Early-Bird Deadline for National Magazine Awards Gala Tickets: Friday May 17
Don’t delay, the early-bird deadline for tickets to this year’s National Magazine Awards gala is tomorrow, Friday May 17. Table seats (including the reception, hors d’oeuvre, dinner, dessert and the awards show) are $140. (After May 17: $160)
Don’t miss the event of the year when the magazine industry gathers at the Carlu in Toronto on Friday, June 7, 2013 to celebrate the very best in Canadian magazines. Join your colleagues and our Master of Ceremonies Zaib Shaikh for a night to remember! The 36th annual National Magazine Awards gala is presented by CDS Global.
Progress, Saltscapes & Herald magazines among winners at Atlantic Journalism Awards
Last night in Halifax the Atlantic Journalism Awards were announced. In the categories exclusive to magazines, Saltscapes took the prize for Best Cover for “Million Dollar Legs” (Jan/Feb 2012).
The award for Best Profile Article went to Herald Magazine (“Graham Day,” by John DeMont).
And the award for Best Atlantic Magazine Article went to Progress Magazine (“To the Manor Born,” by Marjorie Simmins).
In the general print categories, Atlantic Business Magazine won for Arts & Entertainment (“Six Men, Two Dories and the North Atlantic,” by Stephen Kimber).
In addition to the awards open to all print, broadcast and online media in Atlantic Canada, the AJAs also bestowed a number of student awards:
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA SCHOLARSHIP
Georgena Holley, Nova Scotia Community College, Dartmouth
BELLALIANT PRIX D’EXCELLENCE EN JOURNALISME
Danielle Bilodeau, Université de Moncton
ATLANTIC LOTTERY CORPORATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Khairunnisa Intiar, St. Thomas University
EMERA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Natascia Lypny, University of King’s College
NALCOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Flavio Nienow, College of the North Atlantic
AJAs STUDENT PRIZE OF EXCELLENCE
Geordie Carragher, Holland College
CNW GROUP PRIZE OF EXCELLENCE
Blair Barrington, Nova Scotia Community College
AJAs STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brad Perry, New Brunswick Community College
More news coverage of AJAs and all the winners.
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Kenneth R. Wilson Awards & Western Magazine Awards announce finalists
Today Canadian Business Press announced the finalists for the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards in 24 written, visual, digital and special categories for Canadian business-to-business magazine publishing.
CAmagazine leads all magazines with 17 nominations, followed by Marketing (14), Les Affaires (9), Precedent and University Affairs (8 each).
The KRW Awards have 2 divisions for Magazine of the Year this year. The 3 finalists for Magazine of the Year – Professional are CAmagazine, Marketing and Up Here Business. The finalists for Magazine of the Year – Trade are Oilweek, Renovation Contractor and Salon Magazine.
Also this year the KRW Awards added a category for Best New Journalist, and those finalists are:
- Katie Keir, “When Good Partners go Bad,” Advisor’s Edge
- Regan Reid, “Gold Rush,” Canadian Insurance Top Broker
- Stephanie Brooks,” The Great Divide,” Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters 20/20
Check out the complete list of KRW nominees.
This year’s KRW Awards gala is June 4 at the Grand Banking Hall at One King West in Toronto. Tickets are on sale at KRWawards.ca.
Earlier this week the Western Magazine Awards announced the nominees for its 31st year honouring excellence in Canadian magazines from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
The leading nominated magazines include Vancouver Magazine, Eighteen Bridges, BC Business, Alberta Views, Up Here, Western Living and Prairie Fire.
The 3 finalists for Best New Magazine are Coast Mountain Culture Magazine, Homes & Living Magazine Vancouver and Interlake Arts, Life & Leisure Magazine.
The 5 finalists for Best New Writer are:
- Sherry Wong, “Dandelion,” Prism International
- Melissa Molloy, “The Accuser and Us,” Profiles West
- Carly Wignes, “Treaty Troubles,” The Tyee
- Rosemary Anderson, “A Running Start,” Trek
- Stacey McLachlan, “The Bounty Hunter,” Western Living
Check out all the WMA finalists.
