2017

Canadian Magazine Awards

Winner

• Best General Interest Magazine: The Walrus

2016

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Words and Pictures: “Our Ever-Changing Moods” by Jillian Tamaki
• Arts and Entertainment: “Howl” by Drew Nelles
• One of a Kind: “Playing God” by Richard Kelly Kemick
• Illustration: “My Prescribed Life” by Adrian Forrow

Silver

• Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Laying Waste” by Sasha Chapman
• Photojournalism & Photo Essay: “If These Walls Could Talk” by Lana Slezic
• Spot Illustration: “Choose Your Own Ending” by Jeannie Phan

Honourable Mention

• Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Where the Streets Have No Names” by Harley Rustad
• Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Run, Forest, Run” by Asher Mullard
• Politics and Public Interest: “State of Delusion” by Patrick Graham
• Personal Journalism: “My Prescribed Life” by Emily Landau
• Profiles: “Dr. Shock” by Richard Poplak
• One of a Kind: “He Said, She Said” by Ann Brocklehurst
• Business: “Easy Money” by Christopher Pollon
• Health & Medicine: “My Prescribed Life” by Emily Landau
• Best New Magazine Writer: “Playing God” by Richard Kelly Kemick
• Illustration: “Summer Reading and cover” by Pascal Blanchet
• Spot Illustration:
  Spot series by Ashley Mackenzie
• Portrait Photography: “Boom” by Grant Harder
• Essays: “Team America” by Gary Stephen Ross
• Fiction: “Changeling Girl” by Alex Puglsey

2015

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• One of a Kind: The Trials of Philip Halliday by Noah Richler
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: The Toilet Papers by Jeremy Keehn
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: In Attawapiskat by Larry Towell
• Spot Illustration: The Rising Tide by Sébastien Thibault

Silver

• Fiction: Ultrasound by Stephen Marche
• Personal Journalism: Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
• Society: The Talk by Rachel Giese
• Illustration and Photo Illustration: Best Shot by Byron Eggenschwiler
• Spot Illustration: May 2014 Issue Joren Cull

Honourable Mention

• Magazine of the Year: The Walrus
• Magazine Covers: Can They Come Back?
• Words and Pictures: In Attawapiskat by Louise Bernice Halfe and Larry Towell
• Arts and Entertainment: The Secret Life of Max Stern by Sara Angel
• Essays: The Israel Taboo by Joseph Rosen
• Health and Medicine: Oxy Town by Dan Werb
• Humour: Double-Doublethink by Gerry Flahive
• Investigative Reporting: Upholding the Right by Michael Kempa; True Blue by Marci MacDonald
• Personal Journalism: Giving Up the Ghost by Lynn Cunningham
• Poetry: Food by Vincent Colistro
• Politics and Public Interest: The Story Behind the Rob Ford Story by Ivor Tossell; True Blue by Marci MacDonald; Stand Down by John Lorinc
• Profiles: Notes on Albert by David Macfarlane
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: Owen’s Ark by Chris Turner; Moby Doll by Mark Leiren-Young
• Society: Outcasts by Hugh Bruster; Reviving Riversdale by Allan Casey
• Illustration and Photo Illustration: Expos Nation by Min Gyo Chung; Who Will Water the Wallflowers? by Melinda Josie

2014

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Best Single Issue: Tenth Anniversary Issue; John Macfarlane, editor; Brian Morgan, art director; contributors: Kyle Carsten Wyatt, Sasha Chapman, Rachel Giese, Amy Macfarlane, Paul Kim, Meredith Holigroski, Matthew McKinnon, Nick Mount, Michael Lista, Pamela Capraru
• Words & Pictures: “Water”; Edward Burtynsky, Brian Morgan, John Macfarlane, Kyle Carsten Wyatt, Sasha Chapman, Paul Kim, David Macfarlane
• One of a Kind: “The Marineland Dreamland” by Craig Davidson
• Politics & Public Interest: “The Avenger” by Lisa Fitterman
• Society: “The Fix” by Dan Werb
• Travel: “Big Mac” by Taras Grescoe
• Magazine Website Design: thewalrus.ca; Matthew McKinnon, online editor and web designer; John Piasetzki, web developer

