Winners announced for Western Magazine Awards

Geist snapped up magazine of the year at the Western Magazine Awards, while Enterprise won trade magazine of the year at the annual event. The award ceremony was held on Oct. 15 in Vancouver.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Written Awards:

Arts, Culture, and Entertainment
Timothy Taylor, Foodville: Part One, Vancouver Review

Business
Tyee Bridge, Managed to Fail, BCBusiness

Environmental
James Glave, Rees’s Thesis, Vancouver Magazine

Fiction
Andrew MacDonald, Eat Fist!, Event

Human Experience
Lindsay Cuff, On Atrocity and Grace: A Contrapuntal Vision, The Malahat Review

Profile
Jeremy Klaszus, Mr. Tree, AlbertaViews

Public Issues
Paul Webster, Fixed, Vancouver Magazine

Regular Column or Department
Robert Enright, Column, Border Crossings

Science, Technology, and Medicine
Katharine Sandiford, The Man in the Ice, Up Here

Service
Julie McLaughlin and Staff, The Best Time To, Swerve

Student Writing
Kerianne Sproule, Terri & Me, Swerve

Travel and Leisure
Katharine Sandiford, The Wild Quest, Up Here
 
Provincial Gold Awards:

Gold Award Best Article – Alberta/NWT
Jeremy Klaszus, Mr. Tree, AlbertaViews

Gold Award Best Article – BC/Yukon
Timothy Taylor, Foodville: Part One, Vancouver Review

Gold Award Best Article – Manitoba
Mary Horodyski, The Geography of Ambiguity, Prairie Fire
 
Gold Award Best Article – Saskatchewan
John Campbell, Getting Their Kicks, Westworld
 
Visual Awards:

Best Art Direction – Article
Danae Thompson, You’re Invited, Swerve

Best Art Direction – Cover
Catherine Mullaly, July Cover, BCBusiness

Best Illustration or Illustration Feature
Byron Eggenschwiler, Tales from Riverheights Terrace, Swerve

Best Photograph – Architectural, Landscape, or Still Life
Clinton Hussey, The Real Deal, Western Living

Best Photograph – Feature or Series
Venturi + Karpa, Saving Skid Row, The Beaver

Best Photograph – People and Portraiture
Venturi + Karpa, Saving Skid Row, The Beaver
 
Magazine of the Year Awards:

Trade Magazine of the Year
Enterprise

Magazine of the Year – Alberta/NWT
AlbertaViews

Magazine of the Year – BC/Yukon
Geist

Magazine of the Year – Manitoba
Border Crossings

Magazine of the Year – Saskatchewan
Blackflash
 
Magazine of the Year – Western Canada
Geist