Our Most Recent Awards

Seattle MEt has been distinguished as one of the best city magazines in the country

2023

CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

FIRST PLACE

• General Excellence 
• Cover Excellence - Spring, Summer & Winter
• Excellence in Design - Spring
• Leisure/Lifestyle Interests - “Washington’s 60 Most Timeless Inventions” (Benjamin Cassidy, Jane Sherman)

Finalist

• Feature Story - “The Relative Under the Sea” (Benjamin Cassidy)
• Magazine Section - “Currents” Spring and Summer Issue

2022

CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

FIRST PLACE

• Cover Excellence - Summer, Fall & Winter

Finalist

• Food or Dining Writing - “Robust Developments”, “Kiki Culture”, “Cottage Industry” Allecia Vermillion

• Feature Story - “The Fasting Pitch” Stefan Milne

• Spread Design - “Waiting Game” Jane Sherman

• Designer of the Year - Nate Bullis & Jane Sherman

• Excellence in Design - Winter

• Magazine Section - "Life/Style" Spring & Summer

• Reader Service - “A Buyer’s Guide to the Suburbs” Benjamin Cassidy, Nate Bullis

2021

CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

FIRST PLACE

• Enewsletter – Seattle Met Daily

Finalist

• General Excellence II
• Food or Dining Writing - “On the Ruby Brink,” “How Nathan Lockwood Rolls,” “Takeout’s Slow-Casual Future,” Allecia Vermillion
• Feature Story - “After They Got John,” James Ross Gardner
• Writer of the Year - James Ross Gardner
• Excellence in Writing – Winter 2020 Issue
• Spread Design - “God Save the Punks,” Jane Sherman
• Feature Design - “Between Two Equinoxes,” Jane Sherman
• Photography - “A River Runs Through Us,” David Ryder
• Illustration & Graphics - “Reaffirming the Right-of-Way” (March 2020), “The Rise (and Fall and Rise) of the Vacation Rental” (Fall 2020), “Bill Gates, Rebooted” (Fall 2020)
• Excellence in Design – Fall 2020 Issue
• Magazine Section – “Currents,” Fall/Winter 2020 Issue
• Special Issue - “A City Resilient,” July/August 2020

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AWARDS

FIRST PLACE

• Magazines: Environment & Natural Disasters – “What Do You Do With Kelp?” Stefan Milne
• Magazines: Health & Science – “Resilient Seattle,” Staff Seattle Met
• Magazines: Personal Profiles – “Rocky Yeh’s Good Life,” Allecia Vermillion

SECOND PLACE

• Magazines: Environment & Natural Disasters – “A River Runs Through US,” David Ryder, Stefan Milne
• Magazines: Food & Restaurants – “No More Basic Brunches,” Allecia Vermillion, Rosin Saez
• Magazines: Health & Science – “Rampant,” James Ross Gardner

2020

CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

FINALIST

• General Excellence II
• Profile - “A Life Extruded,” Allecia Vermillion
• Feature Story – “A Song of Shadow and Light,” James Ross Gardner
• Feature Story – “Where on Earth Is Sam Sayers?” Allison Williams
• Writer of the Year - James Ross Gardner
• Spread Design - “Summer by Boat,” Jane Sherman
• Illustration & Graphics - “In the Straits” (September 2019), “Who Will Mourn the Tech Bro?” (October 2019), “7 Very Seattle Reasons
  I Can’t Come to Your Party”, (September 2019)
• Magazine Section - “Currents”, (August/September 2019)