The National Magazine Awards is not a lifeline

Sorry to be the party pooper, but otherwise The Reaper would not be doing its job.

Congratulations to Radar magazine and its editor Maer Roshan for being nominated for General Excellence in the 100,000 - 250,000 circulation category of the National Magazine Awards. He's got a nice little celebratory interview today on FishbowlNY.

While it is exciting to get a nomination and possibly an award for editorial excellence, I hate to remind Maer and the other nominees about Lingua Franca magazine.

You see, I have a special area down here for National Magazine Award nominees and winners.

Here's what the New York Times wrote about Lingua Franca in October 2001.

"Lingua Franca won a National Magazine Award for general excellence for magazines with low circulations in 1993. It was nominated again in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 1999."

It closed in mid-October 2001.

Comments

[Jandos Rothstein]

Have a heart, some of us are still smarting about Lingua Franca.

[keving]

I dunno, lasting eight years after winning an award doesn't sound much like a curse to me by magazine standards.

[Ted Craig]

As I've said before, the real curse is being selected by the Chicago Tribune for its annual "Magazines We Like" feature (Jane, Blueprint, No Depression).