Canadian Magazine Industry News
11 May 2009,     VANCOUVER
Western Magazine Award nominees announced
Vancouver Magazine, last year’s B.C. Magazine of the Year, leads the nominees for the 2009 Western Magazine Awards. The 42-year-old Transcontinental Media publication received 31 nods in 14 categories, including a repeat nomination for the provincial Magazine of the Year award, where it will go up against BC Business, British Columbia Magazine, Geist and The Vancouver Review.

Swerve, a weekly entertainment magazine distributed through the Calgary Herald newspaper, came in second for total nominations, with 12. Its editor-in-chief, Shelley Youngblut, was named the recipient of the event’s highest honour, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The 27th WMAs recognized a total of 42 magazines, with 22 titles scoring multiple nominations. This year’s awards presentation will be held on June 19 at the Renaissance Vancover Hotel Harbourside.
— Christal Gardiola
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