MAGAZINES: Yes, The New Yorker

Weekly earns seven nominations for National Magazine Awards
The New Yorker tops the list of nominations for 1998 National Magazine Awards, to be announced today by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The New Yorker earned seven nominations in seven categories. Harper's and Rolling Stone were runners-up, each with five nominations in four categories. Worth received four nods in four categories. In all, 78 magazines were named finalists in 12 categories.
In addition to earning a nom for general excellence in the 400,000 to 1 million(Eth)circulation category, The New Yorker also scored citations for reporting, feature writing, public interest, fiction, essays & criticism and single-topic issue. Harper's and Rolling Stone each earned two reporting nominations: RS for "The True Story of John/Joan" by John Colapinto and "Fortress America," a series by William Greider; and Harper's for "Judgment Day" by Alan Zarembo and Elizabeth Rubin's "An Army of One's Own." Worth bagged nominations for special interests, essays & criticism, public interest and single-topic issue--a special report called "One Stock."
Magazines honored for general excellence with a circ of more than 1 million include Martha Stewart Living, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue. Those nominated for general excellence with circ of 400,000 to 1 million are Condƒ Nast House & Garden, GQ, The New Yorker, Outside and Spin. The nominees with circ of 100,000 to 400,000 are Harper's, Phildelphia Magazine, Preservation, Saveur and Texas Monthly.
Three nominees from last year's design category are up for awards again this year: Entertainment Weekly, Garden Design and Martha Stewart Living. Other nominees in design are Bloomberg Personal, Fast Company and Wired.
For feature writing, the Ellie contenders are Harper's, New York, The New Yorker, Outside and Sports Illustrated. And for essays & criticism, the lineup is Condƒ Nast Traveler, Foreign Affairs, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Worth.
The 15 winners will be announced on April 29 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.