We are happy to report that Maisonneuve received three gold awards and two silver at the 38th National Magazine Awards on Friday, June 5.

Genna Buck won Best New Magazine Writer for “Finding a Place.” The feature tells the story of Savannah Shannon, an autistic New Brunswick woman who has spent her life looking for somewhere to call home. 

Hudson Christie won Best New Illustrator or Photographer for “A Portrait of the Artist with Testicles in Hand.”

Andrea Bennett won gold for “Water Upon the Earth” in the Essays category. Bennett's story looks at her time learning about Young Earth Creationists while in the middle of Alberta's 2013 floods.

Anna Minzhulina won silver for our Fall 2014 issue in the Art Direction of an Entire Issue category.

Sylvain Dumais won silver for “Useful Things” in the Still-Life Photography category.

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!

Honourable mentions went to:

Investigative Reporting: Genna Buck, “Finding a Place”

Best New Magazine Writer: Nicholas Cameron, “Life Sentence”

Health and Medicine: Nicholas Cameron, “Life Sentence”

Health and Medicine: Ann Silversides, “Nunavut’s Nursing Crisis”

Arts and Entertainment: Drew Gough, “Looking for Al Purdy”

Humour: Dan Corber, “A Portrait of the Artist with Testicles in Hand”

Society: Eva Holland, “The Forgotten Internment”

Spot Illustration: Patrick Doyon, “The City Undressed”

Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: Anna Minzhulina, “Life Sentence”