Thursday night in Calgary the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association presented the winners of the 2015 Alberta Magazine Awards, and Avenue magazine of Edmonton took home the biggest prize, Magazine of the Year.
Swerve led all magazines with 6 awards (2 Gold, 4 Silver). Magazine of the year co-finalists Avenue Calgary and Glass Buffalo were next with 2 Gold and 2 Silver each.
National Magazine Award-winning writer Omar Mouallem was the most decorated individual winner with 3 awards: Gold for Profiles and for Essays, and Silver for Feature Writing. NMA finalist Arno Kopecky also won a Gold award for Best Alberta Story.
Here are the Gold winners from the 2015 Alberta Magazine Awards:
Magazine of the Year: Avenue Edmonton
Alberta Story: Alberta Views Game Changer – Arno Kopecky
Art Direction: Georgie No. 3 W14 – Nathan Marshall, art director; Neil Mota and Aaron Pedersen photographers
Cover: Western Living September 2014 “Designers of the Year – Paul Roelofs, art director; Evaan Kheraj portrait photographer
Digital Presence: Alberta Oil 10th Anniversary Tablet Edition – Ryan Girard, Kim Larson, Colton Ponto, Ben Rude, Jennifer Madole and Brent Felzien
Emerging Writer: Glass Buffalo A Tale of Two Forms – Peter Takach
Essay: Swerve Children of a Lessser Santa – Omar Mouallem
Feature Design: Avenue Edmonton Back in the Game – Pete Nguyen, art director
Feature Writing: Alberta Venture Dot -111 – Anthony Davis
Fiction: Glass Buffalo Pearl – Bruce Cinnamon
Illustration: Avenue Calgary What’s Lost – Jon Krause
Photograph (Still-Life, Landscape, Architecture): Westworld Phantoms on Ice – Kurtis Kristianson, Spindrift Photography
Photograph (People and Portrait): Avenue Calgary Cultural Movement – Jared Sych
Poetry: FreeFall But I’m no one – Weyman Chan
Profile: New Trail Ray Muzyka’s Next Chapter – Omar Mouallem
Service: Swerve It’s Your Funeral – Rita Sirignano
Editor of the Year: Steve Sandor, Avenue Edmonton
Volunteer of the Year: Jennifer Schmidt-Rempel, Lethbridge Living Magazine
Achievement in Publishing: Chris Bird, Kootenay Business Magazine andFly Fusion Magazine
Best New Magazine: Grains West
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Check out all the highlights at albertamagazines.com/awards.
Avenue Edmonton, Swerve, Omar Mouallem among big winners at the Alberta Magazine Awards
