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ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSAchievement in Publishing Recipient 1Vounteer of the Year Recipient 2Editor of the Year Recipient 3 Magazine of the Year Shortlist Alberta 4Best New Magazine Shortlist Alberta 4Magazine of the Year Shortlist BC 5Magazine of the Year Manitoba 6Magazine of the Year Shortlist Saskatchewan 6

SHOWCASE AWARDS FINALISTSAlberta Story 7Art Direction for a Single Issue 7Cover 7 Digital Presence: Website or Feature 8Editorial Package 8Emerging Writer 8Essay 9Feature Design 9Feature Writing: Long 9Feature Writing: Short 10Fiction 10Illustration 10Photograph: Essay or Series 11Photograph: Landscape, Still Life, Architecture 11Photograph: People and Portraiture 11Poetry 12Profile 12Service Journalism 12

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When Ellen Percival co-founded Calgary’s Child Magazine in 1994 with her friend, the late Sherry Kerr, they distributed the publication by hand from the back of a their family cars. Back then it was a labour of love, but as Calgary’s parents embraced this much-needed free resource, it quickly became one of the city’s greatest publishing success stories. Today, the magazine is read bimonthly by 150,000 Albertans who find it in hundreds of locations on stands and online.

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Ellen Percival’s talent for keeping the magazine relevant and timely has maintained its popularity from generation to generation.

Her editorial sixth sense is also the reason her advertisers consider Calgary’s Child Magazine a consistently worthwhile investment, and Percival a wise and generous collaborator.

Thanks to Percival’s commitment to forming pos-itive partnerships with local organizations, the Calgary’s Child brand has become more than a

magazine — it’s an engine for community building, recognized as a Community Partner by the City of Calgary and a Promise Builder Partner by Alberta’s Promise with the Government of Alberta. Over the past 25 years, Percival has sponsored a range of popular family events with organizations from the Calgary Zoo and TELUS Spark to the Calgary Police Service. For more than 20 years, she has reached her audience with regular parenting segments on Global Calgary News.

Percival has always found ways to share her suc-cess with the community. Calgary’s Child Magazine has also supported hundreds of organizations over the years, especially those that support children and families with limited means, through donated ad-vertising, PR opportunities, editorial space, sponsor-ship and fundraising support. Percival also shares her time and expertise to champion the magazine industry and has served as an AMPA director since 2017. Put simply, she cares. She engages with those around her and the issues that matter to our indus-try and enthusiastically shares her experience and passion by mentoring novice publishers. Calgary’s Child Magazine remains a labour of love — and an example of the enormous positive impact a talent-ed publisher can have on her community.

ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLISHINGM.L. Ellen Percival, Calgary’s Child

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As the Editor-in-Chief of FreeFall magazine, Maylor fills its pages with the work of local artists, but her idea of “support” goes far beyond this role.

For years, Micheline Maylor has actively sought out the city’s most talented artists—especially those who are undiscovered or stalled—and offers them the kind of mentorship, encouragement and connection that nurtures lasting careers.

Maylor has donated hundreds of hours to this proj-ect of supporting artists, creating, hosting and pre-senting at events that highlight the importance of Canadian art. She has volunteered with established Calgary literary events including Wordfest and the Spoken Word Festival to connect the general public with literary arts; formed collaborations with authors and magazine industry members; supported inde-pendent bookstores by choosing them as venues

for FreeFall launches two times a year; adjudicated several literary awards; and worked to connect established artists with up-and-comers.

A respected poet, editor and creative writing teach-er, Maylor regularly puts her own creative work on hold to help others achieve their literary dreams. Meanwhile, she oversees all aspects of FreeFall along with a team of volunteers, from editorial and design to layout, production, distribution and finances.

Under Maylor’s direction, FreeFall has grown from an in-house newsletter of community writing into a nationally recognized literary journal with sub-missions from around the world. More importantly, Maylor’s generosity with her time and talent has made FreeFall a space where writers can grow, gain confidence and thrive.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEARMicheline Maylor, FreeFall

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For the Winter 2019 issue of Wider Horizons, Leth-bridge College’s community magazine, Editor Lisa Kozleski suggested something risky: instead of the upbeat stories the magazine normally focused on, they would take a deep dive into the region’s opioid crisis. It was a tonal shift that could have hurt the publication, but thanks to Kozleski’s vision, compas-sion and leadership, the issue was a triumph, setting a new precedent for the kind of storytelling Wider Horizons could do.

