Alta Journal has been named a finalist for 28 Eddie & Ozzie Awards. Honoring the best of writing and design, the awards are presented by Folio and will be announced in New York City in September.
Among the finalists are Alta creative director John Goecke, who was nominated for seven awards for design; books editor David L. Ulin, who received two nominations (including for Range of Work); and associate editor Ajay Orona, for his writing about street art.
Here’s the full list of Alta’s finalists:
- “Defending the Lifeblood of Napa,” by Heather John Fogarty (Essays and Criticism)
- “The Pastures of the Empty Page,” by David L. Ulin (Essays and Criticism)
- “The Man That Got Away,” by Sam Wasson (Essays and Criticism)
- “‘The Ways of Fiction Are Devious Indeed,’” by Sands Hall (Essays and Criticism)
- “Seven Minutes for Joan,” by Griffin Dunne (Essays and Criticism)
- Fall 2021 issue (Consumer Culture/Community)
- Winter 2022 issue (Consumer Culture/Community)
- Spring 2022 issue (Consumer Culture/Community)
- “‘A Horrible Death to Die,’” by Julia Flynn Siler (Investigative Journalism Consumer)
- “She Has a Name,” by Louise Farr (Investigative Journalism Consumer)
- “The Mushroom Man’s Magic,” by Adam Fisher (Longform Feature Content Consumer)
- The Joan Didion Issue (Magazine Section Consumer/Custom/Content Marketing)
- David L. Ulin (Range of Work by a Single Author Consumer National & City & Regional)
- “The Hard-Learned Lessons of History,” by Robert Ito (Single Article Consumer Lifestyle)
- “Uncharted Terroir,” by Sydney Love (Single Article Consumer Lifestyle)
- “Street Fight,” by Ajay Orona (Single Article Consumer Lifestyle)
- “Olympian Dreams,” by Lydia Lee (Single Article Consumer Lifestyle)
- “Ars Poetica,” by Teresa Flores (Single Article Consumer Lifestyle)
- John Goecke, Fall 2021 issue (Cover Design Under 250,000 Circulation)
- John Goecke, Summer 2021 issue (Cover Design)
- John Goecke, Summer 2021 issue (Design, Single Magazine Issue Consumer)
- John Goecke, Fall 2021 issue (Design, Single Magazine Issue Consumer)
- John Goecke, Special Section: The Last Poems of Jim Harrison (Design, Single Magazine Issue Consumer)
- “The Pastures of the Empty Page,” illustration by Steve Carroll (Illustration Consumer/Custom Content Marketing)
- “She Has a Name,” illustrations by Mark Smith (Illustration Consumer/Custom Content Marketing)
- “The Man That Got Away,” illustrations by Philip Burke (Illustration Consumer/Custom Content Marketing)
- John Goecke, Fall 2021 issue (Overall Art Direction Consumer/Custom Content Marketing)
- John Goecke, Spring 2022 issue (Overall Art Direction Consumer/Custom Content Marketing)
“Congrats to all the finalists! It’s an honor for our work to be nominated by the Folio judges, especially in the design categories, where creative director John Goecke and his team continue to astonish and impress,” says Blaise Zerega, Alta’s managing editor. “And I’m personally delighted by our full-issue recognitions, as they speak to the contributions by everyone at Alta.”•
