 The National Media Awards Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 43rd annual National Magazine Awards. For the first time, the winners were announced during a live virtual broadcast and through digital channels. Journalists and visual creators from across the country were able to join in and view the live presentation on Facebook, which was expertly hosted by award-winning writer, editor, content strategist and journalism instructor, Sandra Martin. Watch the show HERE.See the full list of winners HERE. |
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| MAGAZINE GRAND PRIX
L'actualité was named recipient of the prestigious Magazine Grand Prix award. The judges noted the magazine's unwavering commitment to delivering impactful and compelling stories: "This feels like Canada’s most important magazine… not afraid to be daring, not afraid of controversial stories.”
BEST MAGAZINE AWARDS
In each of the four Best Magazine Divisions, judges selected one gold winner from the three nominees. The gold winners are:
Best Magazine: News, Business, General Interest
GOLD: L'actualité
HONOURABLE MENTION: Nouveau Projet, Québec Science
Best Magazine: Special Interest
GOLD: Corsé Magazine
HONOURABLE MENTION: LSTW, Le Trente
Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle
GOLD: Dînette Magazine
HONOURABLE MENTION: Clin d’oeil, Explore Magazine
Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture
GOLD: Prefix Photo
HONOURABLE MENTION: Inuit Art Quarterly, The Site Magazine
BEST EMERGING WRITER
From three talented, promising nominees, Kate Black was awarded the Best Emerging Writer title for "Awkward Cause," published in Maisonneuve. The jury was impressed with the scope and command demonstrated in this work, saying: “Kate Black’s wry, psychologically astute exploration of how we cope with climate change shows a great deal of poise for an emerging writer. With a masterful sense of style, an authentic voice, and a comprehensive understanding of the topic, ‘Awkward Cause’ is a perfect example of an essay that turns the personal story into a universal one, and vice versa.”
Receiving Honourable Mention were Rachel Jansen (for “In the Burn”, Maisonneuve), and Arvin Joaquin (for “He Survived Chechnya’s LGBTQ Purge”, Xtra). |
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| Don Gillmor — an acclaimed writer and editor with immeasurable influence and contribution to the Canadian magazine industry — was presented with the 2020 Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement. In his letter of nomination, Curtis Gillespie, author, journalist and board member of the National Media Awards Foundation, posed a series of questions: “Who has mentored countless other writers? Who has been part of the founding and/or editorial team of nearly every major general interest magazine in Canada? Who never, ever mails it in? Who is the gold standard in Canada? Who deserves the Outstanding Achievement award for 2020? Answer: Don Gillmor.” More on Gillmor’s many literary accomplishments can be found on our website. |
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The Foundation presented the Editor Grand Prix award to a senior-level editor who demonstrated a high degree of excellence, making an outstanding impact on their magazine. Jocelyn Bell of Broadview was the proud recipient of this year's award. “The complete re-visioning of Broadview magazine in 2019 was a huge undertaking that required strong editorial leadership, and Jocelyn Bell delivered. The magazine’s look and feel, the quality of its content, and its digital presence are greater than ever,” said the NMA jury.
Honourable mentions went to Nicolas Langelier of Nouveau Projet and Dawn Calleja of Report on Business. |
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Top-winning magazines for the 43rd NMAs
| Publication | Gold | Silver | | Toronto Life | 6 | 1 | | Report on Business | 2 | 0 | | Maisonneuve | 3 | 0 | | Hazlitt | 2 | 1 | | Nouveau Projet | 1 | 1 | | Maclean's | 1 | 3 | | L'actualité | 2 | 1 | | Air Canada enRoute | 1 | 1 |
Other magazines winning one NMA include:
| Publication | | Alberta Views | Inuit Art Quarterly | | BESIDE | Le Trente | | BuzzFeed Canada | Prairie Fire | | Canada's History Magazine | Precedent Magazine | | Cottage Life | Québec Science | | Dînette magazine | Reader's Digest Canada | | Dress To Kill Magazine | The Malahat Review | | enRoute | The Walrus | | Esse arts + opinions | University of Toronto Magazine | | EVENT | Vancouver Magazine | | FASHION magazine | Zoomer Magazine | | Grain Magazine | |
Highlights of the 43rd annual National Magazine Awards - Michael Lista of Toronto Life captured two awards for his work, winning Gold in both Long-Form Feature Writing and Investigative Reporting for “A Doctor's Deception”.
- Also among Toronto Life’s six Gold wins and one Silver win, the publication swept the Profiles category, winning Gold for Chris Nuttall-Smith’s “David Zilber Is the Future of Food” and Silver for Katrina Onstad’s “A Star Is Born”.
- Along with Kate Black’s win in Emerging Writer for her piece in Maisonneuve, the magazine earned two additional Gold awards, including a win in Long-Form Featuring Writing: 6000+ (for Julia Murphy’s “Behind Closed Doors”) and One of a Kind Storytelling (for “True North” by Valérian Mazataud).
- Hazlitt earned two Gold awards in writing categories including Essays (for Naomi Skwarna’s “The Swimming Pool Library’) and Fiction (for Anthony Oliveira’s “Dayspring”), and one Silver win in Illustration (for Winnie Truong’s “The Great Question Machine”).
- Report on Business received two Gold awards, including a win in Personal Journalism (for “Forged by Fire” by Zander Sherman) and in Lifestyle Photography (for “Object Lessons” by Les Garçons).
- The Walrus swept the Photojournalism & Photo Essay category, winning Gold for Roger Lemoyne and Rémy Bourdillon’s "Who Owns Colombia’s Gold?” and Silver for Derek Shapton’s "Last Stop".
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The NMAF gratefully acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Creates and Reader’s Digest Foundation.
We are also thankful for the support of our partners, Candescent, CCR Solutions, Cision, Magazines Canada and Very Good Studios.
A special thanks to art director John Montgomery for creating this year’s visual elements. |
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ABOUT US
The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is a bilingual charity dedicated to promoting excellence in journalism and visual creation. Since 1977, the Foundation has been awarding prizes to journalists, writers, photographers, illustrators and other professionals of the press, who are distinguished by the quality of their work. Through its three awards programs, the Foundation promotes the development of healthy journalism by encouraging both seasoned professionals and the next generation to continue their vital work for our society. A volunteer board of directors drawn from all regions and facets of the Canadian magazine industry governs the NMAF. |
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