Silver

• Health & Medicine: “A Feverish Debate” by Alison Motluk
• Personal Journalism: “The Meaning of White” by Emily Urquhart
• Illustration:”Hot Wired” by Jillian Tamaki
• Photojournalism & Photo Essay:”On the Edge of North America” by Scott Conarroe
• Portrait Photography: “Inside Joke” by Christopher Wahl

Honourable Mention

• Best Editorial Package—Web: “The New Normal” by Matthew McKinnon, Brian Morgan, Rachel Giese, Natasha Negrea, Smithsonian Channel, Chris Berube, Marcel Ramagnano, and Lily Ames
• Arts and Entertainment: “Gossip Girl” by Sarah Selecky
• Business: “Pension Envy” by John Lorinc
• Essays: “The Accidental Activist” by Mark Jaccard; “Born in the Burbs” by Ron Graham; “Repairing the House” by Andrew Coyne
• Health and Medicine: “Critical Mass” by Katherine Ashenburg; “The New Normal” by Rachel Giese; “A Feverish Debate” by Alison Motluk, “The Walking Cure” by Dan Rubinstein
• Investigative Reporting: “Trials and Error” by Julian Sher
• Poetry: “Waves” by Richard Greene
• Politics and Public Interest: “Her Way” by Katherine Ashenburg; “The Avenger” by Lisa Fitterman; “Prime Minister in Waiting” by Charlotte Gray
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Sasha Chapman
• Sports and Recreation: “The Game Not Played” by Richard Poplak
• Art Direction for an Entire Issue: Tenth Anniversary Issue by Brian Morgan
• Creative Photography: “Summer Reading” by Will Vincent
• Spot Illustration: “Miscellany” by Ryan Heshka; “Slaying Dragons” by Graham Roumieu

2013

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Illustration: “Apocalypse Soon” by Sam Weber
• One of a Kind: “What Would Tommy Douglas Think?” by Tom Jokinen
• Society: “Fade to Light” by Dave Cameron
• Travel: “On Tipping in Cuba” by Chris Turner

Silver

• Arts and Entertainment: “After Midnight” by Stephanie Nolen
• Words and Pictures “Ringmastera” by Sean Michaels

Honourable Mention

• Arts and Entertainment: “A Humble Architect” by Witold Rybczynski
• Fiction: “Flesh and Numbers” by Stephen Marche
• Health and Medicine: “The Errors of Their Ways” by Rachel Giese
• Health and Medicine: “Fade to Light” by Dave Cameron
• Personal Journalism: “The Missing Piece” by Terence Byrnes
• Politics and Public Interest: “Civil Warrior” by Michael Harris
• Profiles: “His One Demand” by Mark Leiren-Young
• Science, Technology and the Environment: “The Race against Time” by Alex Hutchinson
• Society: “Manufacturing Taste” by Sasha Chapman
• Portrait Photography: “After Midnight” by Jaime Hogge
• Illustration “War Games” by Barry Blitt
• Spot Illustration: “Miscellany” by Kelsey Heinrichs

2012

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon, Heather Cleland, Dave Grant, Lindsay Lafreniere, and David Rusak
• Illustration: “Meet You at the Door” by Selena Wong
• Investigative Reporting: “A Political Meltdown” by Alison Motluk
• One of a Kind: “Adrift on the Nile” by Paul Wilson
• Profiles: “Madam Premier” by Lisa Gregoire
• Society: “The Long Goodbye” by Katherine Ashenburg

Silver

• Essays: “The New Solitudes” by Erna Paris
• One of a Kind: “The Archivist” by Paul Wilson
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Amazon of the North” by Eamon Mac Mahon
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “A Rock and a Hard Place” by Chris Wood
• Society: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Chris Turner
• Words and Pictures: “Portraits of the War” by Joanne Tod, Brian Morgan, and Amy Macfarlane

