The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement
2009 Winner
Since 1977, Terry Sellwood has been the quintessential educator, mentor and
ambassador for the Canadian magazine industry.
Terry’s experience is vast. He is currently the chair of Magazines Canada and the general manager of
Quarto Communications which publishes Cottage Life, explore, Outdoor Canada and Canadian Home
Workshop. He has worked with—or for—most of Canada’s major publishing companies and was the
Executive Vice-President of the largest Canadian magazine fulfillment company, INDAS. Terry has held
the position of chair for both the Circulation Management Association of Canada (CMC) and the National
Magazine Awards Foundation. When nominating Terry for this award, president of Quarto Communications Al
Zikovitz noted that “no conversation about magazine publishing and its future is complete without Terry’s
name arising.” Another nominator, Magazines Canada program coordinator Gwen Dunant, recalled Terry’s powers
of passion and persuasion: “I've seen him take a room of desultory people and leave them all wanting
to be circulators by the time he sits down.” To honour his many
contributions to his colleagues across the country, Terry was named 2006 volunteer of the year by Magazines
Canada and 2006 marketer of the year by the CMC.
Terry’s wealth
of knowledge has been shared through a variety of means; he is a founding faculty member of the Magazines
Canada School for Circulation, an active travelling consultant and a former magazine instructor at
both Ryerson University and the Banff Publishing Workshop.
In the words of Jim and Linda Gourlay,
Co-Publishers of Saltscapes, “(Terry) has freely provided sage advice, both formally and
informally, to many publishers, editors and circulators…(and) has done so with the discipline of a seasoned
colleague and the warmth of a beloved uncle.” Another nominating admirer noted that he is a generous teacher and mentor and the students’
“affection for him is
well-merited.”
Terry’s generosity has also been
channelled into advocacy. He has taken a leadership role in lobbying all levels of government on a variety of
industry issues from fair postage rates to opposing competition from government-owned magazines and
beyond.
Finally, Terry is a
proud new grandfather, a musician, a consummate cottager and a good friend.
For being an inspiring and “devoted” example to all who've worked with
him, the NMAF is proud to present Terry Sellwood with the Foundation Award for Outstanding
Achievement.
Previous Winners of the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement
2008 Cynthia Brouse
2007 Charles Oberdorf
2006 Neville Gilfoy
2005 John Macfarlane
2004 Paul Jones
2003 Stephen Osborne
2002 Sally Armstrong
2001 Al Zikovitz
2000 Ken Rodmell
1999 Peter C. Newman
1998 Lynn Cunningham
1997 Robert Fulford
1996 James Ireland
1995 Catherine Keachie
1994 Jean Paré
1993 Don Obe
1992 Barbara Moon
1991 Lloyd Hodgkinson
1990 Michael de Pencier
1989 Prue Hemelrijk
The NMAF’s most prestigious individual prize since
its inception in 1990 is The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement, an award that recognizes an
individual's innovation and creativity through contributions to the magazine industry.
The award is open to circulation experts, editors, marketing, sales and promotion professionals,
publishers, designers, production managers - in short, to everyone in the industry. It cannot be given
posthumously.
Nominations for this award are welcome from everyone in the industry. The nomination consists of a letter
from the nominator indicating the candidate’s name, title and career achievements, with supporting letters
from at least two (2) other individuals.
The Judging Committee of the National Magazine Awards Foundation
will consider the nominations, along with nominations from members of the Committee itself. The Board of the
National Magazine Awards Foundation will select the winner. No entry fee is required.
The deadline for submissions for the 2009 Foundation Award for
Outstanding Achievement is March 1, 2011.
Mail your applications to:
Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement
The National Magazine Awards Foundation
425 Adelaide St W, Suite 700, Toronto, ON, M5V 3C1
Or you may send applications by email - including PDFs of all
supporting letters - to staff[at]magazine-awards[dot]com.
