10 (+1) National Magazine Award Nominations

Drew Nelles June 4, 2009 Maisonneuve confirms its place as one of the best magazines in the country.

Maisonneuve landed ten National Magazine Award nominations. (Technically, we got eleven, although for some reason the final tally doesn’t include the nods for Best Student Writer.)

Awards will be handed out June 5 at the gala held at Carlu in Toronto.

Maisy’s nominations:

Best Single Issue
Derek Webster and Anna Minzhulina
Issue 29

Best Cover
Anna Minzhulina
Issue 29

Best Student Writer
Chris Watt
“Iraq’s Walking Dead” (issue 28)

Humour
Craig Silverman
“My Life in Dépanneurs” (issue 27)

Investigative Reporting
Bruce Livesey
“Scientology’s Defier” (issue 27)

Investigative Reporting
Chris Watt
“Iraq’s Walking Dead” (issue 28)

Science, Technology & the Environment
Fraser Los
“The Green Gospel” (issue 29)

Sports & Recreation
Michael Carbert
“The Old One-Two” (issue 27)

Photojournalism & Photo Essay
Roger Lemoyne
“Serbia, the Sad South” (issue 30)

Portrait Photography

Roger Lemoyne
“Serbia, the Sad South” (issue 30)

Spot Illustration
Jack Dylan
“The Dep Guy” (issue 27)

Tenth Anniversary: Spring

ISSUE 43 Tenth Anniversary: Spring 2012

online content:

also in this issue:

  • Face the Music

    by Tim Falconer How can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness.
  • The Big Job

    by Deni Y. Béchard As a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past.
  • The Homesickness of Astronauts

    by Johanna Skibsrud "She felt a great sadness. She would remember next to nothing of this, even soon."
  • [see full issue contents]