Maximal design done right.
University of Toronto Magazine won the 2025 #NMA25 Art Direction (Single Article) award for “AI Everywhere,” designed by Vanessa Wyse.
See the full package → zurl.co/s5FR0
#ArtMonth #EditorialDesign
“Jetsetter” by Raphael Ouellet won Gold for Portrait Photography at the 2025 #NMA25.
The jury called the work “bold, elegant, and unforgettable.”
📸 Report on Business magazine
👉 zurl.co/Tiu7l
#ArtMonth #VisualStorytelling
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Service Journalism — Report on Business Magazine (@theglobeandmail.com )
The Newbie’s Guide to Corporate Law offers witty, practical advice for early-career lawyers — from dress codes to AI fears. @gailjcohen.com
🔗 zurl.co/LwfJ5
#NMA25 #LegalCareers #CanadianMagazines
“Surprising and original… a visual feast.”
Serviette won the 2025 #NMA25 Art Direction Grand Prix for its “Food is Absurd” issue.
Design by @nickydearest.bsky.social
See it → zurl.co/feX6R
#ArtMonth #EditorialDesign
Powerful and unsettling, @westernualumni.bsky.social won Best Art Direction (Single Article) at #B2B25 for “Plastics: The good, the bad and the ugly.”
Jury: “A visceral reaction.”
View the spread → zurl.co/ViHBk
#ArtMonth #NMA25 #VisualStorytelling
Whimsical and painterly, Tim Zeltner’s “Chasing Waterfalls” won Gold for Illustration at the 2025 #NMA25.
The jury called it “dynamic, energetic, and deeply inviting.”
🏞️ See it → zurl.co/zwTib
#ArtMonth #VisualStorytelling
Une photo évocatrice des côtes de Terre-Neuve.
Mathieu Lachapelle a remporté l’or pour Photographie de art de vie aux #PMC2025 pour “Laminaria digitata” dans Dinette.
👉 zurl.co/BOmYk
#MoisDesArts #NMA25 #DinetteMagazine
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Profiles — @torontolifemag.bsky.social
In The Mensch, David Sax profiles David Schwartz, who built a Chinese food mini-empire and and risked it all on a deli-inspired steakhouse to honour his mom.
🔗 zurl.co/Dasxv
#NMA25 #TorontoLife #Profiles
Bold, branded, and built for business — Canadian Grocer won Best Cover at the 2025 #B2B25 Awards for “All Systems Go.”
Art Director: Jackie Shipley
See it here → zurl.co/pgjcR
#ArtMonth #NMA25 #VisualStorytelling
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Poetry — @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@josephkidney.bsky.social ’s Gold-winning poem is a surreal, lyrical take on Alberta mythmaking. “All my sorrows cauterized into desire.”
🔗 zurl.co/5FIXF
#NMA25 #CanadianPoetry #ArcPoetry
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Black Hammers Falling — @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Chris Banks reflects on his struggle with alcohol and path to recovery in this standout of personal journalism.
🔗 zurl.co/P0TTy
#NMA25 #TheNewQuarterly #PersonalJournalism
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Tea with Interpol – @fiddlehd.bsky.social
A short story by Tamas Dobozy, winner of Gold for Fiction at #NMA25.
Originally published in Issue 298 (Winter 2024), this piece affirms Dobozy’s place among Canada’s literary elite.
🔗 zurl.co/bZ9dc
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 A Perfect Storm – Zoomer Magazine
Carolyn Abraham investigates how fights over cognitive capacity and inheritance are dividing families.
Gold winner, Investigative Reporting at #NMA25.
#EstateLaw #ZoomerMagazine
🔗 zurl.co/oWn2u
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Cobra Blue Mustang Strat – @fiddlehd.bsky.social
In this lyrical, searing essay, @adelebarclay.bsky.social explores memory, trauma, and sisterhood through art and loss.
Gold winner, Columns & Essays.
#NMA25 #Essays #CreativeNonfiction
🔗 zurl.co/ksBbq
📚 #B2BReadingList
🏆 Could we learn to stop worrying and love nuclear energy? – @westernu.bsky.social Alumni Magazine
@jeffrenaud99.bsky.social takes a witty, accessible look at the promise and perils of nuclear power. A 2025 Gold winner.
