MONTREAL, April 29 /CNW/ - The National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF)
announced the 31st annual National Magazine Awards nominations at a reception
at Restaurant Wilson in Montreal. The NMAF also announced the three finalists
for Magazine of the Year, the winner of the Best New Magazine Writer award,
the winner of third annual Best Student Writer Award, and the recipient of the
Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement.
From more than 2,100 individual entries nationwide, the NMAF's 200 judges
nominated a total of 303 submissions in 76 different Canadian magazines for
awards in 39 categories. The Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards will
be announced in Toronto on June 6.
The Walrus leads all magazines with 37 nominations. Toronto Life is next
with 29 nominations, followed by Maclean's (18), Report on Business (16),
L'actualité (15) and explore (14). For a complete list of nominations, visit
www.magazine-awards.com.
The three finalists for the coveted award Magazine of the Year are
L'actualité, Maisonneuve and Toronto Life.
Individually, writers John Lorinc, Ray Ford, Duncan Hood and Tabatha
Southey received 3 nominations each. Photographers Benoit Aquin, Mario Miotti
and Liam Sharp, and Illustrators Sam Weber, Graham Roumieu and Christian
Northeast, each received at least 2 nominations.
The NMAF's third annual award for Best Student Writer goes to Julia
Belluz for her article "I" that appeared in the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
Honourable Mention goes to Dan Yates and Meena Nallainathan. To read the
winning article and for more information about the award, visit
www.magazine-awards.com.
The winner of this year's award for Best New Magazine Writer is Patrick
White, for an article entitled "Red Rush" that appeared in The Walrus (April
2007). The same article is also nominated for an award in the category
Science, Technology & the Environment. For a full text of the winning article,
visit www.magazine-awards.com.
The NMAF's most prestigious individual prize since its inception in 1990
is The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement. This year the NMAF is
honoured to name Charles Oberdorf as the recipient for his exceptional
contributions to the Canadian magazine community.
Charles has been part of the Canadian magazine community for more than 35
years. As a freelance writer, columnist and staff editor, he has contributed
to the success of scores of national consumer magazines, including Saturday
Night, Canadian, Financial Post Magazine, Homemaker's, Ontario Medicine,
Weekend Magazine, IE:Money, Elm Street and City & Country Home. For years he
was one of the anonymous team of four that produced Toronto Life's monthly
"Epicure" food column.
Twice a National Magazine Awards winner as well as a former president of
the NMAF, Charles is also an educator and mentor. Since 1994 he has taught
magazine editing in the School of Continuing Education at Ryerson, and since
2002 he has been Coordinator of the school's Magazine Publishing program,
increasing the number of courses and making the program a professional
development resource for people already working on magazines as well as a
starting place for those who would like to be. Read more about Charles and the
Outstanding Achievement Award at www.magazine-awards.com.
The NMAF will present Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards at the
31st annual National Magazine Awards gala, June 6, 2008 at the Carlu in
Toronto. For tickets and other information visit www.magazine-awards.com.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS FOUNDATION
The National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF) is a non-profit
organization that promotes excellence in Canadian magazine journalism through
the judging and awarding of over 2,100 nominee submissions from across the
country. The NMAF recognizes the outstanding efforts of more written and
visual artists than any comparable organization on the continent, and is
supported in part by the Government of Canada (through the Canada Magazine
Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.)
For further information: about the National Magazine Awards, please
contact Richard Johnson, Communications Manager, (416) 422-1358,
staff@magazine-awards.com
