Video /Consumer&Trade&Assoc |
| Daily Coffee News | 2019 | Daily Coffee News | MAW62 Best Website/ Consumer&Trade |
| Variety | 2019 | Variety | MAW62 Best Website/ Consumer&Trade |
| VegNews | 2019 | VegNews | MAW62 Best Website/ Consumer&Trade |
| Shelf Unbound Magazine | 2019 | Shelf Unbound Magazine | MAW62 Best Website/ Consumer&Trade |
| ASCP Skin Deep | 2019 | Associated Skin Care Professionals | MAW62 Best Website/ Consumer&Trade |
| State Press Magazine Online | September 2019 | Ambassador Kurt Volker’s Resignation Series | DA707 Best Online Article/Student |
| State Press Magazine Online | May 2019 | Poor Leadership, Unresolved Claims Taint an ASU Theatre Program | DA707 Best Online Article/Student |
| State Press Magazine Online | December 2019 | ‘We can help ourselves:’ Native Women Come Together to Confront High Rates of Maternal Mortality | DA707 Best Online Article/Student |