The National Media Awards Foundation is presenting a virtual ceremony on June 11th to celebrate the annual National Magazine Awards in Canada. The 44th annual awards will be hosted by Sandra E. Martin. This year, the National Media Awards Foundation received submissions from 160 various publications across Canada, amounting to over 1000 entries. Below are the nominees from British Columbia.

 

FEATURE WRITING / MEILLEUR ARTICLE DE FOND

Could 80,000 family woodlot owners be the key to saving the Acadian forest?
The Narwhal
Lindsay Jones
Handling Editor: Emma Gilchrist


SHORT FEATURE WRITING / MEILLEUR ARTICLE COURT

Swimming in the Dark
FOLKLIFE
Wendy Burton
Contributors: Margy Gilmour, Mary Ann Richards, Alina Cerminara
Handling Editor: Charles Hart

“I’m the Virus You Named COVID-19. Glad to Meet You”
The Tyee
Andrew Nikiforuk
Handling Editor: David Beers


COLUMNS / CHRONIQUES

Dorothy Woodend on culture
The Tyee
Dorothy Woodend
Handling Editor: Robyn Smith


ESSAYS / ESSAIS

To Love Again: A Natural Hair Journey
Room
Téa Mutonji
Handling Editor: Chelene Knight

I Do
Room
Erin Soros
Handling Editor:  Rachel Thompson


INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING / JOURNALISME D’ENQUÊTE 

The Lone Wolf That Was Loved to Death
Hakai Magazine
Larry Pynn
Handling Editor: Jude Isabella

‘You’re out there alone’: whistleblowers say workplace abuse hides true impacts of B.C.’s trawl fishery
The Narwhal
Jimmy Thomson
Handling Editors: Emma Gilchrist, Carol Linnitt, Arik Ligeti


PERSONAL JOURNALISM

The Glow of Electrum
The Malahat Review
Daniel Allen Cox
Handling Editor: Iain Higgins

Who Names the Rez Dog Rez?
The Malahat Review
Joshua Whitehead
Handling Editor: Iain Higgins


POETRY

Dear Kin / Dear Kin (VI)
EVENT
Shazia Hafiz Ramji
Handling Editor: Shashi Bhat

The Great Flu / Song of Birth and Death / Subject – Verb – Object
EVENT
Patricia Young
Handling Editor: Shashi Bhat

Louise
PRISM International
Emily Riddle
Handling Editor: Emily Chou

Cree Girl Explodes the Political Project Called “Alberta”
Room
Emily Riddle
Handling Editor: Geffen Semach


PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

Meet the people saving Canada’s native grasslands
The Narwhal
Amber Bracken
Contributor: Stephanie Wood

State of erosion: the legacy of Manitoba Hydro
The Narwhal
Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Handling Editors: Carol Linnitt, Stephanie Wood

 

PHOTO ESSAY & PHOTOJOURNALISM

Wet’suwet’en matriarchs arrested as RCMP enforce Coastal GasLink pipeline injunction
The Narwhal
Amber Bracken
Contributors: Sarah Cox, Carol Linnitt

State of erosion: the legacy of Manitoba Hydro
The Narwhal
Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Contributors: Carol Linnitt, editor; Stephanie Wood, cultural editor; Raina Delisle, copy editor
Handling Editor: Emma Gilchrist


ONE OF A KIND STORYTELLING

Cord
The Malahat Review
Erin Soros
Handling Editor: Iain Higgins


BEST EDITORIAL PACKAGE

SAD Mag Issue 29: Sex
SAD Mag
Madeline Barber, Co-publisher & Editorial Manager and Syd Danger, Co-Publisher & Creative Director

  

ART DIRECTION GRAND PRIX / GRAND PRIX DE LA DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE

SAD Mag Issue 29: Sex
SAD Mag
Syd Danger



BEST EDITORIAL NEWSLETTER

The Narwhal Newsletter
The Narwhal
Arik Ligeti

The Supplement Newsletter
The Supplement
Samantha McCabe, Alex Nguyen (Vancouver), Sierra Bein (Toronto)


BEST PODCAST: ARTS & CULTURE

The Hopeful
The Hopeful
Shayda Omidvar, Portia Larlee, Claire Brassard, Ryan Clarke


BEST ONLINE VIDEO: FEATURE

When fracking and hydro dams collide
The Narwhal
Ben Parfitt, Jayce Hawkins, Carol Linnitt

We Crack Open Dr. Henry’s Model for Taming the Pandemic
The Tyee
Jesse Lupini, Koby Michaels, Lucas Kavanagh, Jeanette Ageson, David Beers


Main article image: The Lone Wolf That Was Loved to Death Hakai Magazine
A decommissioned lighthouse on Discovery Island sports a mural of Takaya. Photo by Shanna Baker