To enter the 2025 ASME Award for Fiction, ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration or ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30, go to asmeawards.org

For Entries Containing Print Content Entries containing content originally published in print require the submission of PDFs. PDFs of individual submissions should be converted to a single file in correct page order before uploading. Advertisements should not be included. Pages in editorial spreads should be shown together. High-resolution files are preferred.

For Entries Containing Print Issues The submission of print issues is required for print-only and multiplatform entries in General Excellence and the National Magazine Awards’ Design and Photography categories (the submission of print issues or other content in print is otherwise not required or permitted in any category). Three copies of each issue must be submitted. Print issues should be bundled with a copy of the entry-confirmation email attached. Magazines should be shipped to ASME, 23 Barnabas Road, Suite 34, Hawleyville, CT 06440-0034. No hand deliveries will be accepted.

For Entries Containing Digital Content Entries containing digital content require the submission of web links or app-specific instructions, including usernames and passwords. Entries submitted by publications that fail to include usernames and passwords enabling judges to access digital content free of charge may be deemed ineligible.

GENERAL EXCELLENCE CATEGORIES 1 – 4
What to submit for print-only entries: three print copies each of three different print issues and a PDF of each issue. What to submit for digital-only entries: 10 clearly labeled links to a website. What to submit for multiplatform entries: 10 clearly labeled links to a website; three print copies each of no more than two different print issues; and PDFs of the issue or issues. The following may also be submitted: no more than three examples of social media (video files may be substituted for content that is no longer accessible online); instructions for accessing one app; and descriptions of or links to no more than three brand extensions, including newsletters.

DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORIES 5 – 6
What to submit for entries containing print content: a PDF of each example of work that is part of the entry and three print copies of any issue in which an example appeared. What to submit for entries containing digital content: clearly labeled links to each example that is part of the entry.

PODCASTING AND VIDEO CATEGORIES 7 – 8
What to submit for all entries: links to no more than three episodes of a podcast or three videos in their original context and audio or video files of the same content.

PRINT AND DIGITAL CATEGORIES 9 – 18
What to submit for entries containing print content: a PDF of each article or example of work that is part of the entry with a separate PDF of the cover of the issue in which each article or example appeared. What to submit for entries containing digital content: clearly labeled links to each article or example that is part of the entry, which in Single-Topic Issue, Service Journalism, Lifestyle Journalism, Reporting and Public Interest may include social media (video files may be substituted for social-media content that is no longer accessible online).

ENTRY STATEMENTS
Each entry in the National Magazine Awards must include a three-part statement describing the publication and the entry. PART 1 should describe the editorial mission of the publication and include information about audience size and reader demographics. Part 1 should be no longer than 100 words. PART 2 should provide information about the overall size of the full-time staff as well as its composition by gender and ethnicity. Editors are also encouraged to describe in Part 2 any efforts at their publications to address issues of diversity and inclusion, including representation of the LGBTQ community, in both hiring and assigning. Information about staff size and composition will be provided to judges, who are authorized to use this information when choosing finalists and winners. Disaggregated information will not be disclosed publicly. Part 2 should be no longer than 200 words. PART 3 should describe the entry and explain why it deserves to be recognized by the judges. Entries published in partnership with other media organizations must include a description of each partner’s role in the creation of the work. The use of artificial intelligence must be reported. Any significant challenge to the accuracy or fairness of an entry, including corrections or retractions, must be noted. Entries may include direct links to supplemental materials or may include a link to a file-hosting service where supplemental materials are placed. Supplemental materials may include articles and social media related to the entry, as well as reader correspondence or media coverage attesting to the significance of the entry. Part 3 should be no longer than 500 words.

ENTRY FEES
ASME provides significant financial support for the administration and presentation of the National Magazine Awards, entitling ASME members who are registered and remit dues as chief editors to pay lower entry fees. Chief editors of publication groups may apply their membership discount to entries submitted by no more than one magazine or website. To receive this benefit, chief editors’ ASME membership must be current as of the date of entry. Journalists who join ASME as chief editors before the date of entry are also entitled to pay lower fees. To apply for ASME membership, visit asme.media/membership.

Entry fees must be paid on or before December 31, 2024, or entries will be deemed ineligible. ASME members whose dues are past due as of the date of entry will be charged nonmember entry fees. Entry fees will be refunded for entries withdrawn on or before December 31, 2024, but no entry fees will be refunded after that date. ASME members who edit publications with print circulations under 100,000 or average monthly unique visitors of less than 1 million may be eligible for reduced entry fees for the National Magazine Awards. ASME will notify members eligible for such reductions before the first deadline for entry on October 24, 2024.

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2025 ENTRY FEES
The entry fee for ASME members in all categories except General Excellence is $375 for each entry. The entry fee for ASME members in General Excellence is $395. The entry fee for nonmembers in all categories is $100 higher for each entry.

ENTRY DEADLINES
Entries will be accepted beginning September 19, 2024. Publications are encouraged to submit entries early to ensure that they can be reviewed by judges before their mid-January meetings.

DEADLINE 1, for content published on or before October 15, 2024, is 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 24, 2024. Late entries will be accepted until 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 31, subject to an additional $95 fee per entry. Entries received after that date may be accepted at the discretion of the administrators of the awards but will be subject to a $195 late fee.

DEADLINE 2, for content published on or before November 30, 2024, is 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 5, 2024. Entries may incorporate content published on or before October 15 but may not consist solely of content published before that date. Late entries will be accepted until 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 12, subject to an additional $95 fee per entry. Entries received after that date may be accepted at the discretion of the administrators of the awards but will be subject to a $195 late fee.

To submit entries consisting in whole or in part of content published after November 30, 2024, or to revise entries to include new content, email asme@asme.media.

For assistance, email asme@asme.media or call 212.872.3737