New York Magazine Wins Cover of the Year

Surprise, surprise. The American Society of Magazine Editors has announced its magazine cover of the year and the winner is...

... the clear favorite to win, New York's Eliot Spitzer cover, featuring a graphic illustration by Barbara Kruger based on a Getty/Contour photo by Henry Leutwyler.

New York magazine totally owned the ASME competition, winning four of the eight categories and tying in a fifth. Texas Monthly won two categories, The New Yorker won one, and Vanity Fair tied in another. Here's the full list. And here's our previous post about the nominees.