Expat Canadian Tyler Brûlé named editor of the year by Ad Age

Wallpaper and Monocle magazine founder Tyler Brûlé has been named editor of the year by Ad Agemagazine. The magazine said "it comes as no surprise that he remains perhaps the most devoted and adventurous advocate of 'magazine-ness' working today." Brûlé moved to Britain in 1989 and launched Wallpaper in 1996 and Monocle in 2007. He is lauded for his insistence on creating substantial, luxurious

Cottage Life a major winner at international regional magazine awards

Cottage Life magazine was a major winner at the 31st  annual International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) awards, presented at the annual conference in Reno, Nevada on Saturday. The magazine won 10 gold awards (including magazine of the year over 40,000 circ and for best cover ), 2 silver, 1 bronze and 3 awards of merit.Among other Canadian winners at the awards, British Columbia magazine

Transcontinental Interactive wins seven gold in Magnum Opus custom media awards

Transcontinental Interactive has captured 30 prizes or honourable mentions in the Magnum Opus Awards which recognize excellence in custom media editorial, design and strategy. TI includes Totem Brand Stories (formerly Redwood Custom Communications). This is the 8th year for the awards, presented by ContentWise and the Content Marketing Institute and were judged by leading custom publishing

Canopy launches Ancient Forest Friendly awards for publishers and printers

A new award for integrity when it comes to environmental standards in the buying and use of paper has been launched by Canopy, the campaigners for supporting protection of the world's remaining ancient forests and the increasing use of eco-papers. Canopy says it hopes to see the Ancient Forest Friendly™ awards become the highest for protection of climate, biodiversity, and ancient

The Tyee wins Edward R. Murrow award, again, as best website

Vancouver-based online magazine The Tyee has once again won the Edward R. Murrow award for best website from the Radio Televison Digital News Association (RTNDA). The awards honour excellence in digital journalism. The Tyee first won the annual award two years ago, the first Canadian non-broadcaster to do so.

Ten writing finalists announced for PWAC awards

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) has announced ten finalists for its writing awards; the winners will be announced June 18 at an awards event in Montreal in conjunction with PWAC's annual general meeting.The awards are open to PWAC members and non-members. First prize in each award category has a $750 value (increased from $500 in 2010), including a free PWAC membership for a

Education awards go to Toronto, McGill and Carleton magazines

Portico, the magazine from the University of Guelph, won the gold medal for best magazine at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) awards. Silver went to Headway, McGill University's research magazine and bronze to Carleton University magazine.Writing awards went to:Gold to University of Toronto magazine for "The Aviator"
Silver (tie) to Headway and Université du Québec à

Jon Spencer wins Circulation Marketer of the Year at CMC ACE Awards

Jon Spencer of Abacus Circulation was named Marketer of the Year yesterday at the Circulation Marketing Association of Canada (CMC) ACE Awards (part of the MagNet conference). Spencer is well-known as a circulator, consultant and seminar presenter. Other winners were:The Caren King Award for professional development: Amanda Beattie of Quarto Communications, Circulation Coordinator at Cottage

Outdoor Canada magazine multiple winner at CSME Editors Choice Awards

The Canadian Society of Magazine Editors presented its Editors Choice awards last night in Toronto at the MagNet conference. Outdoor Canada magazine won several awards, including its editor, Patrick Walsh being named Editor of the Year, the magazine itself being named Magazine of the Year (medium circulation) and winning the award for Best Display Writing.  Other award winners:Magazine of the

Up Here Business named magazine of the year in KRW b2b awards

Up Here Business magazine of Yellowknife NWT won the prestigious magazine of the year award at the 57th annual Kenneth R. Wilson awards for the business-to-business press. Before a large crowd of colleagues, friends and competitors, awards were handed out in 20 written, visual and special categories from a field of 174 nominations from 62 b2b magazines. Up Here Business also won gold awards for

Magazines Week launched with naming of volunteers of the year

Magazines week in Toronto, which features the MagNet conference, the Kenneth R. Wilson trade magazine awards and the National Magazine Awards, has been launched with announcement of the names of the Volunteers of the Year from five regional magazine associations and the national volunteer of the year. They will be celebrated at a reception on Thursday, June 9 at MagNet in the Courtyard Marriott

PWAC names three finalists for Editor of the Year Award

The Professional Writers Association of Canada today named three finalists for its Editor of the Year Award. They are:Rebecca Caldwell, Acting Managing Editor, Cottage Life
Graham F. Scott, Editor, This Magazine
Carmine Starnino, Senior Editor, Reader’s Digest
“Each year we ask freelance writers from across the country to help us recognize the best and most deserving editors working in Canadian

The Writers' Union honours Heather Robertson for her championship of freelancers' rights

Heather Robertson, whose name has become synonymous for championing the rights of freelancers through her fronting of a 12-year class action against some of Canada's largest media companies, has been presented with the Graeme Gibson Award by The Writers' Union. It is only the 3rd time that that the award has been given out since its inception in 1991. According to a story in Quill & Quire:

Weighing the magazine factor for Trillium Book Award finalists

Magazines have played a part in the careers of some of  the English finalists for the $20,000 Trillium Book Award, Ontario's most prestigious literary prize. Among those for fiction:James Fitzgerald, for What Disturbs the Blood (Random House Canada). Fitzgerald has been a frequent contributor to Toronto Life and the University of Toronto magazine. 
 Ken Sparling, for Book (Pedlar Press).

Nominations now being received for Gzowski fellowship for literacy

Nominations are now being accepted for the Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship in honour of the late beloved broadcaster, magazine and newspaper editor and writer. The fellowship is administered by ABC Life Literacy Canada and provides one journalist with $3,000 to research and develop a story about adult literacy in Canada. The 2010 winner of the first fellowship was Susan Quinlan of the

Writer, actor, broadcaster Jacqueline Hennessy to emcee Magawards

The National Magazine Awards will be emceed by Jacqueline Hennessy a Toronto-based freelance writer, actor and broadcast journalist as well as a former National Magazine Awards Gold winner. She is currently contributing health editor at More magazine and is the former associate editor for Chatelaine magazine. Other journalism awards she was won were the Canadian Nurses Association Award of Merit

Georgia Straight writer wins CAJ investigative award for article on meat inspection

Alex Roslin has won a Canadian Association of Journalists' award for his investigative magazine piece "The Meat of the Matter" in The Georgia Straight. The CAJ awards are Canada's only national recognition for the best in investigative journalism.

Online publishing awards add digital edition and tablet categories

Entries are now being accepted for the Canadian Online Publishing Awards(COPA). Started originally to honour the best online editorial and design in the magazine industry, the awards have enlarged to encompass newspaper, broadcast and online-only publishers. And in this, its 3rd year, it has added two new categories: best digital edition; and best tablet edition. Also new this year is that gold

Jess Ross, executive editor of Homemakers named MC Volunteer of the Year

Jess Ross, the executive editor of Homemakers magazine has been named Magazines Canada’s Volunteer of the Year for 2010, Magazines Canada announced today.A generous and tireless volunteer in service of her industry, Ross is vice president and treasurer of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) and sits on Magazines Canada’s professional development committee and the MagNet curriculum

Saltscapes, Atlantic Business and Progress winners in Atlantic Journalism Awards

Best cover winner
Saltscapes magazine and Atlantic Business were multiple winners in the Atlantic Journalism Awards which were presented on Saturday in Halifax, Nova Scotia and winners in the magazine-related categories were as follows:
Alec Bruce won gold for best Atlantic magazine article for "Dream Weaver" in Atlantic Business; silver winners were both from Saltscapes magazine -- Heather