Shelley Youngblut to receive western mags lifetime achievement award

Shelley Youngblut, editor-in-chief of Swerve magazine (a supplement to the Calgary Herald) is to receive the lifetime achievement award at this year's Western Magazine Awards. The finalists have been announced for all other categories in the awards, which will be presented Friday, June 19 at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside.

Magazine of the year finalists are (by province):

Alberta/NWT

• AlbertaViews
• Alberta Venture
• Unlimited
• Up Here
• Up Here Business
  

BC/Yukon

• BCBusiness
• British Columbia Magazine
• Geist
• Vancouver Magazine
• Vancouver Review
  

Manitoba

• Beaver
• Border Crossings
• Geez
• Prairie Fire
  

Saskatchewan

• BlackFlash
• Briarpatch
• Prairies North

Complete finalists by category.