Virginia Quarterly Review Wins Utne Reader Prize
Last night, Utne Reader editor-in-chief David Schimke (above) presented the magazine’s 20th Annual Independent Press Awards, honoring excellence in independent magazines.
The big winner of the night was the Virginia Quarterly Review, which took home the prize for general excellence. The Utne Reader‘s editors said they “were especially impressed with VQR‘s dedication to international coverage and long-form journalism, rare in these economic times.”
Lapham’s Quarterly received the award for best new publication while other winners included Mother Jones, The New Republic and The Walrus, a Canadian mag that was named Utne‘s best new publication in 2004.
The nominees for the Utne‘s awards are selected by the pub’s editors based on how well each magazine “fulfilled its stated mission over the past year.”
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