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Tickets for the 31st Annual
WMAs are now on sale.
Please click
here to purchase your tickets
The WMA Reception and Gala Awards is on *Friday June 21* at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside in the new Level A space.
Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the winners of the WMAF's Lifetime
Achievement Award are Paul and Audrey Grescoe. Legendary pioneers in the Western Canadian magazine industry,
Paul and Audrey's long personal and professional collaboration in journalism and publishing makes them an
ideal choice for this prestigious award.
The LAA judges said, "in recognition of contributing contributions, and at a risk of
weakening individualism, but in celebration of lifelong partnerships, for the first time, and perhaps never
to be repeated, the panel of judges recommends Paul and Audrey Grescoe for the 2013 WMAF Lifetime Achievement
Award."
Well done, Paul and Audrey. Congratulations.
WMA
Reception and Gala Awards Host
The Board of Directors is
thrilled to announce the host of the 31st Annual WMA Gala Awards and Reception is Jo-Ann Roberts. Currently
the Harvey Southam Guest Lecturer at University of Victoria, Jo-Ann is an award-winning journalist and
long-time CBC Radio host, now hosting All Points West, the afternoon show on CBC Radio in Vancouver. She is
the first broadcast journalist to win the Asia-Pacific Scholarship in Journalism and was part of the CBC
Vancouver team that won a National RTDNA Award for coverage of the Stanley Cup Riot.
Please
join Jo-Ann and our LAA winners Paul and Audrey Grescoe at the 31st Annual WMAs and be the first to find out
who wins.
And
now, the finalists of the 31st Annual Western Magazine Awards
(please advise us of all changes or errors prior to
May
6)
WRITTEN AWARDS
ARTS, CULTURE, AND ENTERTAINMENT
Eighteen Bridges, Curtis Gillespie, The Populist
Geist, Joe Fiorito, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
MONTECRISTO Magazine, Craig David Long, Never Left Art School
New Trail, Omar Mouallem, Creative License
Sub-Terrain, Peter Babiak, Along the Brittle Treacherous Bright Streets of Memory
Vancouver Magazine, Daniel Wood, Brush With Fate
BUSINESS
Sponsored by Transcontinental Printing
Alberta Venture, Max Fawcett, Redemption Inc.
BCBusiness, Christopher Pollon, Paradise Lost
BCBusiness, Joe Wiebe, The Craft of Brewing
BCBusiness, Roberta Staley, Rise of the Cyclotron
Up Here Business, Helena Katz, To market! To market!
ENVIRONMENTAL
AlbertaViews, Kevin van Tighem, Silence in the Park
AlbertaViews, Paul Haavardsrud, A Burning Dilemma
Canada's History, Alan MacEachern, Open Season
Georgia Straight, Alex Roslin, Japan's irradiated fish worry B.C. experts
Vancouver Magazine, David MacFarlane, The Interdisciplinary Genius of John Robinson
FICTION
Sponsored by Canada Wide Media Limited
Eighteen Bridges, Caroline Adderson, I Feel Lousy
Prairie Fire, Jay Brown, The Egyptians
Prairie Fire, Margaret Sweatman, Go with Bob
Prairie Fire, Richard Van Camp, Devotion
Prism International, Yasuko Thanh, Hustler
Sub-Terrain, Lee Kvern, Detachment
HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Sponsored by Canadian Society of Magazine Editors
AlbertaViews, Karen Connelly, Washing the Body
Geist, Connie Kuhns, Last Day in Cheyenne
Prairie Fire, Susan Buis, Della, Duende
Up Here, Eva Holland, The one who jumped
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, How I Lost My Mother
NEW WRITER
Prism International, Sherry Wong, Dandelion
Profiles West, Melissa Molloy, The Accuser and Us
The Tyee, Carly Wignes, Treaty Troubles
Trek, Rosemary Anderson, A Running Start
Western Living, Stacey McLachlan, The Bounty Hunter
PROFILE
Sponsored by Reader's Digest
BCBusiness, Anne Casselman, The Enforcer
Eighteen Bridges, Christine Fischer Guy, Burden of Proof
Eighteen Bridges, Curtis Gillespie, The Populist
Up Here, Katherine Laidlaw, 'I don't want kids to be hungry'
Up Here Business, Jennifer Geens, Death Doesn't Take a Holiday
PUBLIC ISSUES
AlbertaViews, Chris Turner, Mind the Gap
Eighteen Bridges, Christine Fischer Guy, Burden of Proof
Eighteen Bridges, Jonathan Garfinkel, Theatre of War
Georgia Straight, Daniel Wood, Sullivanism vs. Jane Jacobs
Vancouver Magazine, Paul Webster, The War on the War on Drugs
REGULAR COLUMN OR DEPARTMENT
Backofthebook.ca, Mark Leiren-Young, Mark Leiren-Young culture column
Border Crossings, Meeka Walsh, Bordernotes
Border Crossings, Robert Enright, Bordercolumn
Up! Magazine, Mike Fisher, By the Seat of My Pants
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, Urban Fix
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BCBusiness, Roberta Staley, Rise of the Cyclotron
Focus Magazine, Rob Wipond, The Case for Electroshocking Mia
Swerve, Kevin Brooker, The Gods Must Be Angry
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, No Asylum
Vancouver Magazine, Michael Harris, The Greater Good
SERVICE
Up Here, Aaron Spitzer, Summertime! When the living is ...
