Past Winners of the Western Magazine Awards 2009 - 2014

Best Art Direction - Cover, “Western Living Magazine Design Issue”
Creator: Mike McCormack, Art Director: Paul Roelofs, Western Living
Best Photograph - People and Portraiture, “Arrested Developments: Steve Fonyo” photographed by Carlo Ricci, Vancouver Magazine
Gold Award - Manitoba, “Going, Going, Gone” by Matthew Kirby, Canada’s History Magazine
Gold Award Best Article - Saskatchewan, “Bunking with History” by Darrell Noakes, Westworld Saskatchewan
Gold Award Best Article - Alberta/NWT, “In The Chair” by Curtis Gillespie, Eighteen Bridges (Editor, Curtis Gillespie)
Gold Award - BC/Yukon, “Soft Shouldered” by Sarah de Leeuw, Prism International

Gold Award, Best Article - Manitoba, “Head On: Flashpoints and Clashpoints in the Art of Adad Hannah” by Katie Addleman, Border Crossings
Gold Award, Best Article - Saskatchewan, “Yemeni Soup” by Ayelet Tsbari, Grain.
Gold Award, Best Article-Alberta/NWT, “Why Knot” by Max Fawcett, Eighteen Bridges
Gold Award, Best Article – BC/Yukon “How I Lost My Mother to Alzheimer’s” by Frances Bula, Vancouver Magazine

Gold Award, Best Article – Manitoba “Hooked” by Shel Zolkewich, Western Living
Gold Award, Best Article – Saskatchewan, “The La Loche Project” by Kent Morrison, The Crow
Gold Award, Best Article - Alberta/NWT, “Bearing Witness” by Chris Turner, Eighteen Bridges
Gold Award, Best Article – B.C./Yukon, “Blood Brothers” by Timothy Taylor, Vancouver Magazine

Best Photographic Feature or Series. “Structural Change,”by John Sinal, Vancouver Magazine.
Best Art Direction-Article “Preparing the Vessel” by Danae Thompson, Swerve
Gold Award, Best Article - Alberta/NWT “The Campaign in Full Sentences” by Chris Koentges, Swerve
Gold Award, Best Article - BC/Yukon “Intimate Strangers” by Eve Joseph, Malahat Review.
Gold Award, Best Article-Manitoba. “Life in the Fur Lane” by Claudine Gervais, Going Places
Gold Award, Best Article – Saskatchewan “Beijing Notes” by Chuqiao (Teresa) Yang, Grain Magazine.

Gold Award Best Article-Alberta/NWT. “Mr. Tree” by Jeremy Klaszus, Alberta Views
Gold Award, Best Article - BC/Yukon “Foodville: Part One” by Timothy Taylor, Vancouver Review.
Gold Award, Best Article – Saskatchewan, “Getting Their Kicks,” by John Campbell, Westworld Saskatchewan.
Human Experience, “The Geography of Ambiguity,” by Mary Horodyski, Prairie Fire.
Best Art Direction – Article. “You’re Invited,” art directed by Danae Thompson, photographed by Leah Hennel, Swerve
Best Fiction, “Eat Fist” by Andrew MacDonald, Event
Best Art Direction – Cover. July Cover, art directed by Catherine Mullaly, BCBusiness.
Best Photograph - Architectural, Landscape, or Still Life. “The Real Deal,” photographed by Clinton Hussey, Western Living.
Best Photograph - Feature or Series.“Saving Skid Row ” by Venturi + Karpa, The Beaver (now Canada’s History Magazine)

Gold Award, Best Article-Alberta/NWT. “Helen Koentges” Chris Koentges, Swerve.
Gold Award, Best Article – BC/Yukon. “Playing Tourist in the Downtown Eastside” by Chris Koentges, Up!
Gold Award, Best Article – Saskatchewan. “The Little Boat That Could,” by Allan Casey, Westworld Saskatchewan.
Gold Award, Best Article-Manitoba, “Ten Photos that Changed Canada,” The Beaver
Human Experience, Best Article, “On Atrocity and Grace,” by Linsday Cuff Malahat Review

“Structural Change,” John Sinal, Vancouver, Best Photograph Feature or Series. TMS 2011.
“The Real Deal,” Clinton Hussey, Western Living. Best Photograph - Architectural, Landscape, or Still Life. TMS 2010
“Saving Skid Row,” Venturi + Karpa, The Beaver. Best Photograph - Feature or Series. TMS 2010
“Ten Photos that Changed Canada,” The Beaver. TMS 2009

Visual Awards: Art Direction

“Preparing the Vessel,” Danae Thompson, Swerve. Best Art Direction - Single Article. TMS 2011.
“You’re Invited,” Danae Thompson, photographed by Leah Hennel. Swerve. Best Art Direction – Article. TMS 2010
July Cover, Catherine Mullaly, BCBusiness, Best Art Direction – Cover. TMS 2010

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