Honourable Mention

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Meaning of Hockey” by Brian Morgan
• Art Direction for an Entire Issue: November 2011 by Brian Morgan
• Arts and Entertainment: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
• Arts and Entertainment: “Modern Inconveniences” by Adele Weder
• Best Short Feature: “The Stag” by Deirdre Dodds
• Best Short Feature: “As the Crow Flies” by Lisa Gregoire
• Essays: “The Morgentaler Effect” by Wayne Sumner
• Fiction: “Meet You at the Door” by Lawrence Hill
• Fiction: “Noisemakers” by Grace O’Connell
• Health and Medicine: “Blinded by Science” by Timothy Caulfield
• Humour: “Housebroken” by Pasha Malla
• Illustration: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Scott McCowen
• Investigative Reporting: “The Only Risk Is Wanting to Stay” by Arno Kopecky
• Magazine Covers: The Future of Food by Brian Morgan
• One of a Kind: “Notes from Newfoundland” by Lisa Moore
• Personal Journalism: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Climate Controlled” by John Lorinc
• Society: “Arrival of the Fittest” by Rachel Giese
• Sports and Recreation: “The Pain Principle” by Richard Poplak
• Spot Illustration: “Supersized” by Raymond Biesinger

Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Gold, Consumer Magazine

• Best Companion Website: walrusmagazine.com

Silver, Consumer Magazine

• Best Web Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon

2011

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Arts and Entertainment: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
• Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon
• Best New Creative Talent: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
• Essays: “A 10 Percent World” by J.B. MacKinnon
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Dark Element” by Don Weber
• Politics and Public Interest: “Life on the Instalment Plan” by Marian Botsford Fraser

Silver

• Best Short Feature: “Aftershock” by Chris Jones
• Humour: “The Air Strip” by Pasha Malla
• Investigative Reporting: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
• One of a Kind: “A Tale of Two Cities” by Gary Stephen Ross

Honourable Mention

• Arts and Entertainment: “Mister Nice Guy” by Jeet Heer
• Arts and Entertainment: “What Tom Thomson Saw” by Ross King
• Best Multi-Media Feature: “Lucy Hardin’s Missing Period” by Stephen Marche, Jared Bland, and Matthew McKinnon
• Essays: “The Shout Doctrine” by Mark Kingwell
• Health and Medicine: “The Enemy Inside” by Daniel Baird
• Health and Medicine: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
• Health and Medicine: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
• Illustration: “Quieter Revolutions” by Mathieu Lavoie
• Illustration: “The Enemy Inside” by Balint Zsako
• Illustration: “Hard Currency” by Marlena Zuber
• Investigative Reporting: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
• One of a Kind: “Pravda and Other Words for Truth” by Medeine Tribinevicius
• Personal Journalism: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
• Personal Journalism: “The Flight Album” by Kaitlin Fontana
• Personal Journalism: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
• Politics and Public Interest: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Stranger Within” by Ron Graham
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Last Great Water Fight” by Chris Wood
• Profiles: “Dragon Done” by Trevor Cole
• Profiles: “The Unrepentant Whore” by Michael Harris
• Profiles: “Big Game Hunter” by Chris Jones
• Science, Technology and the Environment: “The New Grand Tour” by Chris Turner
• Sports and Recreation: “Faster, Higher, Sneakier” by Alex Hutchinson
• Spot Illustration: “The Long Decline” by Neil Doshi

Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Gold, Consumer Magazine

• Best Companion Website: walrusmagazine.com

Silver, Consumer Magazine

• Best Use of Social Media: @walrusmagazine

Finalist, Consumer Magazine

• Best Blog: The Walrus Blog
• Best Web Design: walrusmagazine.com

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Gold

2009

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Miles Collyer, Antonio De Luca, and Bree Seeley
• Humour: “A Liar’s Life” by Bruce McCall
• Society: “Not So Down” by Peter Valing
• Words and Pictures: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Daniel Baird, Antonio De Luca, Matthew McKinnon, Giles Revell, Bree Seeley, and Matt Willey