The WMA Lifetime Achievement Award this year will go to Paul and Audrey Grescoe.
This year’s WMA Gala is Friday June 21 at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside, hosted by Jo-Ann Roberts, the CBC radio host and currently the Harvey Southam Guest Lecturer at University of Victoria. Tickets go on sale on May 6 at WesternMagazineAwards.ca.
Harry Bruce wins Lifetime Achievement Award from AJAs
The Atlantic Journalism Awards have named Harry Bruce as the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Twice a National Magazine Award winner as a writer for Atlantic Insight magazine (of which he was the founding editor, and which won 7 NMAs during its heyday in the 1980s before closing in 1989), Harry Bruce began his career with the Ottawa Journal in 1955, before moving on to stints with Maclean’s, The Canadian and Saturday Night (the latter as managing editor) before returning to his maritime roots to launch Atlantic Insight.
He’s also the author of twenty books of non-fiction, twice winning the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award for best non-fiction book by a Nova Scotian. Read more about Harry at the AJA website, including testimonials from Robert Fulford, Dawn Chafe, Stephen Kimber and others.
Harry will be recognized at the annual Atlantic Journalism Awards gala on May 11 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel.
Related post: Atlantic Journalism Awards finalists announced
Kenneth R. Wilson Awards set for June 4; Tom Gierasimczuk to host
Canadian Business Press announced today that the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards gala will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the elegant Grand Banking Hall at One King West, Toronto. Doors will open at 6:30 for a wine reception presented by Canada Post Corporation and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner and the awards presentation will follow at 7:30pm. The presenting sponsor is CDS Global.
Tickets for the gala will go on sale at krwawards.ca on Friday, May 3, the date on which the nominations will be announced in 24 categories, honouring the best in written, visual and digital content creation, publishing and design from Canada’s best business-to-business magazines, including awards for Magazine of the Year—Professional and Magazine of the Year—Trade.
Photo by Ben Oliver
As this year’s Master of Ceremonies, the KRW Awards will welcome back Tom Gierasimczuk, vice-president, editorial (trade and consumer) at Canada Wide Media, and editor-in-chief of BCBusiness magazine.
“It’s so good to be back at the KRWs for another year, especially since they’re happening after sunset this year,” says Gierasimczuk. “It’ll be a night of celebration, revelry and layouts of old dudes in suits to remember!”
More at KRWawards.ca.
NMA winners make shortlists for Alberta Literary Awards
The Writers Guild of Alberta (WGA) has announced the finalists in 9 categories for the 2012 Alberta Literary Awards. The winners will be announced on May 25 at the Alberta Book Awards gala in Edmonton.
In the categories for magazine writing, the finalists are:
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
• Marcello di Cintio – “A Hymn in Aramaic,” Alberta Views Magazine
• Shaun Hunter – “Skin Deep,” FreeFall Magazine
• Omar Mouallem – “The Lives of Others,” Alberta Venture
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story
• Kathleen Brown – “Marhawks in Winter,” Filling Station Magazine
• Lynn Coady – “Dogs in Clothes,” Canadian Notes & Queries
• Lee Kvern – “In Search of Lucinda,” Be a Better Writer
In the categories for book publishing, the nominees include former National Magazine Award winners and nominees Naomi K. Lewis, Will Ferguson, Marcello di Cintio and Andrew Nikiforuk.
In the two categories for unpublished writing, the finalists are:
Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award
• Sydney Budgeon – “The Unfinished”
• Selestia Herrera – “Greek Gambles”
• Julia Seymour – “Professions of Love Across the Seine”
Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award
• Nora Abercrombie – “Becoming Canadian”
• Myrl Coulter – “Current Crossings”
• Elizabeth Haynes – “Memoria, Justicia, Sin Olvido”
Check out all the nominees (pdf). Congrats to all the finalists and good luck!
Chatelaine’s bold and bilingual new logo
The award-winning magazine Chatelaine has redesigned its cover logo on its May 2013 print issue and sleek website, featuring a bold and bilingual typography integrating l’accent circonflexe of its French counterpart, Châtelaine, which will also use the same logo beginning with the June 2013 issue.
