Five finalists, including a winner, are chosen in each of 10 categories.

The categories are:

• Best News and Politics
• Best Entertainment and Celebrity
• Best Business and Technology
• Best Service and Lifestyle
• Best Sports and Fitness
• Best Fashion and Beauty
• Best Travel and Adventure
• Most Delicious
• Brainiest
• Most Controversial

Category names are intended to describe cover subjects, not magazine genres. Magazines may enter covers in any category, subject to the approval of the administrators of the awards.

UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHICH CATEGORY TO ENTER?

Email asme@magazine.org or call 212.872.3737 for more information about the categories.