National Magazine Awards

The National Magazine Awards Foundation is a bilingual, not-for-profit institution whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines through an annual program of awards.

Important Dates

Dec 1, 2009- Call for entries
Dec 11, 2009 - Co-Financing Deadline
Jan 15, 2010 - Submissions Deadline
May 1, 2010 - Nominations
June 4, 2010 - Awards Gala

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The National Magazine Awards
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Toronto, ON, M5V 3C1
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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Magazine Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Call for Entries

The submissions process for the 33rd annual National Magazine Awards is now closed. Thank you for participating this year. Nominations will be announced by May 1. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to have the full list of nominees emailed to you. Winners will be announced at the 33rd National Magazine Awards gala on June 4, 2010 in Toronto. Gold awards carry a cash prize of $1000; Silver awards $500.

New this year - Awards for Online magazine content

For the 2009 National Magazine Awards the NMAF will be recognizing excellence in Canadian web-based magazine content and online-only magazines. In addition to our awards for Visual, Written and Integrated print-magazine content, this year we are inaugurating awards specifically for achievements in digital magazine media, with seven new Online Categories. Read all about it.

Also new this year

The NMAF has created a new category, Best New Visual Creator, to reward an illustrator or photographer whose early work in magazines shows the highest degree of craft and promise. The new award for Best New Magazine Writer is a fusion of an earlier award for Best New Writer and the Best Student Writer award.

The integrated category Editorial Packaging for a Single Service Article has been renamed Single Service Article Package. The award definition and requirements remain the same.

Award-Winning Creators Profiles

Attention Winners: The NMAF announced a new initiative to help promote and celebrate the achievements of award winners: The Award-winning Creators Profile – a new opportunity for winners to promote their work by creating profiles of themselves on the NMA online winners archive. All past award winners and finalists are invited to create an online profile which may include a bio, contact information, photograph and links to your work and professional websites. Anywhere your name appears in our Awards Archive it will link directly to your unique profile.