ASME Awards 2025 winners announced. Read the press release here.

Established by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2018 to celebrate the historic link between literary fiction and magazine journalism, this award honors magazines and websites for excellence in the publication of fiction as demonstrated by three examples of short fiction. Any publication edited and distributed in print or online in the United States is eligible for entry. Publications may submit only one entry. Print and digital editions of the same publication may not submit entries separately.

Excerpts from previously published books are not eligible. Entries may be submitted as print or digital content or as a combination of print and digital content. Content must be dated 2024 except that one story may be dated January 2025 or an equivalent, such as Winter 2025.

Finalists will receive certificates of recognition. The winner receives a medal bearing the likeness of Alexander Calder’s “Elephant Walking.” The ASME Award for Fiction is judged and presented with the National Magazine Awards.

View the 2025 Winners and Finalists Gallery

Download the 2025 Call for Entries

For instructions, fees and an explanation of the deadlines, click here

For more information, email asme@asme.media or call 212.872.3737