ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration, ASME Readers' Choice Awards and ASME NEXT Awards 2026 Winners Announced. Read the press release here.

View the ASME Awards and ASME Readers' Choice Awards 2026 Finalists' and Winners' Gallery.

Solely sponsored by ASME, the ASME Award for Fiction, the ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration and the ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30 are judged and presented with the National Magazine Awards. The ASME Award for Fiction honors magazines and websites for excellence as demonstrated by three examples of short fiction. The ASME Awards of Design, Photography and Illustration honor individual examples of visual achievement. The awards are currently presented in 12 categories, including 4 new awards for Best Magazine Covers. The ASME NEXT Awards honor outstanding achievement by early-career journalists. Five winners are chosen each year.

Finalists for the ASME Award for Fiction and the ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration receive certificates of recognition. Winners of the ASME Award for Fiction and the ASME NEXT Awards receive medals depicting “Elephant Walking.” The ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration display the prize-winning work.