Canada's History magazine wins three "Maggies" in Manitoba magazine competition

[This post has been updated] Canada's History magazine won three times in the third annual "Maggie" awards which wrapped up the annual conference of the Manitoba Magazine Publishers Association. The history title, published by Canada's National History Society in Winnipeg won as consumer magazine of the year, for best editorial package for its feature "Shell Shock" and best non-fiction feature for the article "Isolation", by Cec Rosner. 

The awards were given out at a ceremony at the Inn at the Forks Thursday evening.

Other awards included:

• Business-to-business magazine of the year: Canadian Journal of Green Building and Design
• Best cover: CV2 : Winter 2010 Issue “At the Root of Voice” which featured Poet Elizabeth Backinsky
• Consumer best regular column or department: "Bordercolumn" by Robert Enright in Border Crossings

In addition to the 16 magazine categories, three student awards were presented for the Red River College creative communications program's annual magazine project competition. The student competition is adjudicated by the MMPA and the best project gets $1,000.
All other awards are made by a jury that included Stephen Benstead, novelist and bookseller; Judith Kearns, chair of the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg; David Roberts, non-fiction writer and a juried artist and illustrator; and Jill Wilson, editor of the Winnipeg Free Press’ Tab and Detour sections.

Each winner received an individually crafted awards plaque created by Manitoba artist Jolanta Solkalski of Clear Energy Glass Studio.
[Update: details and pictures of all winners in all categories are now available.]