ASME Award for Fiction

ASME Awards 2025 winners announced. Read the press release here.

Established by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2018 to celebrate the historic link between literary fiction and magazine journalism, this award honors magazines and websites for excellence in the publication of fiction as demonstrated by three examples of short fiction. Finalists will receive certificates of recognition. The winner receives a medal bearing the likeness of Alexander Calder’s “Elephant Walking.” The ASME Award for Fiction is judged and presented with the National Magazine Awards.  

For more information or to submit an entry, visit asmeawards.org. 

View the 2025 Winner and Finalists Gallery