National Magazine Awards

The National Magazine Awards Foundation is a bilingual, not-for-profit institution whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines through an annual program of awards.

Important Dates

Sept 1, 2008 - Jury call
Dec 1, 2008 - Call for entries
Dec 12, 2008 - Co-Financing Deadline
Jan 9, 2009 - Submissions Deadline
June 5, 2009 - 32nd annual National Magazine Awards

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Contact Us

The National Magazine Awards
425 Adelaide St West, Suite 700
Toronto, ON, M5V 3C1
staff[at]magazine-awards[dot]com
(t) 416.422.1358 (f) 416.504.0437

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Magazine Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Co-financing

Have budget constraints prevented your publication from submitting entries for the National Magazine Awards? 

We may have the solution. The National Magazine Awards Foundation believes that restricted financial resources should not prevent small, qualified Canadian magazines from submitting their best work to the NMA annual contest.  In order to ensure that the contest truly acknowledges the best work in the Canadian magazine industry, the National Magazine Awards Foundation now offers a co-financing plan to help smaller magazines participate. 

To be eligible, your publication's annual revenue must be below $250,000 (this figure represents all revenues received including any grants, subsidies or funding from foundations, associations or corporations).  For magazines with a total paid and controlled circulation of 20,000 or less, the fund will provide a subsidy for the magazine’s first three entries. The Foundation has set aside a limited fund and the subsidy will be made available on a first come, first served basis to those applicants who meet the qualifying criteria stated above.  

Submitters are asked to provide a recent print run confirmation from the magazine’s printer, or an ABC or CCAB audited statement. 

Applications are available for download here.

Completed applications must be received at the Foundation office by fax or email no later than Friday, December 12, 2008.  Applicants will be notified by email of their acceptance by December 19, 2008.

Once accepted, the applicant must provide full payment with their entries, following which a refund cheque will be prepared and sent to them no later than February 28, 2009.  

If you have any questions about the status of your application please contact us at staff@magazine-awards.com.

Download the Co-financing Application here