For the third time in four years, The Georgia Review, a literary journal based at the University of Georgia Libraries, is being recognized as one of the best fiction outlets in the nation.
The publication is a finalist for the Award for Fiction, presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors, in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The Georgia Review has been named a finalist three times in the past four years, including in 2022, which the publication took the prize home to Athens.
“I'm thrilled and honored to be nominated again,” said Gerald Maa, editor of The Georgia Review, which co-published last year’s Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winning book Tripas by Brandon Som. “The ASME nomination is truly a team award for The Georgia Review. I have the best team in the world, and we couldn't—as they say—punch above our weight so consistently without the hard work from each on our team as well as the support from the Libraries and UGA, more generally.”
The pieces published in The Georgia Review cited for the award are "Sanrevelle," by Dave Eggers, Summer; "The Escape," by Alessandra Carati, translated by Laura Masini and Linda Worrell; and "The Black Hole of Calcutta," by Urvi Kumbhat, Winter. In addition to The Georgia Review, finalists for the award are Harper’s Magazine, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, and Zoetrope: All-Story.
“The finalists for the 60th anniversary National Magazine Awards speak to the same topics magazines were covering more than half a century ago—racism, corruption and abuse but also entertainment, service and lifestyle,” Sidney Holt, the executive director of ASME, said of the more than 70 media organizations named as finalists. “Along with the finalists for the Fiction and Design, Photography and Illustration awards, the honorees amply demonstrate the enduring power of magazine storytelling, whether in print or online, as a magazine or newspaper article, newsletter, podcast or video.”
Winners will be announced on Thursday, April 10.