For the first time since its debut in 1977, the National Magazine Awards will be held as a virtual broadcast through our digital channels. Creators, storytellers, editors, publishers, and all magazine stakeholders from coast to coast to coast are invited to join the live, interactive Winners Celebration on Facebook, which will be hosted by award-winning writer, editor, content strategist and journalism instructor, Sandra Martin.

The four Best Magazine Awards honour the magazines that most consistently engage, surprise and serve the needs of their readers. These awards recognize outstanding achievement in magazine publishing over the past year. The jury shall evaluate each magazine according to four general criteria quality, currency, design, and reader experience.


Best Magazine: Service + Lifestyle

Explore Magazine

 

Writing & Visual Awards

Columns

From “Two Dads: A Father’s Day Story”

Culture, The Tyee
WRITER: Dorothy Woodend
HANDLING EDITORS: Robyn Smith, Paul Willcocks

Service Journalism

Vancouver Magazine, 2019

The Ultimate Vancouver Wine Buying Guide, Vancouver Magazine
CREATORS: Neal McLennan, Cathy Mullaly
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Anicka Quin

One of a Kind Storytelling 
Found Objects, The Malahat Review
CREATOR, Rowan McCandless
HANDLING EDITOR, Iain Higgins

Personal Journalism 

Chimera, Room Magazine
WRITER: Emily Urquhart
HANDLING EDITOR: Arielle Spence

Essays 

Chimera, Room Magazine
WRITER: Emily Urquhart
HANDLING EDITOR: Arielle Spence

Poetry

The Way / Study of a Torso, Event Magazine
Writer: Cassidy McFadzean
Handling Editor: Shashi Bhat

Cold Dying Black Wet Cold Early Thing, The Malahat Review
Writer: John Elizabeth Stintzi
Handling Editor: Iain Higgins

Marriage Poems, Geist Magazine
WRITER: Matsuki Masutani
HANDLING EDITOR: AnnMarie MacKinnon

Fiction 

Right to Grapple, The Malahat Review
WRITER: Liz Harmer
HANDLING EDITOR: Iain Higgins

The Dahlia, subTerrain
WRITER: Adam Elliott Segal
HANDLING EDITOR: Brian Kaufman

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From Ground Zero, Illustration by Brandon Blommaert

Ground Zero, Geist Magazine
WRITER: Barbara Black
HANDLING EDITOR: MichaĄ KozĄowski

The Last Snow Globe Repairman in the World, PRISM international
WRITER: Hsien Chong Tan
HANDLING EDITORS: Emma Cleary, Jasmine Sealy