25th Annual Western Magazine Awards

On Friday, June 22nd the winners were announced.
The winners are listed below in bold.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Sutherland

#1 Business
sponsored by Transcontinental
Claudia Cornwall "Wealth Care" BCBusiness
Myles Murchison "Stiff Competition" BCBusiness
Ben Parfitt "Fuels in Question" The Georgia Straight
Andrew Struthers "The Beach" Western Living

#2 Science, Technology, and Medicine
sponsored by Strategy magazine
Danny Bradbury "Epicentre" BlackFlash: Lens Site Scene
Charles Campbell "The Cat Came Back" Western Living
Danielle Egan "Brave New Mood" Vancouver
Jeff Gailus "Keeping the Bugs at Bay" Alberta Venture

#3 Arts, Culture, and Entertainment
sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts
Michael Harris "No-Name City" Vancouver Review
Matthew Rankin "The Seven Pillars of Winnipeg" BlackFlash: Lens Site Scene
Peter Unwin "The Pen and The Sword" The Beaver
Caelum Vatnsdal "Continuity Problems" Prairie Fire

#4 Travel and Leisure
sponsored by WestJet
Andrew Findlay "Rink on the Roof of the World" Westworld
Tom Maloney "Mastering the Mouse" up!
John Moore "Sporting Life" Vancouver Review
Tim Querengesser "Welcome to Bare Country" Up Here

#5 Regular Column or Department
sponsored by Redpoint Media Group Inc.
Shirley Goldberg "Films" Humanist Perspectives
Betsy Trumpener "North of Unreal" Northword
Meeka Walsh "Bordernotes" Border Crossings
Tony Wilson "Nothing Official" BARTALK

#6 Fiction
sponsored by the Listel Hotel
Liam Durcan "Fado" Prairie Fire
Stephen Gauer "Jumper" Prairie Fire
Nancy Mauro "AAA Ace Framing" Grain
Anik See "Etching" Prairie Fire

#7 Profile
sponsored by Reader's Digest
Steve Burgess "The Sullivan Show" Vancouver
Sylvia Fraser "The Healer" Vancouver
Michael Harris "King Arthur" Vancouver
Jacquie Moore "Just Wingin' It" Swerve

#8 Human Experience
sponsored by Capliano College
Colleen Friesen "Meth & Kin" Vancouver
Clem Martini "On The Edge" Alberta Views
Susan Olding "On Separation" Prairie Fire
Cathy Ostlere "Somewhere in the Middle of the Atlantic" Prairie Fire

#9 Public Issues
sponsored by The Tyee
Tyee Bridge "Wasteland" Vancouver
Jeremy Klaszus "Big Oil on Trial" Alberta Views
Chris Turner "8) ways to look at sprawl" Swerve
Jessica Werb "will you be my mother?" BCBusiness

#10 Service
sponsored by Indas Limited
Rob Abbott, Mark Lowey, Dave Reynolds, Paul Stastny "Will Calgary ever be green?" CalgaryInc
Yvonne Jeffery "What's The Worst That Could Happen?" Swerve
Jacquie Moore "The Wonderfully Compromised Wedding" Swerve
Vicki O'Brien "Bad Boss" BCBusiness

#11 Gold Award Best Article–Manitoba
sponsored by Manitoba Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Jake MacDonald "Water In The Basement" Western Living
Matthew Rankin "The Ballad of John & John & Yoko" The Beaver
Shayne Stephens "Winnipeg: A Work in Progress" Winnipeg Men
Caelum Vatnsdal "Continuity Problems" Prairie Fire

#12 Gold Award Best Article–Saskatchewan
sponsored by Saskatchewan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Danny Bradbury "Epicentre" BlackFlash: Lens Site Scene
Allan Casey "Land of Lakes" Western Living
Lionel Hughes "Here I Am on the Hill" Prairies North
Tyler McCreary & Richard Milligan "Core Neighbourhoods Start Their Own Food Store" Briarpatch

#13 Gold Award Best Article–Alberta/NWT
sponsored by Redpoint Media Group Inc.
Tyee Bridge "Field of Dreams" Swerve
Chris Koentges "See Here Now" up!
Andrew Nikiforuk "Raymond and the Machine" Alberta Venture
Harry Vandervlist "The Macleod Trail Expedition" Swerve

