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Shameless Self-Promotion

Doc Will tilted an eyebrow when he heard we were going to Disneyworld, and somewhat accurately described the process by which we would be held upside down and shaken until all the change slipped from our pockets into the hands of that needy corporate giant.

He quit laughing when his wife reminded him of his pledge to take their three children in a couple years.

(Peripheral question: Why on earth do people find it necessary to throw money into the water of the "It's A Small World" ride? Do they think the company needs their coins?)

(Far more important question: Who told the Big Mouse that Nescafe was coffee?)

Anyhow, I came home to the usual pile of mail and flurry of e-mails, and one very nice bit of news: No Depression has once again been nominated for the 19th Annual Utne Reader Independent Press Awards, in the broad category "arts coverage."

Our fellow nominees include the international folk art magazine Raw Vision, Art Papers, BlackFlash, Bookforum, Film Comment, New Statesman, and Paste.

ND won for what was then called "Arts & Leisure" some years back, long enough ago that I can't remember when it was but am pretty sure it was a great kindness as we're a much better magazine now than we were when I lived in that house. And we were nominated once, after that. But it's been a while, and it's an honor we appreciate.

The Utne Reader culls through 1,300 magazines to extract content; ND is among 111 titles honored as finalists for their award. Their list of honorees is always interesting and sometimes provocative. And because I like good magazines, and figure some of y'all do as well, here's the full list:

Magazines (General Excellence)
ColorLines
Columbia Journalism Review
Discover
Film Comment
Foreign Policy
Kyoto Journal
The Sun
The Wilson Quarterly

Zines (General Excellence)
Brainscan
Hungover Gourmet
Macaroni
Moonlight Chronicles
Musea
Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore!
Uncle Enos
You Don’t Get There From Here

Best New Publication
The American
Blackfly
Craft
The Crier
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Make/shift
Meatpaper
Polite

Environmental Coverage
Audubon
E Magazine
Earth Island Journal
Environmental Building News
Orion
Sierra
Sustainable Industries Journal
Terrain

International Coverage
Colors
Cultural Survival Quarterly
Foreign Policy
Middle East Report
NACLA Report on the Americas
New Internationalist
Peace Review
Prospect

Health/Wellness Coverage
Alternative Medicine
CR Magazine
The Human Ecologist
Mothering
POZ
Psychology Today
VegNews
Yoga Journal

Local/Regional Coverage
Alberta Views
East Bay Monthly (Bay Area, CA)
The Independent Weekly (Lafayette, LA)
New England Watershed
Oxford American (Southern U.S.)
Sacramento News & Review
Urbanite (Baltimore)
Westword (Denver)

Political Coverage
The American Prospect
The Chronicle of Higher Education
City Journal
Dissent
Governing
The Nation
The New Republic
Reason

Science/Tech Coverage
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Discover
The Futurist
New Scientist
OnEarth
Science & Spirit
Science News
Technology Review

Social/Cultural Coverage
California
ColorLines
Dollars & Sense
Gastronomica
Greater Good
Guilt & Pleasure
Indian Country Today
The Next American City

Spiritual Coverage
Geez
Islamica
Notre Dame
Parabola
Shambhala Sun
Sojourners
Spirituality & Health
Tikkun

In-Depth/Investigative
Coverage
The Chicago Reporter
Columbia Journalism Review
GeneWatch
High Country News
Intelligence Report
Mother Jones
The Texas Observer
The Village Voice

Best Design
Beyond
Bidoun
Esopus
Heeb
Hyphen
Maisonneuve
Ninth Letter
Theme

Best Writing
The Believer
Geist
L.A. Weekly
Maisonneuve
The New Republic
The Sun
Virginia Quarterly Review
The Wilson Quarterly

Arts Coverage
Art Papers
BlackFlash
Bookforum
Film Comment
New Statesman
No Depression
Paste
Raw Vision

Now if only there were a newsstand in every town where one might find all those fine magazines.

Posted by grant on October 22, 2007 8:31 AM | Permalink