The National Magazine Awards Foundation and Department of Canadian Heritage are
proud to announce the finalists and winner of the 4th annual Best Student Writer award.
This year's winners are:
WINNER:
Chris Watt, "Iraq's Walking Dead",
Maisonneuve
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Canice Leung, "Investigating
Harvey", Ryerson Review of Journalism
Laura Trunkey, "Pennies in my Pocket",
Prairie Fire
All three finalists will received tickets to the 32nd annual National Magazine Awards gala on June 5. The
winner received a $1000 prize and an award certificate on stage at the gala. The 2 Honourable Mention
recipients each received an award certificate.
About the Best Student Writer
award
The National Magazine Award for Best Student Writer
is awarded each year to a full-time student whose non-fiction or journalistic work in a Canadian consumer
magazine or university/college magazine shows the highest degree of craft and promise.
Previous Winners
2007
Winner: Julia Belluz, “I” (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
Honourable Mentions:
Meena Nallainathan, "Staring
Down the Tigers" (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
Dan Yates, "Ringmaster" (the
Crow)
2006
Winner: Buffy Cram, "Man Hands," Prairie Fire
Honourable Mentions:
Joe Castaldo, "Whyte
Noise" (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
Erin Morrison, "To Dance" (the Crow)
2005
Winner: Leigh Doyle, "So
Long" (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
Honourable Mentions:
Keren Ritchie, "Rough, Tough
& Ready to Rumble" (Ryerson Review of Journalism)
Ben Sainsbury, "Houdini, Get Me Out Of
This!" (NOW Magazine)
For more information, please contact us at staff@magazine-awards.com or 416.422.1358.
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