The National Media Awards Foundation is proud to present a showcase of works by award-winning creators who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Each of these creators has won or been nominated for a National Magazine Award, Digital Publishing Award or National Magazine Award: B2B, and since then, has done further high-quality work in the fields of journalism, visual arts, creative writing and more. Check out the creators below to learn more about them, read their award-winning work and view their most recent projects.
If you are a publisher or editor who would like to connect with a featured creator, or if you are a BIPOC creator who has won or been nominated for a National Magazine Award, NMA: B2B award or Digital Publishing Award and would like to be included in our showcase, please contact us.
Rollie Pemberton
Rollie Pemberton is a writer, rapper, producer, poet and activist who performs under the name Cadence Weapon. He won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his album Parallel World. His debut memoir, Bedroom Rapper, was published in 2022. His column Mind In Bloom was nominated for a 2024 National Magazine Award. His writing has been published in Pitchfork, The Guardian, Wired, Toronto Life, The Globe and Mail and Hazlitt. Currently based in Hamilton, Pemberton was a former Poet Laureate in his hometown of Edmonton. His new album Rollercoaster is out now.
2024 National Magazine Awards, Columns: “Mind in Bloom,” Hazlitt (Honourable Mention)
