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The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is a bilingual, not-for-profit institution whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines and Canadian digital publishing through two annual awards programs: the National Magazine Awards (NMAs) and the Digital Publishing Awards (DPAs).

Both events—The National Magazine Awards gala and the Digital Publishing Awards soirée—take place each June in Toronto. Each year the NMAF relies on over 100 volunteer judges to evaluate the entries and award gold and silver winners in the NMA written, visual, integrated and special categories and in the various DPA categories.

A 20-member board of directors mostly drawn from the Canadian media industry governs the NMAF. The current president of the board of directors of the NMAF is Nino Di Cara, Executive Vice President, Content Marketing for Bookmark (formerly Spafax).

History

In 1976 Andrew MacFarlane, Dean of Journalism at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), was trying to revive the university's recently defunct President's Medal for Canadian Magazine Journalism. His original idea was to create a new award divided into English and French counterparts. But MacFarlane eventually developed a proposal for a series of magazine awards, whose salient features were that the program would be bilingual – and therefore truly national – and would recognize individual excellence in the many aspects of the magazine industry – writers, illustrators, editors, photographers and art directors.

MacFarlane together with John S. Crosbie, president of the Magazine Association of Canada, secured the participation of the Canadian Periodical Publishers Association (CPPA), representing 193 Canadian magazines, and CPPA's former president Michael de Pencier. MacFarlane reached out to his counterpart at Université Laval, Roger de la Garde, Alan Edmunds, head of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), and veteran newsman Pierre Berton, among others. As the collective effort began to take shape across the country, by the spring of 1977 the National Magazine Awards had developed a clear mandate.

On 14 November 1977, National Magazine Awards Foundation received its charter of non-profit foundation status from the Province of Ontario.

In 2015, the NMAF established the Digital Publishing Awards, to promote and reward the achievements of those who create digital publishing content in Canada.

The National Magazine Awards celebrated 40 years of awarding Canadian creators in 2017. The 40th anniversary event was co-hosted by Kim Pittaway, Michael de Pencier, and D.B. Scott. Alicia Elliott delivered the keynote address.^[1]

The first awards

There were more than 1300 entries to the first National Magazine Awards for the year 1977. 62 judges evaluated the entries and awarded winners in 14 categories. The first National Magazine Awards gala was held on Thursday, 11 May 1978 at the Hotel Toronto.

Pierre Berton emceed the event, where the 660 guests dined and danced to Jack Collins and his five-piece band. Before presenting the awards, Berton proclaimed to the audience, "In a bold departure from tradition, there are to be no thank you speeches. We can do that because we are giving money, not some cheap statuette."^[2] If any winner started to talk on stage, Berton reportedly waved a large hook in the speaker's direction.

Awards were handed down in 14 categories (with separate French- and English-language winners for the President's Award for General Magazine Articles). 11 different magazines won awards. The NMAF also honoured outstanding achievement by a magazine: L'actualité (French) and Harrowsmith (English) took the awards.

Major winners of the National Magazine Awards

The now-defunct Saturday Night is the all-time leader in awards, with 129 gold awards. Toronto Life magazine leads all current publications with 108 gold awards. Writer Robert Fulford is the all-time individual leader with 14 gold awards.

The NMAF also maintains a searchable archive of all past winners and tallies of magazines and creators who have won the most National Magazine Awards.

Magazine of the Year

Each year the National Magazine Awards concludes with the naming of Canada's Magazine of the Year. Previous winners are:

1982: Equinox

1983: Vancouver Magazine

1984: Saturday Night

1985: Toronto Life

1986: Quill & Quire

1987: Report on Business Magazine

1988: Applied Arts Quarterly

1989: Toronto Life

1990: West Magazine

1991: Idler

1992: Cottage Life

1993: Owl and Chickadee

1994: Canadian Art

1995: Canadian House & Home

1996: Canadian Living

1997: Vancouver Magazine

1998: Adbusters

1999: Chatelaine

2000: Azure

2001: Canadian Geographic

2002: Outpost Magazine

2003: Border Crossings

2004: Maisonneuve

2005: Maclean's

2006: The Walrus

2007: Toronto Life

2008: AlbertaViews

2009: Up Here

2010: MoneySense

2011: Maisonneuve

2012: Corporate Knights

2013: Cottage Life

2014: Nouveau Projet

2015:Maisonneuve

2016: Cottage Life

Outstanding Achievement

Each year since 1990 the NMAF has awarded the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement, which recognizes an individual's innovation and creativity through contributions to the Canadian magazine industry. The winners since 1990 are:

1990 Prue Hemelrijk

1991 Michael de Pencier

1992 Lloyd Hodgkinson

1993 Barbara Moon

1994 Don Obe

1995 Jean Paré

1996 Catherine Keachie

1997 James Ireland

1998 Robert Fulford

1999 Lynn Cunningham

2000 Peter C. Newman

2001 Ken Rodmell

2002 Al Zikovitz

2003 Sally Armstrong

2004 Paul Jones

2005 John Macfarlane

2006 Neville Gilfoy

2007 Charles Oberdorf

2008 Cynthia Brouse

2009 Terry Sellwood

2010 D.B. Scott

2011 Heather Robertson

2012 Stephen Trumper

2013 Kim Jernigan

2014 Michael Fox

2015 Kim Pittaway

2016 Penny Caldwell

Other information

The submissions process for the National Magazine Awards is generally open from December until the second week of January. Nominations are announced in the spring, and the awards gala is held in June in Toronto.

References

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