Kozleski is known for this blend of curiosity and determination. Since joining the magazine as a senior writer in 2013, she has applied herself to explor-ing new editorial possibilities, forged an extraordinary net-work of creative talent and gathered an armload of writing and publishing awards.

She’s equally comfortable (and successful) contributing to a rebranding project or finding the magazine a better, more cost-effective distribution model.

To get Wider Horizons in readers’ hands three times a year, Kozleski oversees everything from deter-mining the story lineup to assigning stories, pho-tography and illustration. She writes features, edits everything, manages the entire Lethbridge College communications budget (famously bringing in her 2018 – 2019 budget for postage, printing and pro-fessional fees with only a miniscule 0.5% variance), collaborates with the alumni office, distributes and promotes the magazine, surveys readers and keeps bringing new ideas to the table — often sketching raw layouts and concepts on her office whiteboard.

Kozleski’s knack for finding and writing stories that capture the energy of Lethbridge College, support-ing the institution’s goals without shying away from complex subject matter, has made the magazine a must-read for an audience that extends beyond the alumni community. Given Kozleski’s reputation as an endless source of fresh ideas, it’s safe to assume she’s just getting started.

EDITOR OF THE YEARLisa Kozleski, Wider Horizons

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MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Alberta Short List

BEST NEW MAGAZINE Alberta Short List

Avenue Calgary IMPACT Magazine Wider Horizons

Funicular Magazine New Forum The Gateway

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MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR British Columbia Short List

Fly Fusion subTerrain

Vancouver Mag Western Living Magazine

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BlackFlash

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Saskatchewan

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Manitoba Short List

Canada’s History Conservator Kayak

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SASKATCHEWAN

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ALBERTA STORY A Conservationist’s Lasting Legacy Alberta Views WRITER Kevin Van Tighem EDITOR Evan Osenton

All the Rage Alberta Views WRITER Tadzio Richards EDITOR Evan Osenton

Broken English Avenue Edmonton WRITER Mike Ganley EDITOR Steven Sandor

Gamma Avenue Edmonton WRITER Steven Sandor

How Alberta is Poised to Become the Hub of the Hemp IndustrytechlifetodayWRITER Bryan Alary

How Do We Protect the Most Vulnerable? U Magazine WRITER Mike Fisher EDITOR Deb Cummings

Looking Toward the Future of Stampede Avenue Calgary WRITER Taylor Lambert EDITOR Käthe Lemon

Rural Rite Alberta Views WRITER Sharon J. Riley EDITOR Evan Osenton

The Dark Horse Western Horse Review WRITER Jenn Webster

Walking with the Wisdom of our Mothers and Grandmothers Wider Horizons EDITORS Marcia Black Water, Lisa KozleskiCREATORS Marcia Black Water, Lowa Crowshoe-Beebe, Rachel CrowSpreading-Wings, Joyce Healy, Lisa Kozleski Beverly Hungry Wolf, Jean Philistine Old Shoes-Maurer, Tawyna Plain Eagle, Candace Coby Royal, Dawn Sugimoto, Kimmy Shade, Roberta Smallbones, Janetta Soup, Nikki Soup and Roxy Weasel Head

ART DIRECTION SINGLE ISSUEJune 2019 Avenue Edmonton ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

October 2019 Avenue Edmonton ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

The Analogue Issue LINK ART DIRECTOR Richard Maruk

The Baking of a Legend New Trail ART DIRECTOR Marcey Andrews

Volume 4 Canadian Rockies Annual ART DIRECTOR Dee Larosa

COVER August 2019 Avenue Calgary CREATORS Raymond Biesinger, Venessa Brewer, Käthe Lemon

Brain Science October 2019 Alberta Views CREATORS Amy Brons, Evan Osenton, Beate Wichmann

