2012
35th
National Magazine Awards
Finalist
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Meaning of Hockey” by Brian Morgan
- Art Direction for an Entire Issue: November 2011 by Brian Morgan
- Arts and Entertainment: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
- Arts and Entertainment: “Modern Inconveniences” by Adele Weder
- Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon, Heather Cleland, Dave Grant, Lindsay Lafreniere, and David Rusak
- Best Short Feature: “The Stag” by Deirdre Dodds
- Best Short Feature: “As the Crow Flies” by Lisa Gregoire
- Essays: “The New Solitudes” by Erna Paris
- Essays: “The Morgentaler Effect” by Wayne Sumner
- Fiction: “Meet You at the Door” by Lawrence Hill
- Fiction: “Noisemakers” by Grace O’Connell
- Health and Medicine: “Blinded by Science” by Timothy Caulfield
- Humour: “Housebroken” by Pasha Malla
- Illustration: “Meet You at the Door” by Selena Wong
- Illustration: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Scott McCowen
- Investigative Reporting: “The Only Risk Is Wanting to Stay” by Arno Kopecky
- Investigative Reporting: “A Political Meltdown” by Alison Motluk
- Magazine Covers: The Future of Food by Brian Morgan
- One of a Kind: “Notes from Newfoundland” by Lisa Moore
- One of a Kind: “Adrift on the Nile” by Paul Wilson
- One of a Kind: “The Archivist” by Paul Wilson
- Personal Journalism: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Amazon of the North” by Eamon Mac Mahon
- Profiles: “Madam Premier” by Lisa Gregoire
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Climate Controlled” by John Lorinc
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “A Rock and a Hard Place” by Chris Wood
- Society: “Arrival of the Fittest” by Rachel Giese
- Society: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Chris Turner
- Society: “The Long Goodbye” by Katherine Ashenburg
- Sports and Recreation: “The Pain Principle” by Richard Poplak
- Spot Illustration: “Supersized” by Raymond Biesinger
- Words and Pictures: “Portraits of the War” by Joanne Tod, Brian Morgan, and Amy Macfarlane
2011
34th
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Arts and Entertainment: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon
Best New Creative Talent: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
Essays: “A 10 Percent World” by J.B. MacKinnon
Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Dark Element” by Don Weber
Politics and Public Interest: “Life on the Instalment Plan” by Marian Botsford Fraser
Silver
Best Short Feature: “Aftershock” by Chris Jones
Humour: “The Air Strip” by Pasha Malla
Investigative Reporting: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
One of a Kind: “A Tale of Two Cities” by Gary Stephen Ross
Finalist
Arts and Entertainment: “Mister Nice Guy” by Jeet Heer
Arts and Entertainment: “What Tom Thomson Saw” by Ross King
Best Multi-Media Feature: “Lucy Hardin’s Missing Period” by Stephen Marche, Jared Bland, and Matthew McKinnon
Essays: “The Shout Doctrine” by Mark Kingwell
Health and Medicine: “The Enemy Inside” by Daniel Baird
Health and Medicine: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
Health and Medicine: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
Illustration: “Quieter Revolutions” by Mathieu Lavoie
Illustration: “The Enemy Inside” by Balint Zsako
Illustration: “Hard Currency” by Marlena Zuber
Investigative Reporting: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
One of a Kind: “Pravda and Other Words for Truth” by Medeine Tribinevicius
Personal Journalism: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
Personal Journalism: “The Flight Album” by Kaitlin Fontana
Personal Journalism: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
Politics and Public Interest: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
Politics and Public Interest: “The Stranger Within” by Ron Graham
Politics and Public Interest: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
Politics and Public Interest: “The Last Great Water Fight” by Chris Wood
Profiles: “Dragon Done” by Trevor Cole
Profiles: “The Unrepentant Whore” by Michael Harris
Profiles: “Big Game Hunter” by Chris Jones
Science, Technology and the Environment: “The New Grand Tour” by Chris Turner
Sports and Recreation: “Faster, Higher, Sneakier” by Alex Hutchinson
Spot Illustration: “The Long Decline” by Neil Doshi
Canadian
Online Publishing Awards
Gold
Best Companion Website (Consumer Magazines): walrusmagazine.com
Silver
Best Use of Social Media (Consumer Magazines): @walrusmagazine
Finalist
Best Blog (Consumer Magazines): The Walrus Blog
Best Web Design (Consumer Magazines): walrusmagazine.com
