ASME Announces Category Winners of Amazon-Hosted 'Best Cover Contest'

Third-annual contest marks the first time winners were chosen by consumers instead of ASME members.

By Chandra Johnson-Greene
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated and Harper’s Bazaar were among the ten magazine covers chosen by Amazon.com customers as “Best Magazine Cover of the Year” in their respective categories, ASME announced today.

For the third annual competition, visitors to Amazon.com were prompted to vote on nominated covers in 10 categories, marking the first time in the four-year history of the contest that the winners were determined by consumers rather than by ASME members. Magazine covers were eligible if they appeared in issues dated from June 1, 2008, through May 30, 2009. More than 100,000 votes were counted.

In the second round of public voting, which will take place now through September 30 on www.amazon.com/bestcovers, consumers will pick the “Best Cover of the Year” among the 10 category winners. The ultimate winner will be announced by ASME President David Willey on Oct. 14 at the Magazine Innovation Summit in New York.

Here’s the full list of category winners:

Entertainment & Celebrity: Vanity Fair
(January 2009 issue)