Last Thursday night in Calgary the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association presented the winners of the 2017 Alberta Magazine Awards.
New Trail took home the top prize as Alberta Magazine of the Year. The alumni magazine of the University of Alberta has been nominated for 12 National Magazine Awards since 2012, winning 3, so it should come as no surprise that the magazine is making a huge splash in its home province. Honourable Mention for Alberta Magazine of the Year went to Avenue Edmonton and West Jet Magazine.
New Trail won a total of 9 medals. They took the Gold Medal in Art Direction of a Single Issue, another Gold Medal in Service: Lifestyle and yet another Gold Medal in Service: Business. They swept Gold and Silver in Editorial Package, then did it again, winning the Gold Medal and Silver Medal for Best Feature Design. They also won a Silver in Essays.
New Trail‘s editor-in-chief Lisa Cook was named Alberta Editor of the Year.
Canadian Rockies Annual won 5 Alberta Magazine Awards, including Best New Magazine and a sweep of Gold and Silver in the category Still-Life Photography.
Congratulations to Canadian Rockies Annual, Best New Magazine #abmags17 pic.twitter.com/lZPeTg4NbF
— AMPA (@albertamags) March 17, 2017
Avenue Magazine also won 5 Alberta Magazine Awards, including Gold in Best Essay for “How to Talk about Death and Dying” by Christina Frangou.
Among individual creators, writer Omar Mouallem led all winners with 3 Alberta Magazine Awards, including Gold in Feature Writing for “Truth North Strong” in Western Living.
The winner of the Emerging Writer Gold award was Chris Cassis of Glass Buffalo magazine.
Gold, Emerging Writer: Chris Cassis, Taking Names, @GlassBuffalo #abmags17 pic.twitter.com/PSxDOKMCg7
— AMPA (@albertamags) March 17, 2017
Other winners at this year’s Alberta Magazine Awards include Alberta Views, Apple Magazine, Avenue Edmonton, Filling Station, Oilsands Review, Oilweek, Swerve, and The Yards.
Check out @AMPA‘s twitter feed for the complete recap.