Vancouver Magazine, John Burns, Ticket to Ride
Vancouver Magazine, The Editors, The 23rd Annual Restaurant Awards
Western Living, Various Contributors, Designers of the Year
Western Living, Various Contributors, How to Peel an Artichoke
TRAVEL AND LEISURE
British Columbia Magazine, Andrew Findlay, All together on the Great Divide
Eighteen Bridges, Fred Stenson, The New Karoo
Swerve, James Martin, On the Road...With Children
Up Here, Eva Holland, I found the sweet life
Westworld Alberta, Steve Burgess, Singapore Zing
VISUAL AWARDS
BEST PHOTOGRAPH - ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE OR STILL LIFE
British Columbia Magazine, Michael Bednar, Urban Wrangler
Canada's History, Mark Reid, Remembering Vimy
Impact Magazine, Paul Zizka, The Land That Does Not Melt
Vancouver Magazine, Martin Tessler, To All A Good Night
Western Living Condo, Martin Tessler, Lofty Ambition
BEST PHOTOGRAPH - PEOPLE AND PORTRAITURE
Eighteen Bridges, Dan Sackheim, The Populist
New Trail, John Ulan, Changing Face of the North
Swerve, Randy Gibson, Step Right Up
Vancouver Magazine, Carlo Ricci, In Harms Way Carlo Ricci
Vancouver Magazine, Carlo Ricci, Presumed Guilty
BEST PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURE OR SERIES
Avenue, Colin Way, An Uncommon Empire
British Columbia Magazine, Steve Ogle, Waiting for Fairweather
Modern Dog, Hans Sipma, Wet Dogs!
Swerve, Joey Podlubny, Double Take
Swerve, Robert Lemermeyer, You've Got a Ticket to Ride
BEST ILLUSTRATION OR ILLUSTRATION FEATURE
Avenue, Victo Ngai, The Unbearable Lightness of Late-Night Dining
New Trail, Raymond Biesinger, Creative License
Sub-Terrain, Carl Wiens, Detachment
Sub-Terrain, Carl Wiens, Passing
UPPERCASE, Various Contributors, Beautiful Bitmaps
BEST ART DIRECTION - ARTICLE
BCBusiness, Catherine Mullaly, Best Companies to Work for in B.C.
BCBusiness, Catherine Mullaly, From the Ground Up
Vancouver Magazine, Taryn Dufault, The Food Issue
Western Living, Brennan Higginbotham, How to Peel an Artichoke
Western Living, Randall Watson, Designers of the Year
BEST ART DIRECTION - COVER
Avenue, Anders Knudsen, Avenue Last Supper Cover
New Trail, Marcey Andrews, Spring 2012
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, July/August Vancouver Cover
Vancouver Magazine, Randall Watson, October Vancouver Cover
Western Living, Randy Watson, Designers of the Year
GOLD AWARDS
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - ALBERTA/NWT
Eighteen Bridges, Curtis Gillespie, The Populist
Eighteen Bridges, Max Fawcett, Why Knot?
Eighteen Bridges, Russell Cobb, Glorious and Free. Mostly.
Swerve, Malwina Gudowska, A Woman's Place is at the Altar
Up Here, Jasmine Budak, Where have you gone, Annie Pootoogook?
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - BC/YUKON
British Columbia Magazine, Andrew Findlay, Waiting for Fairweather
Georgia Straight, Laura Robinson, Furlong bio omits secret past in Burns Lake
Vancouver Magazine, Frances Bula, How I Lost My Mother
Vancouver Magazine, Pavel Kulisek, Presumed Guilty
Western Living, Masa Takei, Why I Hunt
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - MANITOBA
Sponsored by Government of Manitoba Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Border Crossings, Katie Addlemann, Head On: Flashpoints and Clashpoints in the Art of Adad Hannah
Canada's History, Maggie Van Emmerik, Chilkoot Trail
Canada's History, Mark Reid, Remembering Vimy
Canada's History, Steve Turnbull, Child Migrant
Prairie Fire, Katherine Bitney, Notes from the Boreal Forest
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE - SASKATCHEWAN
Sponsored by Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
Grain Magazine, Ayelet Tsabari, Yemeni Soup and Other Recipes
Westworld Saskatchewan, Allan Casey, Gabriel's Country
Westworld Saskatchewan, Dave Yanko, Rock of Ages
Westworld Saskatchewan, Kerry Banks, 50 Shades of Grey Cup
Westworld Saskatchewan, Lucas Aykroyd, On Frozen Pond
MAGAZINES OF THE YEAR
BEST NEW MAGAZINE
Coast Mountain Culture Magazine
Homes & Living Magazine Vancouver
Interlake Arts, Life & Leisure Magazine
TRADE MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Alberta Oil
British Columbia Medical Journal
CGA Magazine
reel west magazine
West Coast Veterinarian
BEST ONLINE MAGAZINE
BCLiving.ca
Boulderpavement
Swerve
Toque & Canoe
VitaminDaily.com
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - ALBERTA/NWT
Alberta Venture
Eighteen Bridges
Up Here
Up Here Business
UPPERCASE
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - BC/YUKON
BCBusiness
Geist
Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine
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
Canadian Journal of Green Building & Design
Prairie Fire
The Cottager
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - SASKATCHEWAN
Sponsored by Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
BlackFlash
Grain Magazine
Saskatoon HOME Magazine
Westworld Saskatchewan
The winners of each of the provincial Magazine of the Year categories form the list of finalists
for
Magazine of the Year - Western Canada.
The Magazine School TMS
2012
TMS 2012 is a program of the Western
Magazine Awards Foundation. TMS 2012 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 2012 materials are now available to instructors of professional
publishing programs. Please click on the first (red) link below to request your login credentials. Once you
receive a confirmation email, click on the second (black) link to access the materials.
Thank you.
THE MAGAZINE SCHOOL TMS
2012
Instructors, please click here to request login credentials
to use the 2012 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 TMS
2011
Instructors, please click here to request login credentials
to use the 2011 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
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