Advertising
and Design Club of Canada
Gold
Editorial design, magazine covers: “This Magazine Contains an Essay on Freedom by a Canadian Convicted of Murder” by Brian Morgan and Mathieu Lavoie
2010
33rd
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Best Single Issue: October
2009
Essays: “The
Age of Breathing Underwater” by Chris Turner
Humour: “A
Film for Would-Be Immigrants” by Pasha Malla
Investigative Reporting: “Fly
at Your Own Risk” by Carol Shaben
Personal Journalism: “Cause
and Effect” by Lynn Cunningham
Politics and Public Interest: “An
Inconvenient Talk” by Chris Turner
Society: “The
Most Hated Name in News” by Deborah Campbell
Spot Illustration: “An
Arboreal History According to the Guild of St. Luke” by Lauchie
Reid
Travel: “Walking
the Way” by Timothy Taylor
Silver
Health and Medicine: “Cause
and Effect” by Lynn Cunningham
Illustration: “Are
We Safe Yet?” by Leif Parsons
Politics and Public Interest: “Fly
at Your Own Risk” by Carol Shaben
Finalist
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Alice
in Borderland” by Charles Foran
Arts and Entertainment: “That
Old Flame” by Don Gillmor
Arts and Entertainment: “The
Secret” by Brett Grainger
Best New Magazine Writer: Carol Shaben (“Fly
at Your Own Risk”)
Business: “Turning
the Page” by Noah Richler
Essays: “A
Sorry State” by Mitch Miyagawa
Health and Medicine: “Global
Impositioning Systems” by Alex Hutchinson
Health and Medicine: “Zero
Sum” by Mary Rogan
Humour: “Stephen
Harper: A Short Biography” by Andrew Clark
Humour: “The
Obstecritic” by Pasha Malla
Illustration: “The
True Sorrows of Calamity Jane” by Selena Wong
Magazine Covers: Please
Forgive Us (December 2009)
Personal Journalism: “Walking
the Way” by Timothy Taylor
Politics and Public Interest: “Off
the Rails” by Monte Paulsen
Politics and Public Interest: “The
Future Has Begun” by Nora Underwood
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “An
Inconvenient Talk” by Chris Turner
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Global
Impositioning Systems” by Alex Hutchinson
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “The
Age of Breathing Underwater” by Chris Turner
Spot Illustration: “Extraordinary
Canadians” by Graham Roumieu
Spot Illustration: “Schematic
Diagrams for Proposed Objects” by Marc Bell
Spot Illustration: “Spiritual
Citizenship” by Jason Logan
Canadian
Online Publishing Awards
Finalist
Best Article: “Drinking
With Men Who Are Not Russell Smith” by Stacey May Fowles
Best Blog: The Walrus Blog
2009
32nd
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Art direction for a single magazine article: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Miles Collyer, Antonio De Luca, and Bree Seeley
Humour: “A Liar’s Life” by Bruce McCall
Society: “Not So Down” by Peter Valing
Words and Pictures: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Daniel Baird, Antonio De Luca, Matthew McKinnon, Giles Revell, Bree Seeley, and Matt Willey
Silver
Essays: “Geared Up” by Bill Reynolds
Finalist
Essays: “The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster” by Don Gillmor
Essays: “Failure to Fail” by Jay Teitel
Health and Medicine: “Minor Keys” by Moira Farr
Humour: “Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008” by Kevin Chong
Humour: “Death on the Installation Plan” by Jeremy Keehn
Humour: “At the Whisky Tasting” by Pasha Malla
Investigative Reporting: “Nuclear Reaction” by Kate Harries
One of a kind: “Taking the Cure” by Christopher Shulgan
One of a kind: “The Lynching of Louie Sam” by John Vaillant
One of a kind: “The Incinerator Incident” by Michael Winter
Personal Journalism: “Shelter from the Storm” by Don Gillmor
Personal Journalism: “All the Way Home” by Wendy Dennis
Politics and Public Interest: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Barry Campbell
Politics and Public Interest: “The Business of Saving the Earth” by Chris Wood
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Fat of the Land” by Brian Payton
Society: “Frontier Families” by Matthew Hays
Spot Illustration: “Facemasking” by Gary Taxali
Spot Illustration: “The Earthship Has Landed” by Sam Weber
Still-Life Photography: “Eels on Wheels” by Natasha V
Travel: “The Archipelago of Fear” by Charles Montgomery
Utne
Independent Press Awards
The Walrus has won the 2009 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Writing. The awards, presented by the Utne Reader, were given on the evening of May 18, 2009, at the Independent Magazine Conference in Boulder, Colorado. “The goal is to honor independently minded publications that don’t shy away from tough stories and innovative ideas,” the magazine explained.
