The New Yorker’s Ava Kofman Wins a 2026 National Magazine Award
Ava Kofman of The New Yorker has won the 2026 National Magazine Award for Profile Writing for her article on far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin. The piece explores Yarvin's controversial ideas and their influence on prominent figures in politics and technology. This award adds to The New Yorker's impressive collection of accolades, which now totals sixty National Magazine Awards.
- ▪Ava Kofman received the 2026 National Magazine Award for her profile of Curtis Yarvin.
- ▪Yarvin is known for advocating extreme political ideas, including the establishment of an American monarchy.
- ▪The New Yorker has won a total of sixty National Magazine Awards since their inception in 1966.
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Press RoomThe New Yorker’s Ava Kofman Wins a 2026 National Magazine AwardThe prize, for a Profile of the far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin, follows recent recognition for the magazine’s celebrity photography by Gilian Laub.By The New YorkerMay 19, 2026The writer Ava Kofman (left) and the photographer Gillian Laub.Photographs (left to right) by Lizzie Presser; Julianne Nash / Courtesy Gillian LaubSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyThe New Yorker’s Ava Kofman has received the 2026 National Magazine Award for Profile Writing, recognizing her portrait of the influential far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin. The article, Kofman’s first as a staff writer, traces the trajectory and political reach of its subject, whose supporters include Vice-President J. D.
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