According to a story in Marketing,
The all-uppercase logo, described as “fresh, modern and clean” by publisher Tara Tucker, uses the Neutraface 2 typeface and is bilingual (it has a stylized circumflex on the first “a”). Tucker said the timing was right to debut a new look as the magazine is kicking off its 85th anniversary celebrations in June.” [Read more]
Since 1977 Chatelaine and Châtelaine have won 15 and 23 National Magazine Awards, respectively.
{ Tip o’ the hat: Canadian Magazines blog }
NMA Winners among finalists for CAJ Awards
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) announced the nominees for its annual awards earlier this week.
In the Magazine category, the finalists include:
- Two-time National Magazine Award winner Alison Motluk (for “Is Egg Donation Dangerous?” in Maisonneuve);
- Former NMA winner Frances Bula (for “The Tipping Point” in Vancouver Magazine);
- Five-time NMA finalist Alex Roslin (for “Japan’s irradiated fish worry B.C. experts” in Georgia Straight);
- Corinne Cécilia (for “Une âme universelle” in Maison et Demeure)
See the complete list of finalists in all categories for this year’s CAJ Awards. The winners will be announced at the CAJ Awards banquet in Ottawa on May 4.
Atlantic Journalism Awards finalists announced
The annual Atlantic Journalism Awards gala will be held on Saturday, May 11 at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. The finalists were announced last week, and the magazine nominees include Herald Magazine, Saltscapes, Progress, East Coast Living, Atlantic Salmon Journal, CBC Maritime Magazine, and Atlantic Business Magazine.
The 3 finalists for the coveted award of Best Magazine Cover are:
East Coast Living, Summer 2012
Saltscapes, January/Feburary 2012
Atlantic Salmon Journal, December 2012
In the category for best Atlantic Magazine Article, the three finalists are:
- John DeMont, Herald Magazine, ”Does Nova Scotia Get the Government it Deserves?”
- Marjorie Simmins, Progress Magazine, “To the Manor Born”
- Martin Silverstone, Atlantic Salmon Journal, ”Atlantic Salmon to the End”
And for best Magazine Profile Article, the nominees are:
- John DeMont, Herald Magazine, “Graham Day”
- Martin Silverstone, Atlantic Salmon Journal, “River Princess”
- Paul McLeod, Herald Magazine, “Kathy Dunderdale’s Revolution”
Check out all the finalists here. Winners will be announced on May 11.
Check out the new issue of Eighteen Bridges with the NMA seal
On digital and analog newsstands now, it’s the new Spring 2013 issue of the award-winning Eighteen Bridges magazine, featuring contributions from National Magazine Award winners and honourees Don Gillmor, Lynn Coady, Marcello di Cintio, Elizabeth Philips, Jane Silcott, Barry Dempster and more.
You can’t miss it: look for the National Magazine Awards winners seal on the cover!
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Off the Page, with Eighteen Bridges editor Curtis Gillespie
American National Magazine Award finalists announced
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has released the shortlists of finalists for this year’s National Magazine Awards–the Ellies. The winners will be announced at their annual gala on May 2 in New York.
Last year’s announcement of the finalists was accompanied by a vocal brouhaha in US magazine circles, concerning the absence of female nominees in 5 key categories. This year industry watchers are already making note of the presence of women, who comprise half (17 of 34) of the nominees in the writing categories, including 3 of 5 in Fiction and in Commentary, and all 5 in the category Public Interest.
This year, 62 publications were nominated in 23 categories. National Geographic received the most with seven, followed by Bon Appétit and New York, both with six. GQ and The New Yorker both received five nominations; Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, Mother Jones and Texas Monthly all received four. [See all nominees]
Finalists in the ASME Magazine of the Year category, honoring excellence both in print and on digital platforms, will be announced on Monday, April 8.
Canadian writer Alice Munro is among the nominees in Fiction, for her story “Train,” which appeared in the April 2012 issue of Harper’s.
The finalists for the Canadian National Magazine Awards will be announced on May 1. This year’s awards gala is June 7 in Toronto.
