Cottage Life wins big at CSME Awards
Photo courtesy of CSME. L-R: Aaron Spitzer, Up Here; Penny Caldwell, Cottage Life; Diane Peters, Precedent; Simone Castello, Canadian Living; Karen Eull, Fresh Juice
Meanwhile Up Here and Canadian Living also picked up two awards each. Here is the full list of award winners, according to the press release:
Magazine of the Year, Small Circulation
Winner: Up Here, editor Aaron Spitzer
Honourable mentions: Explore, Spacing
Magazine of the Year, Medium Circulation
Winner: Cottage Life, editor Penny Caldwell
Honourable mentions: Outdoor Canada, Canadian Home Workshop
Magazine of the Year, Large Circulation
Winner: Canadian Living, editor Susan Antonacci
Honourable mentions: Fresh Juice, Western Living
Trade Magazine of the Year
Winner: Precedent, editor Melissa Kluger
Honourable mentions: Renovation Contractor, CMA Magazine
Custom Magazine of the Year
Winner: enRoute, editor Ilana Weitzman
Honourable mentions: CAA Magazine, Sobey’s Inspired
Best Web Editorial – Under 150,000 UVs
Winner: freshjuice.ca
Honourable Mentions: enroute.aircanada.com; cottagelife.com
Best Web Editorial — Over 150,000 UVs
Winner: canadianliving.com
Honourable Mentions: besthealthmag.ca, spacing.ca
Best Blog
Winner: Reader’s Digest Open Kitchen
Honourable Mentions: Spacing Toronto, Field Findings (Outdoor Canada), The Test Kitchen Blog (Canadian Living)
Best Front of Book
Winner: Up Here
Honourable Mentions: Explore, Outdoor Canada
Best Display Writing
Winner: Cottage Life
Honourable Mentions: Up Here, enRoute
Editor of the Year
Winner: Penny Caldwell, Cottage Life
Honourable Mentions: Ilana Weitzman, enRoute; Melissa Kluger, Precedent
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.