PWAC launches Editor of the Year Award

Editors sometimes don't get the respect they deserve from writers (and sometimes vice versa) and from awards programs. Editors generally have to bask in the reflected glory while underpaid but visible freelancers and designers get the trophies. The Professional Writers Association of Canada are attempting to rectify this with the launch of their first annual PWAC Editor of the Year Award.

[This is not the first national Editor of the Year award. A similarly named award is made by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) and awarded along with other awards at the association's annual dinner.]

Nominees for the PWAC award may be staff editors, freelance editors or editors associated with one or more publications and they may work for any print medium. They may only be nominated by one of the 600 PWAC members in good standing. The winner will be announced each May at the PWAC National Conference Awards Banquet, and will also be congratulated at the PWAC Luncheon during MagNet, the annual Canadian magazine industry conference in Toronto (of which PWAC is a founding partner).

“As professional freelance writers,” explained PWAC President, Carolyn Gibson, “we are often privileged to work with outstanding editorial professionals who respond quickly and positively to our queries, help us shape our ideas and work, improve our writing, and smooth the process of publication, invoicing and payment. Starting this year, PWAC members now have the opportunity to bring national recognition and praise to our too-often unsung business partners – the editors.”