July 2019 WestJet Magazine CREATORS Steve Collins, Cristian Fowlie

How the Opioid Crisis has Changed the Way We Work Wider Horizons CREATORS Lisa Kozleski, Rob Olson, Dana Woodward

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COVER (continued) The Baking of a Legend New Trail CREATORS Marcey Andrews, Lisa Cook, Hylton Warburton

Version 2.0 Avenue Edmonton CREATORS Cooper and O’Hara, Kim Larson, Steven Sandor

DIGITAL PRESENCE: WEBSITE OR SPECIAL FEATUREtechlifetoday CREATORS Bryan Alary, Marta Gold, Sherri Krastel, Scott Messenger Liz Pittman

EDITORIAL PACKAGE All in For Stampede Avenue Calgary EDITORS Shelley Arnusch, Colin Gallant, Andrew Guilbert, Jennifer Hamilton, Käthe Lemon, CONTRIBUTORS Venessa Brewer, Jennifer Friesen, Stephanie Joe, Taylor Lambert, Miko Maciaszek, Sarah Nealon, Jared Sych, Katherine Ylitalos

Best Restaurants Avenue Edmonton EDITOR Steven Sandor ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

Innovation Avenue Edmonton EDITOR Steven Sandor ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

January February 2019 Alberta Views EDITOR Evan Osenton CONTRIBUTORS Evan Osenton, Jackie Flanagan, Chris Turner, Sid Marty, Kevin Van Tighem, Martha Hall Finlay, David Hughes, Beate Wichmann

Leap Gets Personal: Summer 2019 LEAP Magazine EDITOR Meredith Bailey CONTRIBUTORS Jennifer Dorozio, Stephanie Joe, Victoria Lessard, Julia Williams Powered Up

New Trail EDITOR Lisa Cook CONTRIBUTORS Marcey Andrews, Kate Black, Michael Brown, Stephen P. Hughes, Therese Kehler, Cailynn Klingbeil, Luke Lucas, Mifi Purvis, Kenneth Tam

Taste of Travel WestJet Magazine EDITORS Diane Bolt, Sara Samson CONTRIBUTORS Lisa Kadane, Patty Lee, Carol Patterson, Renée S. Suen Jaime Tung

The Insider Issue: Winter 2019 LEAP Magazine EDITOR Jill Foran CONTRIBUTORS Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, Caitlin Crawshaw, Jennifer Dorozio,Christina Frangou, Julia Williams

Thesis: Thoughts on Learning New Trail EDITOR Mifi Purvis CONTRIBUTORS Marcey Andrews, Jennifer Allford, Byron Eggenschwiler, Lewis Kelly, Gwen Keraval

Unravelling Drug Addiction: How the Opioid Crisis has Changed the Way We Work Wider Horizons EDITORS Shelley Boettcher, Terry Bullick, Lisa KozleskiCONTRIBUTORS Curtis Gillespie, David Guenther, Lisa Kozleski, Rob Olson, Dana Woodward

EMERGING WRITERClashes of Faith Glass Buffalo WRITER Buffalo Suwaibah Gangat EDITOR Matthew Stepanic

Full Circle Avenue Calgary WRITER Stephanie Joe EDITOR Käthe Lemon

Only Skin Deep Glass Buffalo WRITER Alexa Hrycun EDITOR Matthew Stepanic

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EMERGING WRITER (continued) True Calling LEAP WRITER Nathan Kunz

ESSAY29 More Years of Colonization Since 1990 New Forum WRITER Sable Sweetgrass

Fifty Years of Freedom Avenue Edmonton WRITER Darrin Hagen

Gathering Colour SNAPline WRITER Anong Migwans Beam

Herd Memory Alberta Views WRITER Trina Moyles

How Does a Poet Stay Relevant? Westword WRITER Alice Major

Indeed a Peach: On Writing in a Medical School filling Station WRITER Jane Chamberlin

Now I Think I Know What You Tried to Say to Me Glass Buffalo WRITER Maya Gupta

Ready to Leave Without Warning Alberta Views WRITER Liam Monaghan

FEATURE DESIGNAvenue’s Best Neighbourhoods 2019 Avenue Calgary CREATORS Raymond Biesinger, Venessa Brewer

