Deadline looms for Editors' Choice awards
The March 24 deadline looms for the Editors' Choice Awards, presented by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME). The awards are open only to CSME members. Entry information is available online.
The awards are promoted as "the only national magazine awards that are judged by your editing peers"; this, of course, makes us wonder what they think the other awards are judged by.
The awards are promoted as "the only national magazine awards that are judged by your editing peers"; this, of course, makes us wonder what they think the other awards are judged by.
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posted by D. B. Scott at
12:43 pm
3 Comments:
Hi D.B.,
Thanks for posting a link to CSME's entry form on your blog. Your point about the wording is well taken. Our intention was not to disparage any other judging process or cause any confusion with the language on the form. Rather, we wanted to promote the fact that our judging panel consists only of editors, as opposed to other types of contributors (photographers, art directors, circulation experts, etc.).
Regards,
Bob Sexton
President
Canadian Society of Magazine Editors
Last time I looked, the NMAs were being judged by magazine people AND BY freelance writers, authors TV and radio commentators (especially from the CBC), former writers and editors, and the odd literate public figure.
Worthy judges all, but not quite "editing peers."
The CSME awards are different from the NMAs not only in that editors exclusively are the judges, but also in that the editing function is being judged (e.g., CSME's display writing and front-of-book awards), thus helping to fill a crucial gap in the NMA program.
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