Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame

The Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame was established in 1995 by the American Society of Magazine Editors to recognize the career-long accomplishments of leading journalists and honors distinguished service to the magazine industry.

2020
David Granger, former editor in chief, Esquire

2019
Adam Moss, editor in chief, New York

2018
Dorothy Kalins, founding editor, Metropolitan Home, Saveur and Garden Design

2016
Gayle Goodson Butler, editorial director, Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications and Creative Collection

2014
Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair

2012
Terry McDonell, editor, Time Inc. Sports Group

2010
Michael Kinsley, senior editor, The Atlantic; founding editor, Slate
Anna Wintour, editor in chief, Vogue

2009
Martha Stewart, founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

2008
Tina Brown, former editor, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair

2007
Lewis H. Lapham, former editor, Harper's Magazine

2006
William F. Buckley Jr., founder and editor at large, National Review

2005
Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief, Time Inc.

2004
Ellen Levine, editor in chief, Good Housekeeping

2003
Arthur Cooper, editor in chief, GQ

2002
Susan L. Taylor, senior vice president and editorial director, Essence

2001
Charles Peters, founder and editor in chief, The Washington Monthly

2000
John Mack Carter, former editor in chief of Good Housekeeping and 
director of magazine development for The Hearst Corporation

1999
Dennis Flanagan, former editor, Scientific American
Stephen B. Shepard, editor in chief, Business Week

1998
Byron Dobell, former editor, American Heritage
Hugh M. Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief, Playboy
Gloria Steinem, founding editor, Ms. Magazine

1997
Sey Chassler, former editor in chief, Redbook
Henry Anatole Grunwald, former managing editor, Time
Jann S. Wenner, editor and publisher, Rolling Stone

1996
Helen Gurley Brown, editor in chief, Cosmopolitan
Osborn Elliott, former editor in chief, Newsweek
Clay Felker, founding editor, New York
Richard B. Stolley, founding editor, People
Ruth Whitney, editor in chief, Glamour

Henry Johnson Fisher Award

Prior to the establishment of the Magazine Editors’ Hall of Fame, the Henry Johnson Fisher Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to editors and publishers by the Magazine Publishers of America in association with the American Society of Magazine Editors. Editorial leaders who received the award include:

Myrna Blyth

Norman Cousins

Malcolm Forbes

Arnold Gingrich

John H. Johnson

Alexander Liberman

Henry R. Luce

Richard M. Smith

DeWitt Wallace

Edward Weeks