New Ryerson Review of Journalism to launch on April 4
Come one, come all to the launch party of the Summer 2013 issue of the award-winning Ryerson Review of Journalism, next Thursday April 4 at The Corner Place (11 Jarvis Street) in Toronto.
The annual publication (as of next year, the RRJ will drop from publishing 2 issues per year to 1) produced by the undergraduate and graduate students of Ryerson University’s School of Journalism, is celebrating its 30th anniversary–be warned (nay, be excited): the event will feature the music of 1983.
Over the past 30 years the RRJ has been nominated for 28 National Magazine Awards, capturing 3 awards for Best New Magazine Writer (formerly Best Student Writer) and also awards for Politics and for Profiles. In 1993 it was named Honourable Mention for Magazine of the Year.
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No Quebec Magazine Awards this year
The Quebec magazine association–l’Association québecoise des éditeurs de magazines (AQEM)–has announced that it will not be hosting the Quebec Magazine Awards (aka Grands Prix du magazine) this year.
An announcement on the association’s website noted that its board of directors is focusing its efforts on urgent advocacy issues. It stated that the awards will return in 2014 and be open to work published either in 2012 or in 2013:
Votre association concentre toutes ses énergies à défendre vos intérêts dans le dossier du recyclage du papier et des tarifs exorbitants auxquels nous faisons face. Le Conseil d’administration a donc décidé que Les Grands Prix du magazine 2013 de l’Association québecoise des éditeurs de magazines (AQEM) ne seront pas décernés cette année mais seulement au printemps 2014. La compétition portera alors sur les éditions de 2012 et 2013.
The annual Grands Prix du magazine have been held each year since 1991. Last year’s winners included Les Débrouillards and L’actualité, which shared the award for Quebec Magazine of the Year. Other winners were Jobboom, Québec Science, Protégez-Vous, Châtelaine, Elle Québec, 7 jours and Clin d’œil.
Related post: 2012 Quebec Magazine Award winners announced
Quebec Writing Competition open for entries
The annual Quebec Writing Competition, supported by Maisonneuve and CBC Canada Writes, is accepting submissions for its 2013 awards. Entries may be fiction or non-fiction, previously unpublished, with a maximum of 1200 words. Participation is limited to residents of Quebec. The submission deadline is May 1.
The first-prize winner will receive a cash prize of $1500, have their work published in Maisonneuve and broadcast on CBC Radio’s Cinq à Six; the second-prize winner will receive $1000, have their work published on Maisonneuve‘s website and broadcast on CBC.
There will also be one Readers’s Choice winner who will receive $300 and a broadcast of their work. All three winners will be published in a CBC Canada Writes anthology.
The winners will be announced at the QWF Literary Awards Gala in November, 2013.
MagNet 2013 is online! Canada’s national magazine conference
Registration is open for MagNet 2013. Canada’s national magazine conference will take place June 4-7, 2013, at the Courtyard Toronto Downtown, leading up to the National Magazine Awards gala on Friday night, June 7 (at the nearby Carlu).
More than 50 sessions are on offer this year, in all areas of the industry including Ad Sales, Circulation, Design, Digital, Editorial, Management, Production and Writing.
In one of the many standout sessions, “Going for Gold: How to Create Award-Winning Content,” former NMAF President Patrick Walsh (Outdoor Canada) will join Toronto Life EIC Sarah Fulford, L’actualité EIC Carole Beaulieu, Report on Business creative director Domenic Macri, and NMA-winning writer and NMAF board member David Hayes for a discussion moderated by Deborah Rosser.
A special section of this year’s MagNet, “Meet the Inventive West,” will highlight the success of British Columbia’s magazine industry, with sessions featuring NMA winner David Beers (The Tyee), Tom Gierasimczuk (BC Business), Anicka Quin (Western Living), Gary Davies (Canada Wide Media) and more.