Handmade Tales New Trail CREATORS Marcey Andrews, Luke Lucas, John Ulan

Powered Up New Trail CREATORS Marcey Andrews, Luke Lucas,Stephen P. Hughes

Taste of Travel WestJet Magazine CREATORS Steve Collins, Teresa Johnston

The Boxer Avenue Edmonton ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

FEATURE WRITING LONGA Long Trip Through the Arctic for a Rare Bird techlifetoday WRITER Scott Messenger

Can Climate Change Be Reversed? Alberta Views WRITER Arno Kopecky EDITOR Evan Osenton

Cold Pipe, Hot Rhetoric Alberta Views WRITER Chris Turner EDITOR Evan Osenton

Crisis Control GrainsWest WRITER Ian Doig

Finding HomeCanadian Rockies Annual WRITER Ryan Stuart

Labour Trafficking in Alberta Avenue Calgary WRITER Erin Tettensor EDITOR Jennifer Hamilton CONTRIBUTOR Shelley Arnusch

Site Unseen The Yards WRITER Tim Querengesser

The Afterlife of Cemeteries Avenue Calgary WRITER Ruth Richert EDITOR Käthe Lemon

The Two-Tier Food SystemAvenue Calgary WRITER Marcello Di Cintio

The Twists and Turns of the Cinnamon Sprinkled Trail New Trail WRITER Curtis Gillespie

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FEATURE WRITING SHORTA Vintage Toy Story WestJet Magazine WRITER Fiona Tapp

How To Catch Fire New Trail WRITER Therese Kehler

Hunting with the Masters Conservation Magazine WRITER Tara Holmwood EDITOR Elize Uniat

Krylon Crew Avenue Edmonton WRITER Tim Querengesser

Maker of NAIT’s Original Logo Mosaic Revisits Her Work 50 Years Later techlifetoday WRITER Marta Gold

On Air Avenue Edmonton WRITER Scot Morison EDITOR Steven Sandor

We Are Young Avenue Edmonton WRITER Steven Sandor

When Your Thoughts Run Away With You New Trail WRITER Mifi Purvis

FICTIONCold War On Spec WRITER Lynne M. Maclean Cutting My Hair at the Jubilee Glass Buffalo WRITER Jake Cardinal

Dered Glass Buffalo WRITER Shelby Carleton

Don’t Finish Funicular WRITER Tyler Hein

Duck Funicular WRITER Todd Babiak

Elegy On Spec WRITER Sarah L. Johnson

Ghost BoxGlass Buffalo WRITER James Cawkwell

Paola FreeFall WRITER Fraser Calderwood

Simple Church Funicular WRITER Laura Legge

The Shave Alberta Views WRITER Rona Altrows

ILLUSTRATIONA Year in the Making LEAP ILLUSTRATOR Glenn Harvey

Cutting My Hair at the Jubilee Glass Buffalo ILLUSTRATOR Elijah Cardinal-Whitford

How to Catch Fire New TrailILLUSTRATOR Steven P. Hughes

Looking Toward the Future of Stampede Avenue CalgaryILLUSTRATOR Miko Maciaszek ART DIRECTOR Sarah Nealon

Practicing Compassion LEAP ILLUSTRATOR Pete Ryan

The Hum Avenue Edmonton ILLUSTRATOR Christian Rosekat

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ILLUSTRATION (continued) To the Moon WestJet Magazine ILLUSTRATOR Cristian Fowlie

Troublings Avenue Edmonton ILLUSTRATOR Emily Chu ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

PHOTOGRAPH: LANDSCAPE, STILL LIFE and ARCHITECTUREOn the Banks of the Oldman River Alberta Views PHOTOGRAPHER Steve Kuno ART DIRECTOR Beate Wichmann

Red-Winged Blackbird at Vermilion Lakes Canadian Rockies AnnualPHOTOGRAPHER Mark Jinks ART DIRECTOR Dee Larosa

Scandi-Style Home on the RangeAvenue Calgary PHOTOGRAPHER Jared Sych ART DIRECTOR Sarah Nealon

