Kikuo Johnson (Best News and Politics category winner), Mark Ulriksen (Best Sports and Adventure category winner) and Adrian Tomine (Best Health and Fitness category winner) for The New Yorker Maurizio Cattalan and Pierpaolo Ferrari (Best Entertainment and Celebrity category winner) and Jutharet Pinyodoonyachet (Best City and Regional Magazine category winner) for New York Hannah Whitaker (Best Business and Technology category winner) for The New York Times Magazine AB+DM (Best Fashion and Style category winner) for InStyle Andres Burgos (Best Food and Travel category winner) for Travel + Leisure and Lorna Simpson (Best Illustrated category winner) for ESSENCE. Photographers and illustrators whose work was honored also included R. Ken Wangler photographed Ralph Friedman for Concealed Carry. This year’s Cover of the Year was illustrated by Pablo Rochat. ASME congratulates each of the magazines that won recognition this year from the judges and the many readers who chose their favorites online.” “This year’s Best Cover Contest finalists and winners continue in that tradition, reflecting issues of importance, whether it is the impact of the pandemic or the politics of gun ownership. “From Norman Rockwell illustrations to Richard Avedon photographs, magazine covers have long been seen as a form of American iconography,” said Sid Holt, the executive director of ASME. The most popular cover overall wins the Readers’ Choice Award. Covers entered in the ASME Best Cover Contest are also posted on Facebook, where users like their favorites in each category. The ASME Board of Directors selects the Cover of the Year. The finalists and winners are chosen by leading editors, art directors and photo editors. Now in its 16th year, the ASME Best Cover Contest recognizes magazine covers in 10 categories, ranging from Best News and Politics Cover and Best Entertainment and Celebrity Cover to Best Illustrated Cover and Best Conceptual Cover. Concealed Carry’s “Politics & the Law” cover, featuring former New York police detective Ralph Friedman, won the Readers’ Choice Award. New York’s “Lunacy of Text-Based Therapy,” depicting an extended text message, was named Cover of the Year. New York, NY (June 16, 2022)-The American Society of Magazine Editors announced the finalists and winners of the 2022 ASME Best Cover Contest on Twitter today. ASME ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2022 BEST COVER CONTEST New York Magazine’s “Lunacy of Text-Based Therapy” Named Cover of the Year Concealed Carry Magazine Collects Reader’s Choice Award