Nominations this year from the National Magazine Awards Foundation are led by the Walrus followed by Toronto Life, Maclean’s, Report on Business, L’actualité, and explore.  Finalists for Magazine of the Year are L’actualité, Maisonneuve and Toronto Life.

Charles Oberdorf received what the foundation calls its “most prestigious individual prize since its inception in 1990,  The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement, “for his exceptional contributions to the Canadian magazine community.” (Hear, hear!)

The awards will be presented on June 6, 2008 in Toronto.

The press release announcing the nominations is here.

Information about tickets to the ceremony, etc., is at the Foundation web site.