Peter Hessler, ‘Cartography’ Win National Magazine Awards

Hessler was honored with a National Magazine Award in the reporting category last night for China’s Instant Cities, a National Geographic story we first noted last June. In the leisure interests category, New York Magazine won for Cartography: The Complete Road Map to New York City Street food. Also of note: The Virginia Quarterly Review won the best single-topic issue, with South America in the 21st Century. The American Society of Magazine Editors website has a list of all the nominees and winners.

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