Silver

• Essays: “Geared Up” by Bill Reynolds

Honourable Mention

• Essays: “The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster” by Don Gillmor
• Essays: “Failure to Fail” by Jay Teitel
• Health and Medicine: “Minor Keys” by Moira Farr
• Humour: “Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008” by Kevin Chong
• Humour: “Death on the Installation Plan” by Jeremy Keehn
• Humour: “At the Whisky Tasting” by Pasha Malla
• Investigative Reporting: “Nuclear Reaction” by Kate Harries
• One of a Kind: “Taking the Cure” by Christopher Shulgan
• One of a Kind: “The Lynching of Louie Sam” by John Vaillant
• One of a Kind: “The Incinerator Incident” by Michael Winter
• Personal Journalism: “Shelter from the Storm” by Don Gillmor
• Personal Journalism: “All the Way Home” by Wendy Dennis
• Politics and Public Interest: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Barry Campbell
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Business of Saving the Earth” by Chris Wood
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Fat of the Land” by Brian Payton
• Society: “Frontier Families” by Matthew Hays
• Spot Illustration: “Facemasking” by Gary Taxali
• Spot Illustration: “The Earthship Has Landed” by Sam Weber
• Still-Life Photography: “Eels on Wheels” by Natasha V
• Travel: “The Archipelago of Fear” by Charles Montgomery

Utne Independent Press Awards

• Best Writing

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Silver

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Antonio De Luca, Bree Seeley, and Chris Lee (photography by Giles Revell and Matt Willey)

Two merit awards

2008

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Arts and Entertainment: “The Mindful Museum” by Adam Gopnik
• Best New Magazine Writer: “Red Rush” by Patrick White
• Fiction: “The Dead Are More Visible” by Steven Heighton
• Illustration: “God’s Slow Death” by Sam Weber
• Politics and Public Interest: “Once Upon a Country” by Don Gillmor
• Portrait Photography: “Miss Canadiana” by Robyn Cumming
• Spot Illustration: “Tank Talk” by Leif Parsons

Silver

• Magazine Covers: “Lightness of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca
• Personal Journalism: “The Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “The Chinese Dust Bowl” by Benoit Aquin
• Still-Life Photography: “Digby Neck” by Russell Monk

Honourable Mention

• Arts and Entertainment: “Unlimited Editions” by Timothy Taylor
• Best Short Feature: “Forgiveness” by June Callwood
• Best Short Feature: “The Archetypal Walrus” by John Vaillant
• Essays: “A House Divided” by Jonathan Garfinkle
• Essays: “The Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
• Fiction: “The Man on the Island” by Wayne Grady
• Fiction: “Bob Dylan Goes Tubing” by Marni Jackson
• Health and Medicine: “Oasis of Hope” by Layne Coleman
• Humour: “All the Rage” by Andrew Clark
• Humour: “St. Patrick’s Day” by Andrew Clark
• Humour: “Veils for Western Women” by Marni Jackson
• Humour: “The Hidden Mickey Mouse” by John Reardon
• Illustration: “Cherry Blossom” by Marcos Chin
• Illustration: “Snail Males” by Zoe Barcza
• Investigative Reporting: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
• Investigative Reporting: “Life on Nut Island” by Stephen Williams
• One of a Kind: “Dominick’s Fish” by RM Vaughan
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “War Stories” by Rita Leistner
• Politics and Public Interest: “Camels in the Arctic?” by Franklyn Griffiths
• Politics and Public Interest: “No Refuge” by Andrew Mitrovica
• Politics and Public Interest: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
• Travel: “A Pianist in Rwanda” by Deborah Kirshner
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Breaking D-Wave” by Alex Hutchinson
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Driven to Distraction” by John Lorinc
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Red Rush” by Patrick White
• Spot Illustration: “15 Love Songs” by various illustrators
• Still-Life Photography: “Award-Winning Books” by Birthe Piontek

