And The Envelopes, Please...

We received some nice news last week. The American Society of Magazine Editors announced that TIME had been nominated for five National Magazine Awards, the most ever for a newsmagazine. We're up for awards in the categories of Single-Topic Issue (for our 9/11 special edition, which featured a 28-page picture portfolio and Nancy Gibbs' story about that horrific, chaotic day), Reporting (for Alex Perry's piece last December on the prisoner uprising at Qala-I-Jangi, which claimed the life of CIA agent Johnny Micheal Spann) and General Excellence. We're also up for Design and Photography, the only magazine nominated for both. ASMES are generally considered to be the Oscars of the magazine world, but as wonderful as the news is, it only confirms what I already know: I'm very lucky to have such a talented staff working with me. And as the number of nominations shows, we all have one goal in mind: to bring you the best-reported, best-written, best-looking magazine every week. Wish us luck May 1, when the winners are announced.

James Kelly, Managing Editor