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30 Years - 30 Awards
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW
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you.
http://westernmagazineawards.eventbrite.ca
Welcome to the
30th Annual WMA Reception and Awards Gala
Tickets are now on sale*. Tickets are $100 each or a table for $900 (9 people).
Join our host, Nardwuar the Human Serviette, as we celebrate the finalists and winners of the 30th Annual Western Magazine Awards at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside. In recognition of this milestone anniversary, the WMAs now have 30 award categories attracting the best stories and images, including twelve Written Awards, six Visual Awards, four Gold Awards, and seven Magazine of the Year Awards with the evening's most anticipated prize, the Magazine of the Year - Western Canada.
This year, we recognize Sean Rossiter, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Come pay tribute to Sean's lengthy, important and very personal contribution to journalism: thorough in his research, careful in his analysis, and truthful.
6 pm - Reception, no-host bar
and standing food stations
(food service ends at 7, bar service remains open)
7 pm - Seating for the WMAs
9:30 pm - Dessert bar opens
*While we do accept payment by PayPal, we are charged fees for its use so kindly consider paying us by cheque. Thank you.
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award
is
SEAN ROSSITER
And the 30th Annual WMA finalists
are...
(Please provide us with any correction to spelling or titles
prior to May 15; after that date this list will be considered final. Thank you.)
WRITTEN AWARDS
ARTS, CULTURE, AND ENTERTAINMENT
Eighteen Bridges, Don Gillmor, All In
Eighteen Bridges, Tim Bowling, On The Rails
Vancouver Review, Charlotte Gill, Borderlands
Vancouver Review, Timothy Taylor, Chaos and Planning
Vancouver Review, Yasuko Thanh, The Baseball Bridge
BUSINESS
Sponsored by Transcontinental Printing
AlbertaViews, David Ebner, Oil Sands For Sale
BCBusiness, Joe Wiebe, Pour Me Another
Georgia Straight, Daniel Wood, Ye olde liquor rules still sting
Up Here Business, Guy Quenneville, The Missing Element
Up Here, Tristin Hopper, The Golden Boy and the New Stampede
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, Brains, Beauty or Brawn?
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, Under The Influence
ENVIRONMENTAL
AlbertaViews, Chris Turner, Paradigm Shift
Canada's History, Arn Keeling, Atomic Outpost
Eighteen Bridges, Chris Turner, Bearing Witness
Georgia Straight, Daniel Wood, The Big Chill of Ocean Warming
Up here, Lauren McKeon, The Great Divide
FICTION
Sponsored by Canada Wide Media Limited
Eighteen Bridges, Greg Hollingshead, The Drug-Friendly House
Eighteen Bridges,Romesh Gunesekera, Hazard
Event, Bill Gaston, Four Corners
Event, Kate Millar, Year of the Rooster
Prairie Fire, Josiah Neufeld, Father Issa
HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Canadian Society of Magazine Editors
Eighteen Bridges, Jane Silcott, Threshold
Malahat Review, Kevin Leenders, Double Drowning
Prairie Fire, J. Jill Robinson, That Story Is Your Mother's
Prairie Fire, Kelly Cooper, Pysanka for Karen B.
Vancouver Magazine, Timothy Taylor, Blood Brothers
PROFILE
Sponsored by Readers Digest
Geist, George Fetherling, Man of a Hundred Thousand Books
Up Here Business, Chris Windeyer, Wired That Way
Up Here, Katherine Laidlaw, The Storyteller
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, Can We Talk?
Vancouver Magazine, Marcie Good, Our Lady of Perpetual Help
PUBLIC ISSUES
Eighteen Bridges, Chris Turner, Bearing Witness
Vancouver Magazine, Claude Adams, The Hostage
Vancouver Magazine, Danielle Egan, Lost Girls
Vancouver Magazine, Neil Boyd, Where's Jodi?
Vancouver Magazine, Timothy Taylor, Blood Brothers
REGULAR COLUMN OR DEPARTMENT
AlbertaViews, Fred Stenson, Wit
Focus Magazine, Rob Wipond, talk of the town
Georgia Straight, Gail Johnson, Health
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, Urban Fix
Westworld, Kerry Banks, Profile
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BCBusiness, Michael McCullough, The Audacity of General Fusion
Eighteen Bridges, Russell Cobb, Up in the Air
Focus Magazine, Rob Wipond, Crisis Behind Closed Doors
Vancouver Magazine, Michael Harris, Zero Patience
Vancouver Magazine, Roberta Staley, Crossover Artist
SERVICE
Swerve, Bruce Weir, The Wedding Guest Manifesto
Up Here, Katherine Laidlaw, Gee, Mom, I Wanna Go Home
Vancouver Magazine, The Editors, 101 Things to Taste
Western Living, Neal McLennan, 40 Foodies Under 40
Western Living, Various Contributors, 40 Most Important People, Places and Things
STUDENT WRITING
Sponsored by Amber Webb-Bowerman Memorial Foundation
Pacific Rim Magazine, Stacey Hooper, Performance of a Lifetime (winner)
TRAVEL AND LEISURE
British Columbia Magazine, Zac Unger, High Tide in Tofino
Swerve, Steve Burgess, Livin' It Up at the Hotel Esmeralda
Western Living, Masa Takei, Haida Five-O
Western Living, Tyee Bridge, School of Fish
Westworld, Kerry Banks, Islands on the Edge
VISUAL AWARDS
BEST PHOTOGRAPH - ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE OR STILL LIFE
British Columbia Magazine, Bruce Kirkby, Ultimate Parks
Swerve, Marc Rimmer, Bamboo Tiki Room
Western Living, Eydis Einarsdottir, April Showers
Western Living, Clinton Hussey, White Now
BEST PHOTOGRAPH - PEOPLE AND PORTRAITURE
Alberta Venture, Colin Way, Family Matters
Eighteen Bridges, Jessica Fern Facette, Cover Up
SANDBOX Magazine, Kat Willson, Centre Stage
Up Here Business, Michael Ericsson, Premier Floyd Roland: The Final Interview
Vancouver Magazine, Shannon Mendes, The Incubator
BEST PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURE OR SERIES
Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, Dave Quinn, Simple Lessons
NUVO Magazine, Felix Wong, Mirror Mirror
SANDBOX Magazine, Izabela Rachwal, Brain Power
Swerve, Todd Korol, Close Enough For You?
