Ellies 2008: A Night of Dark Horses, New Faces, and Validation for Backpackers Everywhere

As all of you following the FishbowlNY twitter feed can attest to, last night’s Ellies was a evening of bold names, new-ish faces and more than a few surprise winners.

National Geographic was the big winner of the night, taking home three awards. Backpacker magazine was the biggest surprise beating out Ellie heavyweight New York magazine. Possibly the most charming win of the night was Mother Jones, whose editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery, visibly pregnant, began her speech by saying that this was “the second most exciting thing” to happen to her this year.

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