#NMA25 #NuclearEnergy #B2BAwards
🔗 zurl.co/Ik8nO
📽️ 2025 National Magazine Awards — Long-Form Feature Writing (6000+ words)
🏆 Winner: Olivia Stren
“The Cult of Wellness” – @torontolifemag.bsky.social
📎 Watch the full gala: zurl.co/SeYnB
#NMA25 #TorontoLife #LongformJournalism #MagazineAwards #NMAReadingList #CanadianMagazines
📚 #NMAReadingList
🏆 Pocket Change – @fashioncanada.bsky.social
Do brands skip pockets in womenswear on purpose? Annika Lautens investigates in this sharp short feature.
Gold winner at #NMA25
Read: zurl.co/SyrYk
#PocketPolitics #FASHIONmagazine #ReadCanadian
Will you be at the 2025 @nationalmedassn.bsky.social Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly in Chicago this weekend? Let us know and we'll connect.
👉 bit.ly/42KaFWd
#NMA25 #NMAChicago25 #NMA2025 #HealthEquity
📚 #B2BReadingList
🏆 Mister MacKay-Lyons’s Neighbourhood – @azuremagazine.bsky.social
A richly drawn profile of architect Brian MacKay-Lyons, rooted in Nova Scotia’s landscape.
Gold winner for Profile of a Person at #NMA25
Read: zurl.co/CoX9K
#Architecture #AzureMagazine
📚 #NMAReadingList
Grief and hope in the Toronto neighbourhood with the city's lowest life expectancy.
🏆 Moss Park’s Lost Years – @thelocal.to
Gold winner for Feature Writing by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social
🔗 zurl.co/nsluu
#NMA25 #TheLocalTO
📚 #B2BReadingList
How do you reinvent a 184-year-old insurer?
🏆 The 184-year-old start-up – Pivot
CPAs Andy Taylor & Lyndsay Monk help modernize Gore Mutual in this Gold-winning feature by Rob Csernyik.
🔗 zurl.co/tek6g
#NMA25 #PivotMagazine #B2BAwards
🏆 Best Magazine: Special Interest — LSTW
Issue no.9 – Duos shows why LSTW remains a force in LGBTQ2S+ publishing.
🎥 Check out Florence Gagnon’s speech in the post.
🔗 Full gala: zurl.co/skzK3
#NMA25 #LSTW #FlorenceGagnon #QueerMedia #MagazineAwards
We'll be attending the 2025 @nationalmedassn.bsky.social Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly, July 19–23 in Chicago - Let us know if you'll be there and we'll connect.
Register now: bit.ly/42KaFWd
#NMA25 #NMAChicago25 #NMA2025 #HealthEquity
📚 #B2BReadingList 📚
Toronto lawyer Bill Rogers brings sharp legal insight to Canadian medicine in Law, his award-winning column for @themedicalpost.bsky.social
🏆 Best Column, #B2BAwards 2025
🔗 zurl.co/eh2OO
#HealthLaw #MedicalProfessionals #NMA25
🏆 Best Magazine: Art, Literature, & Culture went to Literary Review of Canada at the 2025 #NMAs!
Praised for its “essays of intellectual heft” and iconic covers, this small-but-mighty team is truly punching above its weight.
🎥 Watch: zurl.co/6YfLY
#NMA25 #LRC #CanadianMagazines
📚 #NMAReadingList 📚
Each week this summer, we're spotlighting a Gold-winning story from the 2025 National Magazine Awards.
This week: The Cult of Wellness by Olivia Stren (@torontolifemag.bsky.social ) — a sharp look at Toronto’s booming wellness obsession.
🔗 zurl.co/nhDHM
#NMA25 #TorontoLife
🏆 Best Magazine: Service & Lifestyle – NMA25
Serviette
Accepted by Danielle Groen on behalf of the team.
📍 Shoutout to AD Nicola Hamilton’s Issues Magazine Shop at Dundas & Dufferin in Toronto — worth a visit!
🔗 Watch the clip: zurl.co/52Vk1
#NMA25 #Serviette #PrintIsNotDead
Promote your #NMA25 award with our official Finalists’ and Winners’ seals! Celebrate your achievement by putting these seals on your covers, promotional material, and website.
Congratulations to all the incredible #NMA25 winners!
The final award of tonight's gala is the prestigious Magazine Grand Prix many congratulations to this year's Magazine Grand Prix winner, Serviette #NMA25