This year’s MagNet keynote speakers include:
- Rebecca Wesson Darwin, President and CEO of Garden & Gun
- David Carey, President of Hearst Magazines
- Bob “Bo” Sacks
- T.J. Tucker, Creative Director of Texas Monthly
Other featured sessions:
- Expand your Circulation and your brand at Straight Talk About Direct Mail and Getting Started in SIPs.
- Improve your Editorial skills and relationships with Photography 101 for Editors and The Ins and Outs of Internships.
- Build your Ad Sales muscle with Get the Most Out of Your Sales Staff and Practical Magic: Overcoming Obstacles to Get the Business.
- Maximize your Digital offerings at Monetizing the Digital Revolution and Open Book or Iron Curtain: New Social Sharing Customs.
- Get the latest strategies in publishing Management at Essential Ingredients for Publishing Success and The Future of Publishing: Modern Media Trends and Actionable Advice.
Visit magnet.magazinescanada.ca for all the details.
Following the conclusion of MagNet on Friday June 7, the 36th annual National Magazine Awards gala will open just a block down the street, at The Carlu. Details and ticket information will be announced by May 1.
Eighteen Bridges, Swerve, Alberta Oil big winners at Alberta Magazine Awards
Eighteen Bridges and Swerve each took home three gold awards at the 2013 Alberta Magazine Awards in Calgary last night. Alberta Oil swept the gold awards in Illustration and Photography. Alberta Views, Avenue, Western Living, Uppercase, Galleries West and Profiles West were also Gold-winning magazines.
The award for Best Cover went to Avenue (Calgary) magazine’s annual food issue, “Their Last Supper,” featuring 12 of the city’s top chefs (and one critic) in an apostolic scene:
Alberta Venture editor Mike Ganley was recognized as Editor of the Year, and Elaine Kupser of Impact won the Achievement Award for Publishing.
Melissa Molloy won the Amber Webb-Bowerman Memorial Foundation Award for Emerging Writer, for her work in Profiles West.
Other gold award winners at the 2013 Alberta Magazine Awards:
- Best Alberta Story: Jeremy Klaszus, “Deerfoot’s Revenge,” Swerve
- Essay: Karen Connelly, “Washing the Body,” Alberta Views
- Profile: Curtis Gillespie, “The Populist,” Eighteen Bridges
- Feature Writing: Stacey McLachlan, “The Bounty Hunter,” Western Living
- Service Article: Kim Gray, “Let it Snow,” Swerve
- Fiction: Caroline Adderson, “I Feel Lousy,” Eighteen Bridges
- Poetry: Karen Solie, “Rothko via Muncie, Indiana,” Eighteen Bridges
- Art Direction: Issue #13, Uppercase
- Illustration: Dushan Milic, “End of Days,” Alberta Oil
- Photograph: Curtis Comeau, “Calling Nisku,” Alberta Oil
- Feature Design: Vishu Mahajan, “Double Take,” Swerve
- Digital Presence: Galleries West
Check out @AlbertaMags on Twitter to recap all the gold and silver winners and news from the awards. Full details coming soon on the Alberta Magazines website.
NMA winners crowd shortlists for BC Book Prizes
The shortlists for the 29th annual BC Book Prizes were announced today, with five finalists in each category for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s book, illustrated children’s book, and best BC book.
Carol Shaben, whose non-fiction book about Canada’s bush pilot industry (Into the Abyss) was partly based on her investigative article published in The Walrus that won two National Magazine Awards, is one of the finalists for non-fiction.
National Magazine Award-winning poets Evelyn Lau (A Grain of Rice) and Patricia Young (Night-Eater) are both nominated in the poetry category.
Anne Fleming (Gay Dwarves of America) and Bill Gaston (The World) are former NMA winners nominated for their works of fiction.
Read the complete shortlists for the BC Book Prizes here. The winners will be announced at the 29th annual Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at Government House in Victoria, BC.
Visit the NMA Archives to read the award-winning stories by these and other great writers.
