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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CANADIAN MAGAZINE
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES
WINNERS OF NATIONAL MAGAZINE COVER COMPETITION
BC publications take top honours in
field of 250 entries
Toronto,
ON, February 18, 2002 – Twenty-seven of
Canada’s best magazine covers have been selected by a panel of well-known
Canadians as part of a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at promoting
Canadian magazines to Canadian readers as “the genuine article.” The
winning entries can be seen
as part of a cross-country exhibition entitled: ON THE COVER: A NATION
AS SEEN THROUGH ITS MAGAZINE COVERS, which opened in Toronto today
with subsequent stops in Montreal and Vancouver.
ShoreLines
and Beautiful British Columbia
shared top honours for “best of show”, while 25 magazines took top
spots in twelve separate categories. Winners included Canadian Business,
REALM, Gardening Life, Adbusters, Azure, Exile, Abilities, Canadian
Geographic, Toronto Life and NUVO. The competition was administered
by the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association and was open to member
magazines from across the country.
“ShoreLines
is a small, independent literary magazine run out of a school, while
Beautiful British Columbia is a major tourism publication
run by a provincial ministry,” said Mark Jamison, President of the
Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, the industry association
responsible for the competition. “In many ways, these two winners
are reflective of the breadth and diversity of the approximately 300
CMPA-member magazines that will be published across Canada this year.”
The
winning covers were selected by a panel of judges that included television
host and author Evan Solomon, recording artist Susan Aglukark, television
host Vicki Gabereau, publisher Douglas Gibson, journalist and documentary
maker Francine Pelletier, political cartoonist Roy Peterson, photo
journalist Jacques Nadeau and advertising executive Jane Hope.
"Like a sprawling, collaborative
serial novel, Canadian magazines chronicle the unfolding story of
our country, giving voice to diverse communities, energizing new ideas,
inspiring, informing and astonishing millions of people every day,"
said Evan Solomon, author and journalist. "The poet Miriam Waddington
once said of Canada, 'We look like a geography but just scratch us
and we bleed history.' Nothing scratches the surface so well and so
thoroughly as magazines, which is why this exhibition is so important."
WINNERS OF NATIONAL
MAGAZINE COVER COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
Competition
winners are:
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Best of Show: Beautiful British Columbia;
ShoreLines
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Visual Arts: Coupe; Azure;
Vernissage
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Culture and Entertainment:
Dance International; Canadian
Journal of Film Studies
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Business (Trade and Consumer): Canadian Business;
REALM
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Kids, Education and Academic: chickaDEE;
Owl
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Canadian Places: Inuktituk; Toronto
Life
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Home and Garden: Gardening Life;
Canadian House and Home
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Literature and Poetry: Exile;
Rice Paper
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Mind and Body, Health and Spirituality: Wellness
Options; Abilities
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News, Current Affairs, Politics and Opinions:
Adbusters; This Magazine
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Sports, Adventure, Outdoors and Animals: Explore;
Canadian Geographic
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Travel, Cuisine, Leisure and Activities: Outpost;
Canadian Wire Artist Jeweller
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Women’s Interest and Fashion: Nuvo;
Fireweed
ON
THE COVER is part of the National Magazine Circulation and Promotions
Program, a $5.5 million campaign in support of Canadian magazines
that includes advertising, in-store promotions, public awareness initiatives,
and direct marketing.
ON THE COVER runs from February
18 to March 9 at the Allen Lambert Galleria, BCE Place, Toronto.
The exhibit then moves onto Place des Arts in Montreal from March
18 to April 7 and onto the Pendulum Gallery, HSBC Building in Vancouver
from April 15 to May 4.
About Canadian Magazine Publishers Association (CMPA)
The
Canadian Magazine Publishers Association is a national member organization
serving the interests of almost 300 consumer
magazines across Canada covering a full range of
subjects and interests. CMPA member magazines are owned by
Canadians and driven by Canadian content. The CMPA’s members range
from large circulation weeklies to some of the country’s smallest
circulation annuals.
ON THE COVER: A NATION AS SEEN THROUGH ITS MAGAZINE
COVERS, and the CMPA’s National Circulation and Promotions Program
are financially supported by the Government of Canada through the
Canada Magazine Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
For more information
please contact:
Alex Mangiola
Goodman Communications
416-924-9100, ext. 272
alex@goodmanpr.com
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