1997 National Magazine Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The National Magazine Awards, sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors and administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, were presented April 30, 1997.

General Excellence	I.D. (circulation less than 100,000)
	Wired (circulation 100,000 to 400,000)
	Outside (circulation 400,000 to 1,000,000)
	Vanity Fair (circulation more than 1,000,000)
Personal Service	Glamour
Special Interest	Smithsonian
Reporting	Outside
Essays and Criticism	The New Yorker
Feature Writing	Sports Illustrated
Public Interest	Fortune
Design	I.D.
Fiction	The New Yorker
Single-Topic Issue	Scientific American
Photography	National Geographic
General Excellence in New Media	Money