Prix Pictet

• “The Chinese Dust Bowl,” by Benoit Aquin

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Silver

• Art direction for a single magazine page or spread: “The Counterpart” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree Seeley (illustration by Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau)
• Illustration: “Parallel Universe” by Graham Roumieu
• Illustration: “Tunneling Through Time” by Chris Lee
• Magazine cover: “Lightness of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree Seeley (photograph by Chris Levine)

Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs

• Arthur Kroeger Award for Public Discourse

2007

National Magazine Awards

Magazine of the year

Gold

• Art direction for a single article: “The Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca
• Essays: “My Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
• Humour: “Married With Husbands” by Wendy Dennis
• Personal journalism: My Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
• Science, technology, and the environment: “Far From Home” by Monte Paulsen
• Society: “Iran’s Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell

Silver

• Art Direction for an Entire Issue: “Bird Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
• Business: “Domestic Terroir” by Don Gillmor
• Essays: “Iran’s Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell
• Fiction: “The Smell of Smoke” by Peter Behrens
• Health and Medicine: “Waiting for the Pandemic” by Gwynne Dyer
• Illustration: “Hijacking History” by Graham Roumieu
• Magazine Cover: “The Alberta Cash Cow” by Antonio De Luca and Brian Rea
• Politics and public interest: “Fake Left, Go Right” by James Laxer
• Service: Health and Family: “The Teenage Brain” by Nora Underwood
• Society: “Identity Crisis” by Allan Gregg

Honourable Mention

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Gold

• Illustration: “God’s Slow Death” by Sam Weber
• Magazine Cover: “Too Wired To Think” by Antonio De Luca and Ludimar Hermann
• Photojournalism: “The Last Lumberjacks” by Rita Leistner

Silver

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, and Frank Weidenfelder
• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Spread: “Red Rush” by Antonio De Luca, Chris Lee, and Eamon Mac Mahon
• Conceptual Photography: “A House Half Built” by Liz Cowie
• Conceptual Photography: “Brighter Lights, Bigger Cities” by Eamon Mac Mahon
• Illustration: “Snail Males” by Zoe Barcza
• Illustration: “Kissers (Cherry Blossoms)” by Marcos Chin
• Illustration: “Her Dog” by Jillian Tamaki
• Photojournalism: “Separate and Unequal” by Eamon Mac Mahon
• Portrait Photography: “Miss Canadiana” by Robyn Cummings

Eight merit awards

2006

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Totally Genius” by Antonio De Luca
• Arts and Entertainment: “Artful Crimes” by Joshua Knelman
• Essays: “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Lawrence Hill
• Health and Medicine: “Chasing the Crab” by Bill Cameron
• Humour: “My Living Media Will” by Marni Jackson
• Illustration: “Dangerous Liaisons” by Jillian Tamaki
• Personal Journalism: “Chasing the Crab” by Bill Cameron
• Politics and Public Interest: “Melting Point” by Chris Wood
• Portrait Photography: “Jew Funk” by Davida Nemeroff
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Melting Point” by Chris Wood
• Service: Health and Family: “Why Psychoanalysis Matters” by Wendy Dennis
• Spot Illustration: “Revenge of the Small” by Marco Cibola
• Words and Pictures: “Al Rashad” by Antonio De Luca, Joshua Knelman, and Rita Leistner

Silver

• Poetry: “Hand Luggage: Calgary, Montreal, and Brazil” by P.K. Page
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Peace Wager” by Kathy Cook
• Sports and Recreation: “Foreign Billionaires Bring English Football to World, Agony and Ecstasy to Fans” by Timothy Taylor