The editors said:
“It is, once again, the year of The Walrus. Since launching in 2003, the Canadian general interest magazine ‘with an international outlook’ has nabbed three Utne Independent Press Award nominations, taking the prize in 2004 for best new publication. Five years later and counting, it’s been consistently delightful to read — and last year the magazine outdid itself, its sparkling articles and fluid essays orbiting high above the rest of us earthbound publications.
“As a digest charged with reprinting ‘the best of the alternative press,’ we were exceptionally grateful to have it at our disposal. We culled Moira Farr’s exquisite ‘Minor Keys’ about the emotional power of music and Charles Montgomery’s droll and heartwarming ‘Me Want More Square Footage.’ All year long, the magazine’s Field Notes bulged with unpredictable global vignettes, from a visit to Somaliland’s only mental hospital to the history of Paraguay’s 100-year-old colony of Germans.
“Walrus writers have a knack for telling personal stories and infusing them with contemporary meaning, giving its global news a beating, human heart. In ‘The First Little Mosque on the Prairie,’ for example, a family saga gives way to the history of Islam in Canada. ‘Fat of the Land’ whisks readers along on a trip to Borneo, unraveling the human and environmental consequences of the trans fat ban. Pick up the Walrus and you will read about things you never knew existed; you will be delighted, challenged, and, above all, sated.”
Other magazines nominated in the Best Writing category included the Columbia Journalism Review, the New Republic, the Texas Observer, and the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Read more at the Utne Press website.
Advertising
and Design Club of Canada
Silver
Art direction for a single magazine article: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Antonio De Luca, Bree Seeley, and Chris Lee (photographs by Giles Revell and Matt Willey)
Two merit awards
2008
31st
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Arts and Entertainment: “The
Mindful Museum” by Adam Gopnik
Best New Magazine Writer: “Red
Rush” by Patrick White
Fiction: “The
Dead Are More Visible” by Steven Heighton
Illustration: “God’s
Slow Death” by Sam Weber
Politics and Public Interest: “Once
Upon a Country” by Don Gillmor
Portrait Photography: “Miss
Canadiana” by Robyn Cumming
Spot Illustration: “Tank
Talk” by Leif Parsons
Silver
Magazine Covers: “Lightness
of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca
Personal Journalism: “The
Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “The
Chinese Dust Bowl” by Benoit Aquin
Still-Life Photography: “Digby
Neck” by Russell Monk
Finalist
Arts and Entertainment: “Unlimited Editions” by Timothy Taylor
Best Short Feature: “Forgiveness” by June Callwood
Best Short Feature: “The Archetypal Walrus” by John Vaillant
Essays: “A House Divided” by Jonathan Garfinkle
Essays: “The Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
Fiction: “The Man on the Island” by Wayne Grady
Fiction: “Bob Dylan Goes Tubing” by Marni Jackson
Health and Medicine: “Oasis of Hope” by Layne Coleman
Humour: “All the Rage” by Andrew Clark
Humour: “St. Patrick’s Day” by Andrew Clark
Humour: “Veils for Western Women” by Marni Jackson
Humour: “The Hidden Mickey Mouse” by John Reardon
Illustration: “Cherry Blossom” by Marcos Chin
Illustration: “Snail Males” by Zoe Barcza
Investigative Reporting: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
Investigative Reporting: “Life on Nut Island” by Stephen Williams
One of a kind: “Dominick’s Fish” by RM Vaughan
Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “War Stories” by Rita Leistner
Politics and Public Interest: “Camels in the Arctic?” by Franklyn Griffiths
Politics and Public Interest: “No Refuge” by Andrew Mitrovica
Politics and Public Interest: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
Travel: “A Pianist in Rwanda” by Deborah Kirshner
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Breaking D-Wave” by Alex Hutchinson
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Driven to Distraction” by John Lorinc
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Red Rush” by Patrick White
Spot Illustration: “15 Love Songs” by various illustrators
Still-Life Photography: “Award-Winning Books” by Birthe Piontek
Prix
Pictet
The Prix Pictet is given to photography projects that highlight sustainability issues. The inaugural winner was Walrus contributor Benoit Aquin, for his photo gallery “The Chinese Dust Bowl,” about the desertification of farmland in China.
