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

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.