Paste named a 2008 National Magazine Award finalist

Less than two weeks after being named Magazine of the Year at the 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards, Paste is proud to announce another award nomination.

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has named Paste as a finalist in the 2008 National Magazine Awards competition. The awards have been presented annually for the past 42 years, honoring “magazines, whether in print or online, that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative editorial techniques, noteworthy journalistic enterprise and imaginative design.”

Paste was nominated in the General Excellence Category for publication with a circulation of 100,000 – 250,000, alongside Foreign Policy, Mother Jones, Philadelphia Magazine and Radar.

According to an ASME press release, this year’s competition received a record-setting 1,964 entries from 333 print and online magazines. The finalists were chosen by 240 industry experts from the full spectrum of magazine journalism. Paste is only the fourth music magazine to be nominated for General Excellence in the history of the National Magazine Awards.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced during a gala to be held May 1 at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center Frederick P. Rose Hall. For a complete list of the 2008 National Magazine Award finalists, visit Magazine.org.

Needless to say, we’re all pretty excited about this tremendous honor, but Paste Publisher Nick Purdy said it best. “One of the most fulfilling aspects of Paste has been exposing so many great independent artists, but also, celebrating the deserving artists in our mainstream culture,” he said. “There’s just so much terrific, worthy art out there waiting to be discovered – in all corners – and when we help our readers find something they love? That’s the ultimate payoff.”

A special thank-you goes out to all of the readers who have supported Paste from day one, and continue to make it a success today.

Related links:
NationalMagazineAwards.com
ASME.org
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