In presenting the award to Aquin, Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, said, “It is my hope that the Prix Pictet will help to deepen understanding of the changes taking place in our world and raise public awareness about the urgency of taking preventative action.”
Advertising
and Design Club of Canada
Silver
Art direction for a single magazine page or spread: “The
Counterpart” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree
Seeley (illustration by Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau)
Illustration: “Parallel
Universe” by Graham Roumieu
Illustration: “Tunneling
Through Time” by Chris Lee
Magazine cover: “Lightness
of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree Seeley (photograph by Chris Levine)
Arthur
Kroeger Award for Public Discourse
“Devoted to insightful, informed discussion of Canadian current affairs, The Walrus magazine has quickly established itself as one of the best periodicals in Canada, and the only one of its type. The jury notes that:
‘For nearly five years now, The Walrus has been serving up compelling and thought-provoking ideas in an eclectic mix of enticingly-written articles, essays, and reviews. It has established itself as a periodical that digs deep, with a critical eye, into issues both mundane and arcane, from a perspective both Canadian and global. We all know how extraordinarily challenging the magazine industry in Canada can be. Nevertheless, reader by reader, The Walrus has been expanding its reach. It is now clearly tapping the shoulders of key thinkers and decision-makers in this country.’”
— Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs
2007
30th
National Magazine Awards
Magazine of the year
Gold
Art direction for a single article: “The
Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca
Essays: “My
Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
Humour: “Married
With Husbands” by Wendy Dennis
Personal journalism: “My
Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
Science, technology, and the environment: “Far
From Home” by Monte Paulsen
Society: “Iran’s
Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell
Silver
Art direction for an entire issue: “Bird
Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
Business: “Domestic
Terroir” by Don Gillmor
Essays: “Iran’s
Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell
Fiction: “The
Smell of Smoke” by Peter Behrens
Health and medicine: “Waiting
for the Pandemic” by Gwynne Dyer
Illustration: “Hijacking
History” by Graham Roumieu
Magazine cover: “The
Alberta Cash Cow” by Antonio De Luca (illustration by Brian Rea)
Politics and public interest: “Fake
Left, Go Right” by James Laxer
Service: Health and Family: “The
Teenage Brain” by Nora Underwood
Society: “Identity
Crisis” by Allan Gregg
Finalist
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “National Dreams” by Antonio De Luca
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Waiting for the Pandemic” by Antonio De Luca
Arts and Entertainment: “Snapshots from Cannes” by Marni Jackson
Arts and Entertainment: “The Truth About Lying” by Joseph Kertes
Arts and Entertainment: “Hunting for Zacharias Kunuk” by Denis Seguin
Essays: “The Conspiracy Against Africa” by Gerald Caplan
Essays: “Bolivar’s Ghost” by Pedro Sanchez and Gord Westmacott
Essays: “Stars Above Africa” by Chris Tenove
Fiction: “Water Spider” by Randy Boyagoda
Fiction: “What He Saw” by Michael Winter
Humour: “A Billion Little Pieces” by Don Gillmor
Humour: “Designs for Dementia” by Marni Jackson
Illustration: “Nicaragua’s Crazy Sickness” by Fiona Smyth
Illustration: “Optimism” by various artists
Investigative Reporting: “Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons” by Marci McDonald
Magazine Cover: “Bird Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
Magazine Cover: “Face It!” by Antonio De Luca
One of a kind: “Caught in Time’s Current” by Christopher Dewdney
One of a kind: “Bombs Over Cambodia” by Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan
One of a kind: “Night of the Hissing Cockroaches” by Daniel Wood
Personal Journalism: “The Changeling” by Gail Gallant