PWAC Writing Awards submissions due Friday March 15
The annual program of awards hosted by the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) is now accepting submissions, with deadlines approaching this Friday for three of the writing awards:
- Feature Writing (over 1200 words): Open to PWAC and non-PWAC members; includes a cash prize of $500
- Short Articles (1200 words or fewer): Open to PWAC and non-PWAC members; includes a cash prize of $500
- Barbara Novak Award for Humour/Personal Essay Writing: Open exclusively to PWAC members
Previous winners include National Magazine Award laureates Kaitlin Fontana, Jay Somerset, Omar Mouallem, Stephen Kimber, Jeremy Klaszus and more.
Other awards offered by PWAC have deadlines next Friday (March 22):
- Lawrence Jackson Outstanding Achievement Award: Open exclusively to PWAC members
- Regional Volunteer Awards: Open exclusively to PWAC members
- Editor of the Year: PWAC members may nominate any editor regardless of their membership status
The winners will be announced at the annual PWAC conference in Toronto in June. More info at PWAC.
Best Cover finalists for the Alberta Magazine Awards
With the 2013 Alberta Magazine Awards ceremony coming up on the calendar on March 14 (part of the Alberta Magazines Conference of March 14-15 in Calgary), we’re looking forward to seeing who will take the top honours this year.
Among the 14 Showcase categories to be presented at the gala is the always intriguing competition for Best Magazine Cover. Here’s a look at the 8 finalists this year for the top Alberta magazine cover:
Ryan Girard, art director; Marco Cibola, illustrator
Ryan Girard and Kim Larson, art directors; John Gaucher, photographer
Kim Larson, art director; Gary Stevensen, illustrator
Anders Knudsen and Erin Burns, art directors; Jared Sych, photographer; Alicja Wilkosz, hair and makeup; Julie Van Rosendaal, food stylist
Marcey Andrews, art director; Raymond Biesinger, illustrator
Cathy Ozubko, creative lead; Joel Kadziolka, designer; Deborah Jaremko, editor
Vishu Mahajan, art director; Joey Podlubny, photographer
Danae Thompson, art director; Josh Holinaty, illustrator
Check out all the finalists here. The winner of Best Cover and all the other Alberta Magazine Awards will be announced on March 14.
Vote for your favourite British magazine cover
The United Kingdom’s Professional Publisher’s Association is marking its 100th anniversary with a magazine covers contest open to public vote.
While there are only ten finalists from which to choose (rather disappointing, considering the thousands of titles and hundreds of thousands of magazine issues that have been published since 1913), the small selection is spread across generations and broad topics, from the world wars to technology, from the first issue of Cosmo to the legacies of Churchill, Chernobyl and Darth Vader.
This blogger was drawn to the 1941 Harper’s Bazaar cover featuring plump, almost Atari-like bombs falling around St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, with a brilliant yellow streak of fabric drawing the eye up through a blood-red bow to the helmeted dress form. The absence of cover lines makes a lasting impact, and the inherent nostalgia of the price line (“two shillings and sixpence”) probably swayed me, too. A magazine cover for its time and all time. (Or so says one voice. What do you think?)
Click here to view the finalists and vote. Voting closes on the distant date of September 30, 2013, and the winner will be announced on November 21, the exact one-hundred-year anniversary of PPA’s establishment.
{Tip o’ the hat: Canadian Magazines blog}
Elle Québec, SkyNews, Canadian Business among winners at Canadian Cover Awards
[This post has been updated] Last night at the Courtyard Hotel in downtown Toronto the redesigned Canadian Cover Awards were presented to an audience of Canadian magazine industry professionals. Produced by CMC and Magazines Canada, and sponsored by the Alliance for Audited Media, the reception showcased awards for the most successful Canadian magazine cover in 7 categories:
- Fashion, Shopping & Bridal: ELLE Québec, August 2012 (“Véronique Cloutier“)
- General Interest, Arts, Lifestyle & Regional: Legion Magazine, Jan/Feb 2012 (“The War of 1812“)
- Home & Decor: Style at Home, September 2011 (“Bathroom Style“)
- News, Business & Celebrity: Canadian Business, February 20, 2012 (“Crash: Why House Prices are about to Fall“)
- SIPs and New Magazines: Maclean’s Royal Wedding Special
- Sports & Leisure: SkyNews, May/June 2012 (“Transit of Venus“)
- Women’s Service: Chatelaine, February 2012 (“Comfort Food Makeovers“)
Three finalists were named in each category. UPDATE: Magazines Canada press release on the winners.
