The Walrus and L’actualité lead the list of National Magazine Awards nominees

The National Magazine Awards nominations  announced today are dominated by 10 well-known titles, large and small, with 177 written, integrated, visual and special award nominations. The Walrus magazine has 35 nominations (24 written, 8 visual, 3 integrated) and L’actualité 23 (20 written, 1 visual, 2 integrated). Here are the entrants who had 10 or more:

Magazine	Written	Integrated	Visual	Special	Total
The Walrus	24	3	8	0	35
L’actualité	20	2	1	0	23
Report on Business	10	4	7	0	21
Maclean’s Toronto Life	11 9	6 6	0 3	1 0	18 18
Maisonneuve The Grid	8 3	0 8	5 3	1 0	14 14
Cottage Life	7	2	3	1	13
Eighteen Bridges	11	0	0	0	11
Sportsnet	7	2	0	1	10

As reported here earlier, Kim Jernigan, the former editor of The New Quarterly, is to receive the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement -- the industry's highest honour. Among other nomination highlights:

• Magazine of the year nominees: Azure, Cottage Life, Nouveau Projet
• Tablet magazine of the year nominees: Canadian Business, Sportsnet,The Hockey News
• Magazine website of the year: Hazlitt, Maclean’s,Torontoist
• Best new magazine writer: Suzannah Showler, Liz Windhorst Harmer, Catherine McIntyre

The complete list of nominations can be downloaded here. 

Winners will be announced and honoured at the 37th awards gala that will be on Friday June 6 at the Carlu in Toronto at the conclusion of the MagNet industry conference and Magazines Week.