Politics and Public Interest: “Soldiers, Not Peacekeepers” by Sean Maloney and Tom Fennell
Politics and Public Interest: “Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons” by Marci McDonald
Profiles: “Master of the Guillotine” by Sarah Richards
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Dream Genes” by Arno Kopecky
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “The Teenage Brain” by Nora Underwood
Service: Health and Family: “The Cost of Care” by Alastair Brown
Sports and Recreation: “5,6, Pickup Sticks” by Daniel Sanger
Spot Illustration: “Letters” by Julie Morstad
Still-Life Photography: “Domestic Terroir” by Natalie Matutschovsky and Antonio De Luca
Travel: “The Octopus” by Charles Montgomery
Travel: “Looking for Jean Rhys” by Ellen Vanstone
Words and Pictures: “Safe and Sexy” by Sarah Hughes
Advertising
and Design Club of Canada
Gold
Illustration: “God’s
Slow Death” by Sam Weber
Magazine cover: “Too
Wired To Think” by Antonio De Luca (illustration by Ludimar Hermann)
Photojournalism: “The
Last Lumberjacks” by Rita Leistner
Silver
Art direction for a single magazine article: “The
Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, and Frank Weidenfelder
Art direction for a single magazine spread: “Red
Rush” by Antonio De Luca and Chris Lee (photograph by Eamon Mac
Mahon)
Conceptual photography: “A
House Half Built” by Liz Cowie
Conceptual photography: “Brighter
Lights, Bigger Cities” by Eamon Mac Mahon
Illustration: “Snail
Males” by Zoe Barcza
Illustration: “Kissers
(Cherry Blossoms)” by Marcos Chin
Illustration: “Her
Dog” by Jillian Tamaki
Photojournalism: “Separate
and Unequal” by Eamon Mac Mahon
Portrait photography: “Miss
Canadiana” by Robyn Cummings
Eight merit awards
2006
29th
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Totally
Genius” by Antonio De Luca
Arts and Entertainment: “Artful
Crimes” by Joshua Knelman
Essays: “Is
Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Lawrence
Hill
Health and Medicine: “Chasing the Crab” by
Bill Cameron
Humour: “My
Living Media Will” by Marni Jackson
Illustration: “Dangerous
Liaisons” by Jillian Tamaki
Personal Journalism: “Chasing the Crab” by
Bill Cameron
Politics and Public Interest: “Melting
Point” by Chris Wood
Portrait Photography: “Jew
Funk” by Davida Nemeroff
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Melting
Point” by Chris Wood
Service: Health and Family: “Why
Psychoanalysis Matters” by Wendy Dennis
Spot Illustration: “Revenge
of the Small” by Marco Cibola
Words and Pictures: “Al
Rashad” by Antonio De Luca, Joshua Knelman, and Rita Leistner
Silver
Poetry: “Hand Luggage: Calgary, Montreal, Brazil” by
P.K. Page
Politics and Public Interest: “The
Peace Wager” by Kathy Cook
Sports and Recreation: “Foreign
Billionaires Bring English Football to World, Agony and Ecstasy to Fans” by
Timothy Taylor
Alexander Ross Award for Best New Writer
“Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
Finalist
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Antonio De Luca
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Strange Journey” by Antonio De Luca
Arts and Entertainment: “Striking Back at the Empire” by Andrew Clark
Business: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
Columns: “In Memory Of,” “Missing Mordecai,” and “What Lies Beneath” by Ken Alexander
Essays: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
Essays: “The Wilderness Within” by Adam Gilders
Essays: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
Essays: “The Rising Fall of the American Empire” by James Laxer
Fiction: “Catechism” by Wayne Johnston
Fiction: “Miss You Already” by Merilyn Simonds
Illustration: “Torrential Reign” by Jason Logan
Illustration: “Wireless” by Julie Morstad
Illustration: “A Decentralized Day” by Leif Parsons
Illustration: “Green Party Blues” by Mark Saunders
Illustration: “Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys” by Seth Scriver
Illustration: “Arsenal of Illusion” by Balint Zsako
Investigative Reporting: “A Gentle Revolution” by Monte Paulsen
Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Al Rashad” by Rita Leistner