Swerve, Leah Hennel, The Black Swan's Feet
Vancouver Magazine, Clinton Hussey, Martin Tessler, Ian Azariah, 22nd Annual Restaurant Awards
BEST ILLUSTRATION OR ILLUSTRATION FEATURE
Alberta Oil, Dushan Milic, Due Diligence
Swerve, Byron Eggenschwiler, The Mouse & I: A Love Story
Up Here, Byron Eggenschwiler, Towns on the Brink
Vancouver Magazine, Pablo Lobato, Panorama: Don Rickles
Vancouver Magazine, Dan Page, Under The Influence
BEST ART DIRECTION - ARTICLE
BCBusiness, Catherine Mullaly, Pour Me Another
Swerve, Danae Thompson, Dreaming of a Stress-Free Wedding?
Swerve, Vishu Mahajan, The New Pin-Ups
Vancouver Magazine, Taryn Dufault, 22nd Annual Restaurant Awards
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, Blood Brothers
Western Living, Randall Watson, Designers of the Year
BEST ART DIRECTION - COVER
BCBusiness, Catherine Mullaly, BCBusiness December 2011
Vancouver Magazine, Taryn Dufault, May 2011
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, June 2011
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, October 2011
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, December 2011
GOLD AWARDS
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - ALBERTA/NWT
Alberta Views, David Ebner, Oil Sands For Sale
Eighteen Bridges, Chris Turner, Bearing Witness
Eighteen Bridges, Omar Mouallem, Under the Veil
Eighteen Bridges, Tim Bowling, On The Rails
Swerve, Jeremy Klaszus, For the Love of God
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - BC/YUKON
Geist, Stephen Osborne, Mr. Tube Steak and the Schoolteacher
Up Here, Tristin Hopper, The Golden Boy and the New Stampede
Vancouver Magazine, Chris Cannon, The Deserter
Vancouver Magazine, Timothy Taylor, Blood Brothers
Vancouver Magazine, Tyee Bridge, Going, Going...Gone
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - MANITOBA
Sponsored by Government of Manitoba Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Border Crossings, Daniel Baird, The Indecisive Moment: The Photography of Elaine Stocki
Going Places, Claudine Gervais, The Little Train That Could
The Cottager, Judy Owen, Bonded for Life
Western Living, Shel Zolkewich, Hooked
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - SASKATCHEWAN
Sponsored by Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
The Crow, Alana Bergstrom, A Desperate Measure
The Crow, Kent Morrison, The La Loche Project
Westworld Saskatchewan, D. Grant Black, Prairie Eggs Over Easy
Westworld Saskatchewan, Byron Jenkins, Sweet Dreams Aren't Made of This
Westworld Saskatchewan, John Campbell, The River Kings
MAGAZINES OF THE YEAR
BEST NEW MAGAZINE
Eighteen Bridges
HERS
Leap
S-Magazine
TRADE MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Alberta Oil
Border Crossings
CGA Magazine
Enterprise
Massage Matters Canada
BEST ONLINE MAGAZINE
BCBusiness
bcliving.ca
Boulderpavement
The Tyee
Wine Access
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - ALBERTA/NWT
Alberta Venture
Eighteen Bridges
Swerve
Up Here
Up Here Business
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - BC/YUKON
BCBusiness
Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine
Malahat Review
Vancouver Magazine
Western Living
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - MANITOBA
Sponsored by Government of Manitoba Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Border Crossings
Canada's History
Geez
Prairie Fire
SANDBOX Magazine
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - SASKATCHEWAN
Sponsored by Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
BlackFlash
Grain Magazine
Saskatoon HOME Magazine
The winners of each of the provincial Magazine of the Year categories form the list of finalists
for the Magazine of the Year - Western Canada.
The 30th Annual WMA Gala is at the Renaissance Vancouver
Harbourside Hotel
on Friday June 15, 2012.
Mark your calendars now. Tickets on sale mid-May.
Questions? Please call 604.945.3711.
If you are an instructor at a post-secondary publishing program, please keep
reading.
The Magazine School TMS
2011
TMS 2011 is a program of the Western
Magazine Awards Foundation. TMS 2011 takes a selection of winning WMA entries and develops curriculums around
them. Then, these curriculums are made available free-of-charge to instructors and professors of Canadian
magazine publishing programs to use in the classroom.
TMS 2011 materials are now available to instructors of professional
publishing programs. Please click on the link below to request your login credentials.
Thank you.
THE MAGAZINE SCHOOL TMS
2011
Instructors, please click here to request login credentials
to use the 2011 WMA entries as part of your
professional publishing program curriculum
Please click here after requesting
your login credentials and after receiving an email entitled Authorization Email
THE MAGAZINE SCHOOL
2010
Instructors, please click here to request login credentials
to use the 2010 WMA entries as part of your
professional publishing program curriculum
The Magazine School
classroom material and Instructor notes
Please click here after
requesting your login credentials and after receiving an email entitled Authorization Email
THE MAGAZINE SCHOOL
2009
Instructors, please click here to request login
credentials
to use the 2010 WMA entries as part of your
professional publishing program curriculum
2009 WMA Curriculum and Instructor
Notes
