National Magazine Awards Foundation announces the nominations for the 38th annual National Magazine Awards Français
TORONTO, May 4, 2015 /CNW/ - The National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF) is honoured to announce the finalists for the 38th annual National Magazine Awards, including the three finalists for the prestigious award for Magazine of the Year.
This year more than 200 Canadian magazines submitted their work to the National Magazine Awards. Magazines from all three coasts—in both official languages, print and digital—participated this year, entering work created by more than 3000 writers, editors, photographers, illustrators, art directors and other creators. This year saw growth in participation from Quebec and Alberta magazines, as well as remarkable participation from Canada's literary and arts magazines through the help of the NMAF's Small Magazine Rebate program.
The NMAF's 241 volunteer judges have nominated a total of 326 submissions from 80 different Canadian magazines for awards in 43 written, visual, integrated and special categories. The Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards will be announced at the Arcadian Court in Toronto on June 5, at the 38th annual National Magazine Awards gala presented by CDS Global. More than $53,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to Canadian creators. Tickets are on sale at magazine-awards.com.
The Walrus leads all magazines with 30 nominations, followed by Report on Business (28 nominations), L'actualite (21), Maclean's (19), Toronto Life (17), Sportsnet (15) and Maisonneuve (14). For a complete list of finalists visit magazine-awards.com.
The three finalists for Magazine of the Year, given to the magazine that most consistently engages, surprises and serves the needs of its readers, are Nouveau Projet, The Walrus and Uppercase.
In a new award for Best Magazine Brand—presented to the publication whose brand best delivers on their editorial mandate through at least three platforms—the three finalists are Cottage Life, Les Affaires and Spacing.
For Magazine Website of the Year, the three finalists are HazlittMag.com, Macleans.ca, and Torontoist.com.
For Tablet Magazine of the Year, the three finalists are Maclean's (Ottawa Shooting Special Issue), The Kit (Secrets to Great Skin) and Today's Parent (Books Issue).
For Best New Magazine Writer, the three finalists are Genna Buck, Nicholas Cameron and Emily McKibbon.
For Best New Illustrator or Photographer, the three finalists are Min Gyo Chung, Hudson Christie and Kiana Hayeri.
Announced on April 30, the winner of the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement is Michael Fox, whose career contributions to innovation in Canadian magazine publishing and circulation have made a critical and lasting impact on the industry. The NMAF will present Michael Fox with this prestigious award at the 38th annual NMA gala on June 5.
Finalists have been announced for awards in 21 written categories, 9 visual categories and 7 integrated categories.
Visit magazine-awards.com to view the list of all nominations and read the complete articles of each finalist.
Top Nominated Magazines for the 38th National Magazine Awards:
| Magazine |
Written |
Integrated |
Visual |
Special |
Total |
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| The Walrus |
21 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
30 |
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| Report on Business |
18 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
28 |
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| L'actualité |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
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| Maclean's |
10 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
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| Toronto Life |
12 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
17 |
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| Sportsnet |
12 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
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| Maisonneuve |
7 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
14 |
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| Canadian Business |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
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| Cottage Life |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
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| enRoute |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
|||||
| Hazlitt |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|||||
| Today's Parent |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
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| Nouveau Projet |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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| The New Quarterly |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
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| Western Living |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
FIRST-TIME NOMINEES
Magazine nominated for their first National Magazine Awards include Avenue Edmonton, Cornerstone, CPA Magazine, ETC MEDIA, Fairmont, Glass Buffalo, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Naître et grandir, Nature sauvage, Room of One's Own, and S/Style & Fashion.
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Writers Stephanie Nolan and Jake McDonald lead all individuals with 4 nominations apiece, each for their work in Report on Business magazine.
Writers with 3 individual nominations include Andrew Braithwaite (enRoute), Alec Castonguay Noémi Mercier, and Marc-André Sabourin (L'actualité), Nicholas Hune-Brown (Hazlitt, Toronto Life), Brett Popplewell and Dan Robson (Sportsnet), and Charles Wilkins (Cottage Life, Report on Business).
Photographer Chris Nicholls won 5 nominations for his work in Fashion Magazine and WeddingBells.
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
The Report on Business story "High and Dry"—about the legal battle between indigenous groups and the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold over mining in the Andes—by Stephanie Nolan is nominated for 4 awards, including Investigative Reporting, Business, Politics & Public Interest and Science, Technology & the Environment.
"Life Sentence," about living with HIV and published in Maisonneuve, garnered 3 nominations, one for Art Direction of a Single Article (Anna Minzhulina, art director), and two for writer Nicholas Cameron in the categories Health & Medicine and Best New Magazine Writer.
The Fall-Winter 2014 issue of Nouveau Projet, "Le Canada dont nous ne voulons pas," edited by Nicolas Langelier with art direction by Jean-François Proulx, is nominated for Best Single Issue, Art Direction of an Entire Issue and is part of their nomination for Magazine of the Year.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The National Magazine Awards Foundation acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation. The NMAF would like to thank its sponsors including CDS Global, CNW Group, Cottage Life Media, Impresa Communications Ltd, the Lowe-Martin Group, Masthead Online, Monnet Design, Reader's Digest Foundation, Rogers Publishing, Rolland Enterprises and Transcontinental Print.
The NMAF gratefully acknowledges its suppliers and its contributors who donated gifts in kind to support the awards program. We thank them for their generosity, interest and expertise.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS FOUNDATION
The National Magazine Awards Foundation is a bilingual, not-for-profit institution whose mission is to recognize and promote excellence in the content and creation of Canadian print and digital publications through an annual program of awards and national publicity efforts.
This year's National Magazine Awards gala is Friday, June 5, at the Arcadian Court in Toronto. Tickets are on sale at magazine-awards.com.
SOURCE National Magazine Awards Foundation
For more information about the National Magazine Awards, please contact: Émilie Pontbriand, Communications Manager, 416.939.6200, [email protected], www.magazine-awards.com
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