#14 Gold Award Best Article–BC/Yukon
sponsored by BC Arts Council
Terry Glavin "Lost Cities" Vancouver Review
Andrew MacLeod "Blowing the Whistle" Monday
John Moore "Sporting Life" Vancouver Review
Andrew Struthers "The Beach" Western Living

#15 Best Photograph–Architectural, Landscape or Still Life
Alastair Bird "Knobs" The Block
Ian Grant "Living Spaces" Avenue - Edmonton
Laura Letinsky "Untitled #49" Border Crossings
John Sinal "The 17th Annual Magazine Awards" Vancouver

#16 Best Photographic Feature or Series
sponsored by Trunk Gallery at Clutch/autoONE
Daniel Gibbons "Why Be Happy When You Can Be Sad" Orange Life
David McMillan "Grounding Memory: The Chernobyl Photographs of David McMillan" Border Crossings
Shannon Mendes "Around the World in 23 Restaurants" Vancouver
Kate Szatmari "Dead Ringer" Ion

#17 Best Photograph–People and Portraiture
sponsored by McLean Majdanski Chartered Accountants
Phillip Chin "the flight stuff" Reel West
Steven Errico "The Fishman - Robert Clark" Vancouver
James May "The Lion-Hearted" Alberta Views
John Sinal "Art & Soul" Vancouver

#18 Best Illustration or Illustration Feature
sponsored by Adobe
John Antoski & Dustin Koop "Said and Done" Color
Jillian Tamaki "Failing the Grade" Vancouver
Ben Tour "A Tour Story" Color
Howie Woo "Leonardo's Workshop" YES Mag: The Science Magazine For Adventurous Minds

#19 Best Art Direction–Article
sponsored by Top Producer Systems Inc.
Wes Dauncey "Innovators & Ideamakers" CalgaryInc
Anders Knudsen "Minds for Design" Avenue - Calgary
Rita Sasges "Space for Ourselves" Orange Life
Randall Watson "Meth & Kin" Vancouver

#20 Best Art Direction–Cover
sponsored by the Lazy Gourmet
Kris Blizzard & Luisa Rino "Volume 1, Issue 1" The Block
Randy Gibson "Issue 32.2" dANDelion
Sandro Grison "Said and Done" Color: Issue 4.4
Danae Thompson "the No. 1 bus" Swerve: 09.29.06

#21 Trade Magazine of the Year
sponsored by Masthead magazine
Canadian Diamonds: Michael Ganley; Jake Kennedy; Marion LaVigne; John Pekelsky, editors
Enterprise:Roberta Staley, editor
Far North Oil & Gas: Darren Campbell; Jake Kennedy; Marion LaVigne; John Pekelsky, editors
Reel West: Ian Caddell, editor

#22 Best New Magazine
sponsored by BC Association of Magazine Publishers
Geez:Will Braun & Aiden Enns, editors
KNOW: The Science Magazine For Curious Kids: Adrienne Mason, editor
Powell River Living: Robert Dufour & Isabelle Southcott, editors
Western Living Condo: Felicity Stone, editor

#23 Magazine of the Year–Manitoba
sponsored by Manitoba Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Border Crossings: Meeka Walsh, editor
Geez:Will Braun & Aiden Enns, editors
Praire Fire: Andris Taskans, editor
The Beaver: Doug Whiteway, editor

#24 Magazine of the Year–Saskatchewan
sponsored by Saskatchewan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Acreage Life: Barb Glen, editor
BlackFlash: Lens Site Scene:Buffalo Berry Press
Briarpatch: Dave Oswald Mitchell, editor
Grain: Kent Bruyneel, editor

#25 Magazine of the Year–AB/NWT
Alberta Views: Jackie Flanagan, editor
Orange Life:Daniel Gibbons & Susie Hutchinson, editors
Swerve: Shelley Youngblut, editor
Up Here: Jake Kennedy, editor

#26 Magazine of the Year–BC/YK
sponsored by BC Arts Council
BCBusiness:Tracy Tjaden, editor
Geist: Stephen Osborne, editor
Western Living: Jim Sutherland, editor
The Malahat Review: John Barton, editor

#27 Magazine of the Year–Western Canada
sponsored by Transcontinental
Geez:Will Braun & Aiden Enns, editors