The NMAF is pleased to announce the lineup of categories for the 2020 National Magazine Awards. The revised program features 29 categories, including one brand new category. We’ve also re-named Best New Magazine Writer to Best Emerging Writer, making slight changes to the submissions and eligibility requirements. Check out the full details here.
Writing and Visual Awards:
- Long-form Feature Writing: 6000+ *NEW*
- Long-Form Feature Writing
- Feature Writing
- Short Feature Writing
- Columns
- Essays
- Investigative Reporting
- Fiction
- Personal Journalism
- Poetry
- Profiles
- Service Journalism
- Best Emerging Writer
- Illustration (including Spot and Photo Illustration)
- Portrait Photography
- Lifestyle Photography
- Photo Essay and Photojournalism
- One of a Kind Storytelling
Editorial Awards:
19. Art Direction of a Single Article
20. Best Editorial Package
21. Art Direction Grand Prix
22. Editor Grand Prix
23. Cover Grand Prix
24. Issue Grand Prix
25. Publisher Grand Prix
Grand Prix: Best Magazine Awards
26. Best Magazine: News, Business, General Interest
27. Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle
28. Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture
29. Best Magazine: Special Interest
The NMAF will present the winners of the Magazine Grand Prix award and the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2020 gala, taking place in Spring 2020 in Toronto.
If you’re interested in submitting to the 2020 NMAs, note that the call for entries open on December 2nd, 2019 and closes on January 22nd, 2020. To save on fees, get your entries in by the early bird deadline of January 15th, 2020.
Our Freelancer Support Fund and Small Magazine Rebate will be available once again this year, ensuring that our awards recognize the best work from a broad range of Canadian creators and magazines.
Call for Judges
The NMAF is currently accepting nominations for individuals to serve on the juries for this year’s National Magazine Awards. Our website has all of the information on our judging process and how to be a juror. Interested? Send an email to staff@magazine-awards.com with a few sentences outlining your professional experience.
