Best New Magazine Writer
This award will go to a writer whose early work in magazines (Print Magazine,
Digital Magazine or Magazine
Website) shows the highest degree of craft and promise. The award is open to students and magazine
writers with a maximum of two years’ experience in professional journalism. The intent is to restrict this
award to emerging writing talent in Canadian magazines. Eligible work must be non-fiction and a minimum of
1,000 words in length and the candidate must not have a published article longer than 1,000 words in any
magazine prior to 2010. Articles published in university/college magazines are eligible.
The entry fee is $25. Only one entry per person. All entries
must comply with the NMAF's Rules
Eligibility.
Each submission must be accompanied by a one-page letter of reference from the handling editor of the piece.
We require four (4) original copies of the submission and four (4) copies of the reference letter. This award
includes a cash prize of $500.
Best New Visual Creator
This award will go to an illustrator, photographer or digital image creator whose early work in magazines
(Print Magazine, Digital
Magazine or Magazine Website) shows the highest degree of craft and promise. The award is open to
students and magazine photographers and illustrators with a maximum of two years’ experience in professional
journalism. The intent is to restrict this award to emerging creative talent in Canadian magazines. Eligible
work must be a minimum of one full page in size or digital equivalent and the candidate must not have a
published photograph or illustration of larger than one full page in size or digital equivalent in any
magazine prior to 2010. Illustrations/photographs published in university/college magazines are
eligible.
The entry fee is $25. Only one entry per person. All entries must comply with the NMAF's Rules & Eligibility.
Each submission must be accompanied by a one-page letter of reference from the handling art director of the
piece. We require four (4) original copies of the submission and four (4) copies of the reference letter.
This award includes a cash prize of $500.
For more information please contact us at staff[at]magazine-awards[dot]com or 416.422.1358.
Previous Winners of Best New Magazine
Writer
2010 - Matthieu Aikins, "Last
Stand in Kandahar" (The Walrus)
2009 - Danielle Groen, "This is Your Brain on Love" (Chatelaine)
2008 - Kris Demeanor, "Get a Real
Job" (unlimited)
2007 - Patrick White, "Red
Rush" (The Walrus)
2006 - Jeremy Klaszus, "Big
Oil on Trial" (AlbertaViews)
2005 - Larry Frolick, "The Wired Cabin"; "Danger Signs" (Outpost)
2004 - Sophie Lees (AlbertaViews)
2003 - Chantal Srivastava (L'actualité)
2002 - Jean-Francois Bégin (L'actualité)
2001 - Jonathan Trudel (L'actualité)
2000 - Matthew McKinnon
Previous Winners of Best New Visual
Creator
2009 - Byron Eggenschwiler "Tales from Riverheights Terrace" (Swerve)
Previous Winners of Best Student Writer
2008 - Chris Watt, "Iraq's Walking Dead",
Maisonneuve
2007 - Julia Belluz, “I” (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
2006 - Buffy Cram, "Man Hands," Prairie Fire
2005 - Leigh Doyle, "So
Long" (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
