Every year the respected Editor & Publisher magazine bestows its prestigious EPPY Awards for the best journalism websites. Today the magazine revealed its list of finalists, and Washington Monthly/Political Animal was one of them, in the category of “Best News/Political Blog with under 1 million unique monthly visitors.”

Congrats, Ed. You more than deserve this, buddy.

The winners will be announced on Oct. 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. EST. Be assured that if we win, we will let you know at approximately 1:31 pm.

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Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and...