More magazine award nominations

A couple of my explore Magazine articles received nominations for the Canadian National Magazine Awards. The Best of Banff article, a mini travel guide to Canada's oldest National Park, and The New Classics, new trips to try across Canada, both received nominations in the Service: Lifestyle category. The Best of Banff also got a nod in the Single Service Article Package.  The Best of Banff article already won a Northern Lights Award from the Canadian Tourism Commission.

The full list of National Magazine Award nominees can be found at http://www.magazine-awards.com/
Winners will be announced on June 10th in Toronto.

And the winner is...me!

I won Gold and a few other nods from the National Magazine Awards. Along with a stellar editor and creative team I won Gold for the Summer List, a collection of 50 things to do, in explore's Summer 2009 issue. I won a solo Silver for Best of our Parks in the June 2009 issue.

Several other stories and packages I was involved with won Honorable Mentions. You can see the full list at the National Magazine Awards site.

Ryan Stuart National Magazine Award Nominations

I'm going to blow my own horn: For the second year in a row I've been nominated for several National Magazine Awards. All are for writing packages in explore Magazine; the magazine recieved 19 nominations in total.

I'm nominated for: Service: Lifestyle for the article Best of Our Parks, a hit list for Canada's parks; as part of a large team of writers, editors and designers for Best Single Issue and Editorial Package; and two nominations in Single Service Article Package, one for Do it Like an Olympian, a package of advice from Olympic athletes, and one for The Summer List, a plan for summer fun.

You can read all the nominated stories and packages here.

The awards will be handed out at a gala event on June 4, in Toronto.