Canadian Cover Awards winners announced

August 2012

The new Canadian Cover Awards were presented last night in Toronto -- successor to the Canadian Newsstand Awards. The new competition, co-presented by the Circulation Management Association of Canada (CMC) and Magazines Canada, differs in several respects from its predecessor, including being agnostic about circulation size.  

The new awards are strictly based in seven categories on success of covers in Canadian single copy sales (50% of score based on sales, 50% on jury selection for cover excellence). Previously, small circ titles such as This Magazine were repeat winners among entries under 10,000. This year the smallest circulation winner was Sky News (25,000).

Winners were: 

• Fashion, Shopping and Bridal: Elle Québec, August 2012
• General Interest, Arts, Lifestyle & Regional: Legion Magazine, January/February 2012
• Home & Decor: Style at Home, September 2011
• News, Business & Celebrity: Canadian Business, February 2012
• SIPs and New Magazines: Maclean's, Royal Wedding special issue
• Sports and Leisure: SkyNews, May/June 2012
• Women's Service: Chatelaine, February 2012
• Newsstand Marketer of the Year: Greg Keilty, SkyNews

For details of the editorial and circulation teams behind the winners, see this release from Magazines Canada.

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