National Magazine Awards: Nominees and Winners

GENERAL EXCELLENCE
January/February 2006 Atlantic Monthly
September 2006Atlantic Monthly
December 2006Atlantic Monthly

PUBLIC INTEREST
"Declaring Victory" (September 2006)
The United States is succeeding in its struggle against terrorism. The time has come to declare the war on terror over, so that an even more effective military and diplomatic campaign can begin. By James Fallows

REVIEWS AND CRITICISM
"Rhymes With Rich" (May 2006)
One woman’s conscientious objection to the “mommy wars.” By Sandra Tsing Loh

REVIEWS AND CRITICISM
"Cheap Thrills" (July/August 2006)
A story of American women in financial jeopardy. By Sandra Tsing Loh

REVIEWS AND CRITICISM
"The Drama of the Gifted Parent" (October 2006)
Hey! Leave those kids alone! By Sandra Tsing Loh

GENERAL EXCELLENCE
January/February, 2005 Atlantic Monthly
November, 2005 Atlantic Monthly
December, 2005 Atlantic Monthly

REPORTING
"The Wrath of Khan" (November 2005)
How A. Q. Khan made Pakistan a nuclear power—and showed that the spread of atomic weapons can't be stopped. By William Langewiesche

REPORTING
"In a Ruined Country" (September 2005)
How Yasir Arafat destroyed Palestine. By David Samuels

FICTION
"One of Our Whales Is Missing" (September 2005)
In which Rick Renard, PR hustler par excellence, sets out to save Grimland's gentle giants of the deep. By Christopher Buckley

FICTION
"Bullheads" (April 2005)
He wanted to thank God for his life, and he did. He didn't know what was next, but saw no point in being fearful now. By Michael Lohre

FICTION
"A Record Book for Small Farmers" (January/February 2005)
Had her father been a coward all these years, his reticence a cover for things he was afraid to say? By Anna North

PUBLIC INTEREST
"Why Iraq Has No Army" (December 2005)
An orderly exit from Iraq depends on the development of a viable Iraqi security force, but the Iraqis aren't even close. The Bush administration doesn't take the problem seriously—and it never has. By James Fallows

PROFILES
"Host" (April 2005)
"The key to the John Ziegler Show," says the angry, outraged, and apocalyptically gleeful talk-radio host John Ziegler, "is that I am almost completely real." A report from deep inside the mercenary world of take-no-prisoners political talk radio. By David Foster Wallace

FEATURE WRITING
"Countdown to a Meltdown" (July/August 2005)
America's coming economic crisis. A look back from the election of 2016. By James Fallows

CRITICISM
"Marshal Plan" (March 2005)
The age of parents as friends is over. By Sandra Tsing Loh

CRITICISM
"Kiddie Class Struggle" (June 2005)
One mom's breast-milk-curdling tour of lower education's higher end. By Sandra Tsing Loh

CRITICISM
"The Great Escape" (September 2005)
A grudging salute to an absentee mom. By Sandra Tsing Loh