Politics and Public Interest: “A Tribute Paid to Reason” by Chris Tenove
Politics and Public Interest: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
Portrait Photography: “Corporate Cannabis” by Kourosh Keshiri
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
Spot Illustration: “To Catch a Fish” by David Collier
Spot Illustration: “My Tennis Game” by Clayton Hanmer
Spot Illustration: “Tusky/Letters” by Jeff Ladouceur
Spot Illustration: “The Dictator Debt Catch” by Graham Roumieu
Spot Illustration: “Til Decree Do Us Part” by Sam Weber
Sports and Recreation: “To Catch a Fish” by John DeMont
Travel: “Israel on the Brink” by David Berlin
Travel: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
Travel: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
Words and Pictures: “The Forest’s Edge” by Ken Alexander, Antonio De Luca, Patrick Lane, and Eamon Mac Mahon
Advertising
and Design Club of Canada
Gold
Art Direction for an Entire Magazine Issue: “Bird
Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Waiting
for the Pandemic” by Antonio De Luca
Illustration: “Tank
Talk” by Leif Parsons
Silver
Magazine Cover: “The Last Days of Suburbia” by Antonio De Luca (illustration by Seymour Chwast)
Nine merits
2005
28th
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Art Direction for a Single Article: “Why
Bush Will Win/Why
Kerry Will Win” by Antonio De Luca
Politics and Public Interest: “The
Man Behind Stephen Harper” by Marci McDonald
Spot Illustration: “How
to Save Democracy” by Leif Parsons
Words and Pictures: “Inside
a Different Kabul” by Ahmet Sel
Silver
Humour: “Samson
and Delilah” by Jonathan Goldstein
Society: “The
Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis
Finalist
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Antonio De Luca
Arts and Entertainment: “Unrepentant” by Gare Joyce
Columns: “Language: Eloquence Lost,” “Language: Idiom-Proof,” and “Language: MSN Spoken Here” by Charles Foran
Essays: “The Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis
Health and Medicine: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
Health and Medicine: “Mapping the Blues” by Mark Witten
Illustration: “An Anatomy of Hypochondria” by Balint Zsako
Investigative Reporting: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
Investigative Reporting: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
Magazine Covers: “What Is Marriage?” by Antonio De Luca
Personal Journalism: “The Genocide Problem: ‘Never Again’ All Over Again” by Gerald Caplan
Politics and Public Interest: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
Politics and Public Interest: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
Portrait Photographry: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
Profiles: “The Book of Bob” by Bruce Grierson
Society: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
Words and Pictures: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
2004
27th
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Arts and Entertainment: “The
Genius of Django” by Deborah Kirshner
Investigative Reporting: “Blind
Trust” by Marci McDonald
Science and Technology: “Is
the West Rearming Russia?” by Paul Webster
Finalist
Essays: “Resisting the Veil” by Margaret Atwood
Essays: “Ich Bin Ein Indianer” by Adam Gilders
Humour: “Reader Rage” by Douglas Bell
Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Blind Trust” by Eamon Mac Mahon
Politics and Public Interest: “Reasonable Doubts” by Larry Krotz
Politics and Public Interest: “Blind Trust” by Marci McDonald
Still-Life Photography: “One Man’s Trash” by Douglas Coupland
Travel: “The Genius of Django” by Deborah Kirshner
Utne
Independent Press Awards
The Walrus has won the 2004 Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Title: “To call The Walrus Toronto’s answer to Harper’s is to put it in fine company, but doesn’t quite convey what makes it so good in its own right. Smart, literary, and quintessentially Canadian, this quasi-monthly is a flash of brilliance from the city with the hottest magazine scene in the hemisphere.”