Additionally, SkyNews publisher and veteran industry leader Greg Keilty was named Newsstand Marketer of the Year.
Cottage Life magazine’s circulation coordinator Amanda Beattie hosted the event. The awards competition was open to all Canadian magazine issues distributed on Canadian newsstands in 2011 and 2012 that are now sales final.
Twitter reax and more.
Related post: New Canadian Cover Awards now accepting submissions
Alberta Magazine Awards finalists announced
The finalists for the 2013 Alberta Magazine Awards have been announced by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, with awards to be presented in 14 Showcase categories on March 14.
Swerve–the “Calgary inside & out” magazine–leads all publications with 17 nominations.
Also receiving an impressive haul of nominations are Alberta Venture (11), Alberta Oil (10), Eighteen Bridges (10), Alberta Views (6) and Avenue Calgary (6).
Alberta Venture editor Mike Ganley has been named the Editor of the Year, while Elaine Kupser of IMPACT Magazine is the recipient of the award for Achievement in Publishing.
The Amber Webb-Bowerman Memorial Foundation Award for Emerging Writer has 4 finalists:
- Raquel Fletcher: Ten Tree Sees the Forest and the Trees (Degrees Magazine)
- Jessica Pia: Dinner with Dad (FreeFall)
- Devon Jolie: History Denied (Profiles West)
- Melissa Molloy: The Accuser and Us (Profiles West)
Check out all the nominees. Tickets for the Alberta Magazine Awards gala are on sale until March 7. More info at albertamagazines.com.
Related post: January 10 deadline approaches for Alberta Magazine Awards
Western Magazine Awards open for submissions till March 15
[This post has been updated] The Western Magazine Awards — a program open to Canadian print and online magazines published west of the Ontario-Manitoba border — are now accepting submissions for their 31st annual awards. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2013 March 15, 2013.
This year there are 12 written categories (including the new Best New Writer Award) and 6 visual categories, which include a cash prize of $750.
Then there are 4 “Gold” categories for best overall article by region, which include a cash prize of $1000. Finally, there are 8 Magazine of the Year categories and 1 Lifetime Achievement Award.
There have been a few changes made to the Rules this year, so be sure to read carefully before submitting.
The winners will be announced at the annual WMA ceremony on June 21, 2013, at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside. More info at westernmagazineawards.ca.
Maisonneuve Writing Contest seeks Fables & Parables
[This post has been updated] Maisonneuve magazine — Canada’s Magazine of the Year — is presenting its second-annual genre fiction writing contest. This year’s theme is Fables & Parables.
The winner will receive a $300 prize and publication in the award-winning magazine; two runners up will receive $100 each and publication online.
From the contest creators:
Send us your finest original interpretations of these ancient storytelling traditions! Moral lessons, animals, mythical creatures—you know the deal. You could be the next Aesop!
The entry fee is $25 and includes a subscription to the quarterly magazine of arts, opinion and ideas. Word limit: 1200 words. Deadline March 31, 2013 April 8, 2013.
More info at maisonneuve.org.
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Your Guide to Winter/Spring 2013 Magazine Writing Contests
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Final deadline for Kenneth R. Wilson Awards is February 15
The 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for Canadian B2B magazine publishing are accepting submissions until Friday, February 15.
Submitters may enter online at krwawards.ca and all required hard copies are due by 5pm on Friday.
There are 25 categories (13 written, 4 visual, 3 digital and 5 special).
Among the new categories this year is the inaugural Kenneth R. Wilson Award for Best New Journalist, which celebrates the achievements of a writer whose early work in B2B magazine journalism shows the highest degree of craft and promise.
Submissions must consist of a feature-length, non-fiction article (1000 words or greater) published in a Canadian business-to-business publication in 2012, along with a letter of reference from an editor, teacher, mentor or colleague.
Editors are encouraged to submit on behalf of their writers.
For more information, visit krwawards.ca.
