30th Annual National Magazine Awards

I had an incredible time last weekend working at the National Magazine Awards. I’m pretty sure it’s only intensified what I already knew – I will keep working my ass off to be able to sustain myself as a magazine writer.

And The Winners Are:

Arts & Entertainment / Arts et spectacles
George Jonas
The Spielberg Massacre
MACLEAN’S

Business / Affaires
Geoffrey York
On Top of the World
REPORT ON BUSINESS

Columns / Chroniques
Robert Fulford
“Those Imbecilic, Stultifying Games”; Guilt, Identity and Japaneseness; Walter Benjamin, the Flâneur, and the Confetti of History
QUEEN’S QUARTERLY

Editorial Package / Dossiers thématiques
Dane Lanken, Charles Foran, Marina Dodis, Paul Webster and Nance Ackerman
The Music Issue
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC

Essays / Essais
David Gilmour
My Life With Tolstoy
THE WALRUS

Fiction / Fiction
Shyam Selvadurai
The Demoness Kali
TORONTO LIFE

Health & Medicine / Santé et médecine
Chantal Éthier
Mammographie, Toute la vérité
CHÂTELAINE

How-To / Conseils pratiques
Gord Pyzer
The Bite Is On!
OUTDOOR CANADA

Humour / Humour
Wendy Dennis
Married with Husbands
THE WALRUS

Investigative Reporting / Journalisme d’enquête
Andrew Nikiforuk
Bum Steer
REPORT ON BUSINESS

One of a Kind / Article hors catégorie
Linda Bily and Geoff Powter
Trouble on Mt. Logan
EXPLORE

Personal Journalism /Journalisme personnel
David Gilmour
My Life With Tolstoy
THE WALRUS

Poetry / Poésie
R Johnson
quietus
DESCANT

Politics & Public Interest / Politique et affaires publiques
Christopher Shulgan
Mission to Hell
TORO

Profiles / Portraits
Anne Kingston
Michael Ignatieff: Are We Good Enough for Him?
MACLEAN’S

Science, Technology & the Environment / Science, technologie et environnement
Monte Paulsen
Far From Home
THE WALRUS

Service: Health & Family / Journalisme de service : Santé et famille
Vincent Lam and Andre Mayer
The Best Medicine
TORONTO LIFE

Service: Lifestyle / Journalisme de service : Mode de vie
Michel Arseneault
Moi, Michel, échangiste
L’ACTUALITÉ

Service: Personal Finance & Business / Journalisme de service : Finances et économie
Jason Chow, David Dias, Sarah Efron and John Greenwood
Great Escapes
FINANCIAL POST BUSINESS

Society / Société
Deborah Campbell
Iran’s Quiet Revolution
THE WALRUS

Sports & Recreation / Sports et loisirs
Charlie Gillis
Death and Betrayal at 29,000 Feet
MACLEAN’S

Travel / Voyages
Mark Schatzker
The Pecking Order
TORO