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
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