Alexander Ross Award for Best New Writer

• “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick

Honourable Mention

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Antonio De Luca
• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Strange Journey” by Antonio De Luca
• Arts and Entertainment: “Striking Back at the Empire” by Andrew Clark
• Business: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
• Columns: “In Memory Of,” “Missing Mordecai,” and “What Lies Beneath” by Ken Alexander
• Essays: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
• Essays: “The Wilderness Within” by Adam Gilders
• Essays: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
• Essays: “The Rising Fall of the American Empire” by James Laxer
• Fiction: “Catechism” by Wayne Johnston
• Fiction: “Miss You Already” by Merilyn Simonds
• Illustration: “Torrential Reign” by Jason Logan
• Illustration: “Wireless” by Julie Morstad
• Illustration: “A Decentralized Day” by Leif Parsons
• Illustration: “Green Party Blues” by Mark Saunders
• Illustration: “Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys” by Seth Scriver
• Illustration: “Arsenal of Illusion” by Balint Zsako
• Investigative Reporting: “A Gentle Revolution” by Monte Paulsen
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Al Rashad” by Rita Leistner
• Politics and Public Interest: “A Tribute Paid to Reason” by Chris Tenove
• Politics and Public Interest: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
• Portrait Photography: “Corporate Cannabis” by Kourosh Keshiri
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
• Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
• Spot Illustration: “To Catch a Fish” by David Collier
• Spot Illustration: “My Tennis Game” by Clayton Hanmer
• Spot Illustration: “Tusky/Letters” by Jeff Ladouceur
• Spot Illustration: “The Dictator Debt Catch” by Graham Roumieu
• Spot Illustration: “Til Decree Do Us Part” by Sam Weber
• Sports and Recreation: “To Catch a Fish” by John DeMont
• Travel: “Israel on the Brink” by David Berlin
• Travel: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
• Travel: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
• Words and Pictures: “The Forest’s Edge” by Ken Alexander, Antonio De Luca, Patrick Lane, and Eamon Mac Mahon

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Gold

• Art Direction for an Entire Magazine Issue: “Bird Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Waiting for the Pandemic” by Antonio De Luca
• Illustration: “Tank Talk” by Leif Parsons

Silver

• Magazine Cover: “The Last Days of Suburbia” by Antonio De Luca and Seymour Chwast

Nine merits

2005

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Art Direction for a Single Article: “Why Bush Will Win/Why Kerry Will Win” by Antonio De Luca
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Man Behind Stephen Harper” by Marci McDonald
• Spot Illustration: “How to Save Democracy” by Leif Parsons
• Words and Pictures: “Inside a Different Kabul” by Ahmet Sel

Silver

• Humour: “Samson and Delilah” by Jonathan Goldstein
• Society: “The Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis

Honourable Mention

• Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Antonio De Luca
• Arts and Entertainment: “Unrepentant” by Gare Joyce
• Columns: “Language: Eloquence Lost,” “Language: Idiom-Proof,” and “Language: MSN Spoken Here” by Charles Foran
• Essays: “The Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis
• Health and Medicine: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
• Health and Medicine: “Mapping the Blues” by Mark Witten
• Illustration: “An Anatomy of Hypochondria” by Balint Zsako
• Investigative Reporting: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
• Investigative Reporting: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
• Magazine Covers: “What Is Marriage?” by Antonio De Luca
• Personal Journalism: “The Genocide Problem: ‘Never Again’ All Over Again” by Gerald Caplan
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
• Politics and Public Interest: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
• Portrait “Photographry: The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
• Profiles: “The Book of Bob” by Bruce Grierson
• Society: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
• Words and Pictures: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner

2004

National Magazine Awards

Gold

• Arts and Entertainment: The Genius of Django by Deborah Kirshner
• Investigative Reporting: Blind Trust by Marci McDonald
• Science and Technology: Is the West Rearming Russia? by Paul Webster

Honourable Mention

• Essays: Resisting the Veil by Margaret Atwood
• Essays: Ich Bin Ein Indianer by Adam Gilders
• Humour: Reader Rage by Douglas Bell
• Photojournalism and Photo Essay: Blind Trust by Eamon Mac Mahon
• Politics and Public Interest: Reasonable Doubts by Larry Krotz
• Politics and Public Interest: Blind Trust by Marci McDonald
• Still-Life Photography: “One Man’s Trash” by Douglas Coupland
• Travel: The Genius of Django by Deborah Kirshner

Utne Independent Press Awards

• Best New Title