The Utne Award recognizes the best independent presses that have a strong focus on deep reportage and mesmeric storytelling. There are ten categories: general excellence, best writing, political, social/cultural, international, arts, environmental, health/wellness, science/tech, and spiritual coverage. Hyphen was nominated for Social/Cultural Coverage, while Lilith Magazine for Spiritual Coverage.
LILITH magazine charts Jewish women’s lives with exuberance, rigor, affection, subversion and style. The magazine features award-winning investigative reports, new rituals and celebrations, first-person accounts both contemporary and historical, entertainment reviews, fiction and poetry, art and photography. Its editor in chief, Susan Weidman Schneider has lectured in Israel on a range of feminist issues, and its book review editor, Ilana Kurshan lives is Jerusalem, where she also works as a literary agent and editor.
Founded in 2003, Hyphen is a nonprofit news and culture print magazine that illuminates Asian America through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest-growing ethnic population in the country. Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, a non-profit organization. Its current editor is Harry Mok.
The winners in each category will be announced in Washington, D.C., during the Magazine Publishers of America’s Independent Magazine Group conference (April 25–26) and published in our July-August 2010 issue.
LILITH magazine charts Jewish women’s lives with exuberance, rigor, affection, subversion and style. The magazine features award-winning investigative reports, new rituals and celebrations, first-person accounts both contemporary and historical, entertainment reviews, fiction and poetry, art and photography. Its editor in chief, Susan Weidman Schneider has lectured in Israel on a range of feminist issues, and its book review editor, Ilana Kurshan lives is Jerusalem, where she also works as a literary agent and editor.
Founded in 2003, Hyphen is a nonprofit news and culture print magazine that illuminates Asian America through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest-growing ethnic population in the country. Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, a non-profit organization. Its current editor is Harry Mok.
The winners in each category will be announced in Washington, D.C., during the Magazine Publishers of America’s Independent Magazine Group conference (April 25–26) and published in our July-August 2010 issue.
