To enter the ASME Award for Fiction, ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration or ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30, go to asmeawards.org

See the online entry forms for category-specific instructions before preparing submissions for the National Magazine Awards

For Entries Containing Print Content PDFs of individual articles or examples of work, including editorial packages and complete print issues, should be converted to a single file in correct page order before uploading. Advertisements should not be included. Pages in editorial spreads should be shown together. High-resolution files are preferred.

Print-only and multiplatform entries in the National Magazine Awards’ General Excellence, Design and Photography categories require the submission of print issues. Print issues are not required or accepted in other categories. Print issues submitted in General Excellence, Design and Photography should be bundled with a copy of the entry-confirmation email attached (print issues in one entry should be bundled separately from print issues in another entry) and mailed or shipped to:

ASME
23 Barnabas Road, Suite 34
Hawleyville, CT 06440-0034

Print issues must be mailed or shipped no later than one week after the date of entry. No hand deliveries will be accepted.

For Entries Containing Digital Content Entries containing digital content require the submission of web links or app-specific instructions, including usernames and passwords enabling judges to access content free of charge. Submissions that do not include usernames and passwords or contain error-prone credentials may be deemed ineligible.

ENTRY STATEMENTS
Each entry must include a three-part statement describing the publication, the full-time staff of the publication and the entry. The same copy may be used for multiple entries.

Part 1 should describe the editorial mission of the publication and include information about audience size and reader demographics. Part 1 should be no longer than 100 words.

Part 2 should provide information about the overall size of the full-time staff as well as its composition by gender and ethnicity. Editors are also asked to describe in Part 2 any efforts at their publications to encourage diversity in both hiring and assigning. Information about staff size and composition will be provided to judges, who are authorized to use this information when choosing finalists and winners. Disaggregated information will not be disclosed publicly. Part 2 should be no longer than 200 words.

Part 3 should describe the entry and explain why it deserves to be recognized by the judges. Entries published in partnership with other media organizations must include a description of each partner’s role in the creation of the work. Entries in Video also require a description of the role of the publication in the creation of the work. The use of artificial intelligence must be reported. Any significant challenge to the accuracy or fairness of an entry, including corrections or retractions, must be noted. Part 3 may include direct links to supplemental materials or may include a link to a file-hosting service where supplemental materials are located. Supplemental materials may include articles and social media related to the entry, as well as reader correspondence or media coverage attesting to the significance of the entry. Part 3 should be no longer than 500 words.

ENTRY FEES
ASME provides significant financial support for the administration and presentation of the National Magazine Awards and the ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration, entitling ASME members who are registered and remit dues as chief editors to pay lower entry fees. Chief editors of publication groups may apply their membership discount to entries submitted by no more than one magazine or website. To receive this benefit, chief editors’ ASME membership must be current as of the date of entry.

Journalists who join ASME as chief editors before the date of entry are also entitled to pay lower fees. To apply for ASME membership, visit asme.media/membership.

Entry fees must be paid on or before December 31, 2025, or entries will be deemed ineligible. ASME members whose dues are past due as of the date of entry will be charged nonmember entry fees. Entry fees will be refunded for entries withdrawn on or before December 31, 2025, but no entry fees will be refunded after that date.

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2026 ENTRY FEES
The entry fee for ASME members in all categories is $395 for each entry. The entry fee for nonmembers is $100 higher for each entry.

ASME members who edit magazines with print circulations under 100,000 or websites with average monthly unique visitors of less than 1 million are entitled to pay an entry fee of $295 for each entry. New members who edit eligible publications are also entitled to pay reduced entry fees.

ENTRY DEADLINES
Entries should be submitted as early as possible to ensure that they can be fully evaluated by judges before judges meet in person or on Zoom in mid-January.

DEADLINE 1, for content published on or before October 15, 2025, is 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Late entries will be accepted until 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 30, subject to an additional $95 fee per entry. Entries received after October 30 consisting solely of content published on or before October 15 may be accepted at the discretion of the administrators of the awards but will be subject to a $195 late fee.

DEADLINE 2, for content published on or before November 30, 2025, is 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 4, 2025. Entries may incorporate but not consist solely of content published on or before October 15. Late entries will be accepted until 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 11, subject to an additional $95 fee per entry. Entries received after December 11 consisting solely of content published on or before November 30 may be accepted at the discretion of the administrators of the awards but will be subject to a $195 late fee.

Entries consisting in whole or in part of content published after November 30, 2025, will be accepted at nationalmagazineawards.org and asmeawards.org until 3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

For assistance, or to revise entries to include new content, email asme@asme.media or call 212.872.3737