Scrambling The Wedge at Sunrise Canadian Rockies Annual PHOTOGRAPHER Jake Finnan ART DIRECTOR Dee Larosa

September Cover WestJet Magazine PHOTOGRAPHER Jared Sych DESIGN DIRECTOR Steve Collins

PHOTOGRAPH: PEOPLE and PORTRAITUREA Collaborative Approach LEAP PHOTOGRAPHER Curtis Trent

Cutting Edge Kitchen Avenue Edmonton PHOTOGRAPHER Bluefish Studios ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

Ironmen Avenue Edmonton PHOTOGRAPHER Curtis Trent ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

Kimaura Schindler WestJet Magazine PHOTOGRAPHER Katie Marie ART DIRECTOR Teresa Johnston

Paul Zizka IMPACT Magazine PHOTOGRAPHER Graham McKerrell ART DIRECTOR Logan Johnson

The Contender Avenue Edmonton PHOTOGRAPHER Colin Way ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

PHOTOGRAPH: SERIES OR ESSAY25 Fav Eats Avenue Edmonton PHOTOGRAPHERS Cooper and O’Hara ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

Cheers Avenue Edmonton PHOTOGRAPHER Curtis Comeau ART DIRECTOR Kim Larson

Fall Fabulous Avenue Calgary PHOTOGRAPHER Jared Bautista ART DIRECTOR Venessa BrewerSTYLISTS Kara Chomistek, Nickol Walkemeyer

Humans of Edmonton Alberta ViewsPHOTOGRAPHER Jerry Cordeiro ART DIRECTOR Beate Wichmann

Lens of Respect Alberta Views PHOTOGRAPHER Joey Podlubny

Los Alamos, California WestJet Magazine PHOTOGRAPHER Steve Collins

Fall Fashion in PortlandWestJet Magazine PHOTOGRAPHER Jared SychDESIGN DIRECTOR Steve CollinsSTYLIST Sara Samson

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PHOTOGRAPH: SERIES OR ESSAY (continued) Who Keeps the Honey Industry Alive? Alberta Views PHOTOGRAPHER Guillaume Nolet ART DIRECTOR Beate Wichmann

POETRYA Prelapsarian Fall, c. 66,000,000 BC FreeFall WRITER Evan Nielson

Dream where I curate an exhibit in my childhood home la JilavaGlass Buffalo WRITER Adriana Onita EDITOR Matthew Stepanic

Lupo Mannaro Glass Buffalo WRITER Estlin McPhee EDITOR Matthew Stepanic

Harvest Glass Buffalo WRITER Melanie Power EDITOR Matthew Stepanic

PROFILEA Matter of Facts: The Troy Reeb Story Wider Horizons WRITER Paul Kingsmith EDITOR Lisa Kozleski

Beyond the Bench New Trail WRITER Curtis Gillespie

Changing the Culture of Canadian Policing Alberta Views WRITER Doug Horner

Daryl McIntyre, Veteran Edmonton Anchorman,at the Crossroads techlifetoday WRITER Scott Messenger Face Value Avenue EdmontonWRITER Steven Sandor

Giant Spirits LINK WRITER Carolynn Van de Vyvere

Leading the Way Canadian Rockies Annual WRITER Lynn Martel

Seeing into the Future The Yards WRITER Robbie Jeffrey

The Boxer Avenue Edmonton WRITER Steven Sandor

SERVICE JOURNALISM All Inclusive WestJet Magazine WRITER Bert Archer

From the Den and Back Again Canadian Rockies Annual WRITER Niki Wilson

How I Learned to be a Healthier Eater techlifetoday WRITER Scott Messenger

Unravelling Drug Addiction: How the Opioid Crisis has Changed the Way We Work Wider Horizons CREATORS Shelley Boettcher, Terry Bullick, Curtis Gillespie, Lisa Kozleski

Urban Survival Guide Avenue Calgary CREATORS Kevin Brooker, Christina Freudenthaler, Andrew Guilbert, Jennifer Hamilton, Jaelyn Molyneux, Jacquie Moore, Julia Williams

Who Will Help Mom? U Magazine WRITER Mike Fisher

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