The New Yorker is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a full year of editorial projects and events that celebrate the magazine’s storied past and its place in today’s society. Highlights include four special issues, a new anthology of fiction and poetry, the digitization of the New Yorker’s archives, a groundbreaking exhibition at the New York Public Library, and the magazine’s Netflix documentary.
The 1925 New Yorker was a “15-cent comic paper” with founding editor Harold Ross’s focus on fiction, criticism, comics, and humor. One hundred years later, The New Yorker is a multiplatform enterprise known for its definitive reporting and commentary on politics, culture, and the arts, along with its award-winning audio and film departments and the annual New Yorker Festival. . Today, The New Yorker continues to stand out for its rigor, excellence, and unique mix of stories that surprise, delight, and inform.
“When Harold Ross was in the midst of founding The New Yorker, he wrote a prospectus for potential advertisers and subscribers that promised the magazine to be interpretive rather than ‘shorthand.’ said David Remnick, the magazine’s editor. “New Yorkers have evolved in many ways over time, acquiring new subjects, new writers and artists, and new technologies, but the same principles animate our work. As we celebrate our anniversary, we look forward to a great future powered by those principles.”
A year of special New Yorker programming
This year, The New Yorker will publish four issues in celebration of its 100th anniversary, starting with its annual anniversary issue on February 17 and 24, 2025. This issue – number 5,057 in the magazine – features a special cover reinterpreting Dandy Eustace Tilley. The iconic character first appeared on the cover in 1925. It includes new investigative reports, pieces that examine the personalities and ideas behind the magazine, and a series of “takes” articles by New Yorker writers and famous readers. The story that changed them.
In addition to anniversary issues, The New Yorker will publish a digital collection page for all things related to the centennial. There, readers can learn about the magazine’s founding editors, writers, and artists. Explore our specially curated collection of stories. Watch the master class on the technique of making magazines. Peruse ongoing and upcoming events celebrating 100 years. Shop 100th anniversary products. The page, which will be published on February 10, invites readers to reminisce about New Yorker moments.
To mark the milestone, The New Yorker is digitizing its complete archives, opening new channels to 100 years of great reporting, profiles, fiction and humor. The project will be published on newYorker.com, including treasures from writers such as James Baldwin, Shirley Jackson, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Ebb White, Hannah Arend, and other major figures of the 20th century. Convert thousands of questions into searchable articles. When completed later this year, readers will be able to explore over 4,000 questions that were previously only available in PDF format.
For a bit of humor, the magazine developed Laugh Line, a weekly digital game that challenges players to place New Yorker cartoons in chronological order as they are published. Starting January 27th, new installments of the game will be available every Monday throughout the 100th anniversary.
Celebrating 100 years around town
Institutions in New York City and beyond have found unique ways to celebrate New Yorkers at 100. The magazine’s prose, art, and history are exhibited in museums, live events, film festivals, and more, bringing its iconic stories and visuals to new audiences and forms.
The New York Public Library presents “Century of the New Yorker,” a major exhibition drawing from the library’s rich collections that traces the magazine’s history from its founding through the digital age. The exhibit explores the ways New Yorkers shaped countless aspects of American life and includes original manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, cartoons, cover art, and audio guides and videos featuring New Yorker writers and editors. The exhibit opens to the public on February 22nd and will run until February 21st, 2026.
Additionally, to celebrate the opening, the library will stage a building takeover called “The Library After Hours” on February 28th.
The New Yorker feature documentary film, directed by Academy Award winner Marshall Curry, is currently in production and scheduled to premiere on Netflix later this year. Produced by Marshall Curry Productions and Apatow Productions, the film defines the history of The New Yorker and follows the magazine’s writers, editors, and staff as they create this year’s specials, an authentic look at journalism. Explore stories that capture moments. Anniversary issue. The documentary film is produced by Marshall Curry and Zan Parker. Executive producers are Judd Apatow, Josh Church, Michael Bonfiglio, Helen Estabrook, and Sarah Amos.
On February 4, Knopf will publish two new anthologies that collect both literary landmarks and forgotten gems from the magazine’s first 100 years. “A Century of New Yorker Fiction,” edited by fiction editor Deborah Reisman and “A Century of New Yorker Poetry,” edited by Kevin Young, editor of First Century Poetry.
On February 12th, in celebration of the release of the fiction anthology, Symphony Space will present “Selected Shorts” hosted by Treyman at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Following video introductions from notable authors such as Zadie Smith and George Saunders, an ensemble of actors including Cynthia Nixon and Fred Hechinger will be featured in anthologies including William Maxwell’s “Love” vs. Prickett’s “The Ladder” will take the stage to read a selection. ” and Yiyun Li’s “Everything will be fine.”
On February 20th, 92ny will announce an event to celebrate the release of a new poetry anthology. The evening will be hosted by Young and will feature readings from some of America’s most important poetic voices. More measurements will follow throughout the year.
On February 21, Film Forum will launch “Tales from the New Yorker.” It debuts as a two-week festival showcasing a slate of more than 30 films inspired by fiction and reporting from magazines, and by the legendary writers who helped define it. Screenings include “In Cold Blood,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Citizen Kane,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “A Star Is Born.” Selected films are introduced by New Yorker writers and editors. The festival will run until March 6th.
