Margaret Atwood wins the silver medal in Travel Writing, for “The Five Faces of Mexico,” published in Quest magazine.
Jean Paré founded the weekly news magazine L’actualité in 1976 after three years as deputy editor of Maclean’s. In 1996 he was the recipient of the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement. From 1977 to 2009, Paré was nominated for 22 National Magazine Awards, winning 11. Photo: Ordre national du QuébecĪt the fifth anniversary NMAs gala, legendary Quebec journalist Jean Paré wins the gold medal in Comment (later Columns) for L’actualité. Photojournalist Nigel Dickson wins the first of his six NMA gold medals for a photo essay of the drought in the Canadian Prairies-one of the worst on record-published in Maclean’s. The late Farley Mowat won his only National Magazine Award posthumously, in 2015, for Personal Journalism in The Walrus. journalist Silver Donald Cameron wins the gold medal for Culture Writing, for a literary essay on author Farley Mowat published in Atlantic Insight. For a complete list of all NMA winners since 1977, visit the online National Magazine Awards Archive.ī.C. Weekend Magazine, founded in 1951, wins 5 NMAs in 1979 before folding later that year. Weekend Magazine, under the art direction of Robert Priest, wins the National Magazine Award for Best Cover, depicting a bloody image of the controversial baby seal hunt. – Toronto Sun headline, following the first NMA gala From 1978 until 2001, the NMAF bestowed the President’s Medal upon the top overall magazine story of the year. Roy MacGregor’s original President’s Medal now resides in the Canada Summit Centre Sports Memorabilia Collection in the Town of Huntsville, Ontario. The University of Western Ontario donated the original President’s Medals. Image courtesy Town of Huntsville photo illustration by Vessy Stroumsky. Roy MacGregor (English) and Louise Coté (French) win the President’s Medals for the best overall article. We can do that because we are giving money, not some cheap statuette.” Harrowsmith (English) and L’actualité (French) win Magazine of the Year. 
Berton proclaims to the audience, “In a bold departure from tradition, there are to be no thank you speeches. Pierre Berton hosts the first National Magazine Awards gala at the Hotel Toronto. Among the 62 judges of the first National Magazine Awards were Joan Fraser (later a senator), author and essayist George Woodcock, and Adrienne Clarkson, then a CBC journalist, later the Governor General.The NMAF establishes 14 categories, and more than 60 magazines submit 1377 entries. Michael de Pencier, then the publisher of Toronto Life, is named the first president of the board of the directors. The National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF) receives its charter of non-profit foundation status from the Province of Ontario. Photo credit: Harold Barkley / Getty Images via Toronto Life The rest is history.Īs we get ready to celebrate the 40th anniversary National Magazine Awards on Friday May 26, here’s a quick look at some of our most enduring memories… Crosbie, president of the Magazine Association of Canada Michael de Pencier, publisher of Toronto Life Roger de la Garde, dean of journalism at Université Laval Alan Edmunds, head of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), and others. It all began in 1976, when Andrew MacFarlane, dean of journalism at the University of Western Ontario, established a working group towards the creation of a National Magazine Awards. For 40 years the National Magazine Awards have honoured Canada’s most outstanding and memorable writers, artists, stories, and publications.
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