Magazine gold won at Atlantic Journalism Awards by Progress,Halifax and Shambala Sun

 Progress Magazine of Halifax won a gold and a silver award at the  annual Atlantic Journalism Awards, presented in Halifax this weekend. Halifax magazine won a gold, as did Shambala Sun. Atlantic Business magazine won three silver awards and East Coast Living two. Atlantic Salmon Journal won a silver.

There are three magazine-related awards in the program, which covers all media in the four Maritime Provinces, including newspaper, radio, television and online. 

Atlantic Magazine - Best Article

• Gold: 
• Progress Magazine - Halifax, NS - annual People We Love feature
  

• Silver: 

• Alec Bruce - Atlantic Business Magazine, St. John's, NL - The Oracle of Atlantic Canada
• Gloria Hickey - East Coast Living - Metro Guide Publishing, Halifax, NS - Divine Intervention

Atlantic Magazine - Best Cover

• Gold: 
• Halifax Magazine - Metro Guide Publishing - Halifax, NS - October 2009 cover - Take Flight 
  Publish Post
• Silver: 
• Atlantic Salmon Journal - Chamcook, NB - Spring 2009 cover - Cycle of Life  
• East Coast Living - Metro Guide Publishing - Halifax, NS - Fall 2009 cover - The Simple Life

Atlantic Magazine - Best Profile Article

• Gold: 
• Barry Boyce - Shambhala Sun Magazine, Halifax, NS - Fifty Years on the Razor's Edge 

• Silver:
• Eleanor Beaton - Atlantic Business Magazine, St. John's, NL - The Fast Times of Rob Sobey  
• Jon Tattrie - Progress Magazine, Halifax, NS - Back to the Land 

Eleanor Beaton ofAtlantic Business Magazine won a silver award for commentary in any medium with her article The Case Against Protectionism.