How does judging work?

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Important Dates

Dec 1, 2011 - Call for entries
Dec 1 2011 - Call for co-financing
Dec 9 2011 - Co-financing deadline
Jan 13, 2012 5pm - Deadline for entries
May 1, 2012 - Nominees announced
May 1, 2012 - Tickets go on sale
May 7, 2011 - Credit change deadline
May 20, 2012 - Early-bird ticket deadline
Jun 7, 2012 - Awards gala

National Magazine Awards

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

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Acknowledgements

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

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"How does judging work?"

This is a good question. And like all good questions the answer is only slightly complicated. Because the judging process for the National Magazine Awards is a nation-wide bilingual affair. It attempts to have the right kind of representation. And it aims, above all, to be fair. It's very Canadian in other words.

This means:

We need English, French and bilingual judges.

We need judges who are editors, art directors, photographers and subject specialists.

We do our best to avoid conflicts of interest, so our search for judges stretches across the continent and often beyond.

And we do all this with the help of volunteers and the support of a small number of paid contract facilitators. We also continually strive to ensure the judging process remains transparent, and to do that we need your ongoing support, help and advice. Please take the time to read the complete list of rules, the description of the judging process and the foundation's Governance Policy.

If you have any ideas on how to make the awards program even better, or you would like to volunteer your time as a judge or committee member, please email us at staff@magazine-awards.com.

Arjun Basu
President
National Magazine Awards Foundation