National Media Awards Foundation
@canadamediaawards
Since 1977, Canada’s 🇨🇦 most prestigious awards programs for magazine and digital publishing communities. Depuis 1977, les programmes de prix les plus prestigieux du Canada 🇨🇦 pour les communautés de l’édition magazine et numérique.
Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA:B2B Best Feature Article: Trade / Poured Canada Contributors: Margaret Spratt, editor; Daniel Costa, graphic designer; Jill Harris, publisher 🔗Learn more about the 2026 NMA B2B winners: zurl.co/YtNDA #B2B26 #CanadianB2B
Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA Personal Journalism / @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more about the 2026 NMA winners: zurl.co/PCuPn #NMA26 #CanadianLiterature
🌟 Edna Wan won Gold for Best Emerging Writer at the 49th NMAs for "Forbidden Fruit" in Maisonneuve, turning underground Facebook Marketplace food sales into a story about culture and belonging. Accepted on her behalf by editor-in-chief Rosie Long Decter. Watch: zurl.co/hq1O6 #NMA26
Join TVO Digital Executive Producer Laurie Few for an Editorial Skills Lab on kickstarting your investigative project. 📍 Online via Zoom | August 13, 12-1 PM ET 📩 Register here: zurl.co/v3YAx #EditorialSkillsLab #NMAF
The #NMAF has compiled a list of national and international writing competitions for Canadian creators. Contests cover genres such as poetry, non-fiction and fiction. Learn more about Canadian writing contests here: zurl.co/uXm2k
The #NMAF Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines is a guide to Canadian literary periodicals and their guidelines, focusing on magazines that publish fiction, poetry, and literary non-fiction. Learn more about the guide here: zurl.co/Mq3YY
The 2026 Editorial Skills Lab is now open for applications. 💼 A training series to help you build real newsroom skills 🎓 Designed for emerging journalists & recent grads 📍 Online (Zoom) | English only Apply now online. #NMAF #EditorialSkillsLab
📰 @michelleshephard.bsky.social accepted Gold for Long-Form Feature Writing at the 49th NMAs for "Zakaria Amara's Second Chance" in @thewalrus.ca — her first piece for the magazine. Watch: zurl.co/h3OZn #NMA26 #CanadianJournalism
Writing spotlight: Gold, NMA:B2B Best Profile of a Person / Queen's Alumni Review Contributors: @johnnycylam.bsky.social, photographer; Wendy Treverton, graphic designer 🔗Learn more about the 2026 NMA B2B winners: zurl.co/hm6zZ #B2B26 #CanadianMagazines
🎥 The @yahoocanada.bsky.social team accepted Gold for Best Online Video: Feature at the 11th Annual DPAs for Yueh Tung: Two Sisters Fight to Keep Toronto's First and Oldest Hakka Restaurant Alive. Watch: zurl.co/JkYE4 #DPA26 #CanadianJournalism
💼 Sonya Singh accepted Gold for Best DEI Reporting at the 8th Annual NMA:B2B. She reflected on growing up in Guelph as a South Asian kid — and her gratitude to Benefits Canada for giving her space to tell stories from that perspective. Watch: zurl.co/wbj41 #B2B26 #CanadianB2B
Jim Johnstone's "Coat of Arms" works the language of heraldry — flags, emblems, what a family bears — into something tender and private. A morning in bed as ceremony. Gold, NMA Poetry / Maisonneuve ✨ Contributor: Suzannah Showler, poetry editor 🔗zurl.co/BlopN
🗣️ @simonlewsen.bsky.social accepted Gold for NMA Profiles at the 49th NMAs. Profile writing, he noted, is about finding what makes each person a hero and a villain simultaneously. Watch: zurl.co/e0Ty1 #NMA26 #CanadianJournalism
🎨 Contributing editor Falen Johnson accepted Gold for Best Podcast: Arts, Culture & Society at the 11th Annual DPAs on behalf of the Forged team at CBC and ABC Australia. Watch her remarks: zurl.co/s3xq1 #DPA26 #CanadianJournalism
The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement is the #NMAF's most prestigious individual prize. Curtis Gillespie is the recipient of the #NMA26 Foundation Award. Learn more about the Foundation Award here: zurl.co/SbMwI #NationalMagazineAwards #FoundationAward
🥦 Did you know rhubarb is a vegetable? Nicola Hamilton did — and so does the cover of Serviette Issue 6, which took home Gold for NMA Best Cover at the 49th Annual National Magazine Awards. Watch her acceptance speech, and the full evening, here: zurl.co/jsR39 #NMA26 #CanadianMagazines
For #NMA26, the Best Emerging Writer award goes to Edna Wan for “Forbidden Fruit,” published in Maisonneuve. This award goes to a writer whose early work in magazines shows the highest degree of craft and promise. Learn more about the award: zurl.co/XdbEP
🎉 @fanniearcand.bsky.social, journaliste à @lapresse.ca, a remporté le Prix d'excellence : talent émergent aux 11es Prix d'excellence en publication numérique. L'ensemble de la cérémonie est disponible ici : zurl.co/TvSq2 #DPA26 #JournalismeCanadien
The winner of the #NMA26 Magazine of the Year award goes to Lore. This award goes to the Best Magazine winner that demonstrates overall excellence in bringing its publishing team together to create an outstanding product. Learn more about the award: zurl.co/kf92S
Celebrate your wins and nominations at the 2026 National Magazine Awards with the official Winner and Finalist seals! Download the 2026 NMA seals here: zurl.co/i10Jl #NMAF #NMA26 #NationalMagazine Awards
🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Magazine of the Year: Lore #NMA26
🏆Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: News, Business & General Interest: Maclean's @macleans.bsky.social #NMA26
🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle: Serviette #NMA26
🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: Art, Literary & Culture: Lore #NMA26
🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: Special Interest: lstw #NMA26
🏆 Gold at the 2026 National Magazine Awards: B2B — Best Magazine: Western Alumni Magazine #B2B26
📖 The 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Issue: Gold: July 2025, @macleans.bsky.social Silver: Food is Design, Serviette #NMA26