You Can't Miss This: ASME Awards

This week on Unbeige, The American Society of Magazine Editors have announced the finalists for the 2012 Magazine Awards!
Here they are:

Design: Honors overall excellence in magazine design, including the use of illustrations and photographs.
Bloomberg Businessweek, GQ*, Interview, New York, Wired
Photography: Honors overall excellence in magazine photography.
GQ, Interview, National Geographic, Virginia Quarterly Review, Vogue
News and Documentary Photography: Honors photojournalism and photography that documents news, sports, and entertainment events and news-related subjects.
Harper’s Magazine for “Juvenile Injustice,” October
Harper’s Magazine for “Uncertain Exodus,” July
National Geographic for “Too Young to Wed,” June
The New York Times Magazine* for “From Zero to 104,” September 4
TIME for “Birds of Hope,” January 17
Feature Photography: Honors portraiture; fashion, travel and nature photography; and food, shelter, and other still-life photography conceptual photography; and photo-illustration.
National Geographic for “Taming the Wild,” March
The New York Times Magazine for “Touch of Evil,” December 11
TIME for “Portraits of Resilience,” September 19
Vogue for “Lady Be Good,” March
W for “Planet Tilda,” August


I thought the finalist list wasn't too surprising... especially because I went to New York and visited a majority of these magazines. I hadn't paid too much attention to Bloomberg Businessweek prior to my trip, but after... wow. They have the most amazing designs and it's no surprise they are on the finalist list for the design category. However, I am surprised that Esquire did not make the cut on this list at all. Maybe it's because I've put Esquire on a pedestal, but I do think they deserve to make the design category.

Anyways, check out the list and tell me what you guys think of the finalists.