Best Magazine Covers of the Year

The Magazine Publishers of America have selected the "best covers of the year," the year being September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006. Here are the winner and runners-up (click images to enlarge):
A classic politically-charged post-Katrina cover.

Second place:



Shayna has this on her wall.

Third place is scary-funny:


In the celebrity category, there was a two-way tie. One was Busta Rhymes on the cover of Vibe. Here's the other:



Any excuse to put Julianne Moore in BillyBlog, I'll take it.

The best news cover was also from the New Yorker:



Check out the site linked above to view all the winners and runners-up.