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Important Dates

Dec 1, 2011 - Call for entries
Dec 1 2011 - Call for co-financing 
Dec 9 2011 - Co-financing deadline
Jan 13, 2012 5pm - Deadline for entries
May 1, 2012 - Nominees announced
May 1, 2012 - Tickets go on sale
May 7, 2011 - Credit change deadline
May 20, 2012 - Early-bird ticket deadline
Jun 7, 2012 - Awards gala

National Magazine Awards

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

Acknowledgements

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

 

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And the nominees are...

From nearly 2,000 individual entries nationwide, the NMAF’s 228 volunteer judges nominated a total of 362 submissions from 81 different Canadian magazines for awards in 45 written, visual, integrated and special categories. The Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards will be announced in Toronto on June 7, at the 35th anniversary National Magazine Awards gala, sponsored by CDS Global, L’Oréal Canada, TC Media, Reader’s Digest Foundation, and others.

[Full Press Release] [Version française]
[PDF Nominations List]

Read the full text of any nominated article here.


The three finalists for the coveted award Magazine of the Year (Print)are Maisonneuve, Outdoor Canada and Sportsnet.

For the category Magazine of the Year (Digital) the finalists are thegridto.com (The Grid), todaysparent.com (Today’s Parent) and torontolife.com(Toronto Life).

The winner of the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement is Heather Robertson.

Leading all Canadian magazines with 34 nominations is The Walrus, followed by Report on Business (30), Toronto Life(24),L’actualité (22) and explore (19).

Read more on our Magazine Awards blog.


 

Tickets

Tickets for the 35th anniversary National Magazine Awards gala are on sale now.
 

Call for Volunteers

The NMAF is looking for volunteers to help staff the awards gala on June 7, 2012. All volunteers must be available to work from noon-10pm on the day of the gala. Dinner and breaks will be provided. To inquire about volunteering, please email us

Magnet: Canada's Magazine Conference June 5-8, 2011

MagNet's website is now live and registration is open -- magnet.magazinescanada.ca

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