The Magazines Canada Award for Best Advertising Campaign

Produced by the National Media Awards Foundation, this award is backed by nearly 50 years of experience recognizing excellence in Canadian media. Known for fair, transparent, and rigorous adjudication, the NMAF brings its trusted reputation to this new honour for outstanding advertising.

Gold NMA Logo About the Award: The Magazines Canada Award for Best Ad Campaign celebrates excellence in advertising that appears in Canadian magazines. Campaigns may be print-only or cross-platform and must be finalized for publication in a Canadian consumer, B2B, or arts & literary magazine.

Submissions are free for 2025 thanks to the support of Ontario Creates. All that’s required is a completed form and a single PDF file of the campaign.

Winning campaigns will be selected based on creativity, originality, effective brand messaging, and strategic use of magazine media.

Nominees will be announced in mid-May. Each finalist campaign will receive complimentary tickets to attend an industry reception and onstage recognition at the National Magazine Awards gala, June 13, 2025 at Arcadian Court in Toronto, courtesy of Ontario Creates.

Why Submit?

  • Earn national recognition for smart, creative campaigns that use Canadian magazines — print or digital — in standout ways.
  • Show your clients the value of magazine media by spotlighting campaigns that deliver results.
  • Support Canadian media at a time when visibility and investment in local platforms matters more than ever.
  • Get your work seen by Canadian magazines, agencies, clients, and media buyers — everyone in the national media ecosystem.
  • Free to enter this year — quick submission, no fee, big upside.

📌Contact Information

Eligible Submitters: Magazine publishers, Canadian-owned ad agencies, Independent creative teams, Media buyers
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📌Campaign Details

(e.g. May 2024 issue) Campaigns must have appeared—or have been fully laid out for publication—in a Canadian consumer, B2B, or cultural magazine between January 1, 2024, and May 1, 2025. Campaigns do not need to have reached readers or newsstands by the submission deadline but must be finalized and scheduled for publication in an upcoming issue.
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📌Upload & Confirmation

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Campaigns may include print-only and cross-platform executions Single ads or multi-ad campaigns are eligible Upload one PDF containing the full creative Max 2G

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