Cover

2024-2025

Judges assess entries for graphic elements and cover line content, that they reinforce each other through literal or subtextual means, as well as overall creativity.

Any single magazine cover can be entered. This category is judged on the creative synergy between imagery and textual elements.

Gold Award

Gold Award

Silver Award

Silver Award

Finalists

Fall 2024

Fall 2024

DESIGNER: Kim Williams

ARTIST: Josie Hoisington

PUBLISHER: Sherry Shaw-Froggatt

airdrielife Magazine

April-May 2024

April-May 2024

ART DIRECTOR: Shannon Swanson

Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine

September/October 2024 North Star

September/October 2024 North Star

ART DIRECTOR: Steve Collins

PHOTOGRAPHER: Nick Wong

Avenue

Autumn/Winter 2024

Autumn/Winter 2024

SENIOR ART DIRECTOR: Marcey Andrews

EDITOR: Mifi Purvis

New Trail

âniskôverberation

âniskôverberation

LAYOUT & DESIGN: Brett Boyd

COVER ARTIST: Crystal Lee Clark

The Polyglot

The Summer Issue

The Summer Issue

ILLUSTRATOR: Taryn Garrett

ART DIRECTOR: Damian Lamartine

WHERE Calgary

We Are Here!

We Are Here!

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Erin Solano

ART DIRECTOR: Alexa Guse

ILLUSTRATOR: Emily Chu

ATA Magazine

Past Winners

November 2023

Silver 2024 | November 2023

ART DIRECTOR: Beate Wichmann

ILLUSTRATOR: Gerry Rasmussen

Alberta Views

Tiny Things

Gold 2024 | Tiny Things

ART DIRECTOR: John Montgomery

PHOTOGRAPHER: Liam Mogan

New Trail

The Conservation Issue

Silver 2024 | The Conservation Issue

ART DIRECTOR: Shannon Swanson

PHOTOGRAPHER: Craig Boehm

Canadian Cowboy Country

June 2022

Gold 2023 | June 2022

ART DIRECTOR: Beate Wichmann

Alberta Views

Darnell Nurse

Silver 2023 | Darnell Nurse

PHOTOGRAPHER: Colin Way

ART DIRECTOR : Kim Larson

EDify

2022 GOLD | Fall Into Fashion

Gold 2022 | 2022 GOLD | Fall Into Fashion

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Steve Collins

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jared Sych

Stylist: Kara Chomistek

Avenue

2022 SILVER | Spring 2021

Silver 2022 | 2022 SILVER | Spring 2021

ART DIRECTOR: Marcey Andrews

ILLUSTRATOR : Dan Page

EDITORS : Karen Sherlock, Lisa Cook

New Trail

2021 GOLD | Summer 2020

Gold 2021 | 2021 GOLD | Summer 2020

Art Director: Helis Podnek

Legacy in Action

2021 SILVER | August/September 2020

Silver 2021 | 2021 SILVER | August/September 2020

Art Director: Zuzana Benesova

Canadian Cowboy Country

2020 GOLD | July Cover

Gold 2020 | 2020 GOLD | July Cover

Creators: Steve Collins, Cristian Fowlie,

WestJet Magazine

2020 SILVER | August 2019

Silver 2020 | 2020 SILVER | August 2019

Creators: Raymond Biesinger, Venessa Brewer, Käthe Lemon

Avenue Calgary

2019 GOLD | Alberta Views

Gold 2019 | 2019 GOLD | Alberta Views

Art Director: Beate Wichmann

Editor: Evan Osento

Publisher: Jackie Flanagan

Alberta Views

2019 SILVER | Summer 2018

Silver 2019 | 2019 SILVER | Summer 2018

Kim Larson, Art Director Colin Way, Photographer; Curtis Gillespie, Editor

Eighteen Bridges

2018 GOLD | Bright Spot Ahead

Gold 2018 | 2018 GOLD | Bright Spot Ahead

Sarah Jackson, Art Director Min Gyo Chung, Illustrator

UAlberta Business

2018 SILVER | Truth First

Silver 2018 | 2018 SILVER | Truth First

Lisa Cook, Marcey Andrews, Daniella Zalcman

New Trail

2017 GOLD | Randy Boissonnault

Gold 2017 | 2017 GOLD | Randy Boissonnault

Pete Nguyen, Art Director Adam Goudreau and Dwayne Martineau, Photographers

Avenue Edmonton

Silver

Silver 2017 | 2017 SILVER | March 2016

Beate Wichmann, Evan Osenton

Alberta Views

2012 GOLD | October 2011

Gold 2017 | 2012 GOLD | October 2011

Avenue Calgary

Avenue Calgary

2016 GOLD | The Future of Everything

Gold 2016 | 2016 GOLD | The Future of Everything

Marcey Andrews

New Trail

2016 SILVER | June 2015

Silver 2016 | 2016 SILVER | June 2015

Kim Larson

Alberta Venture

2015 GOLD | The Food Guide

Gold 2015 | 2015 GOLD | The Food Guide

Jill Foran

Up!

2015 SILVER | September

Silver 2015 | 2015 SILVER | September

Paul Roelofs Karin Olafson

Western Living

2014 GOLD | Man Down

Gold 2014 | 2014 GOLD | Man Down

Kim Larson Bluefish Studios

Eighteen Bridges

2014 SILVER | March

Silver 2014 | 2014 SILVER | March

Susan Meingast, Curtis Comeau

Avenue Edmonton

2013 GOLD | The Last Supper

Gold 2013 | 2013 GOLD | The Last Supper

Anders Knudsen and Erin Burns, Art Directors Jared Sych, Photographer; Alicja Wilkosz, Hair and Makeup; Julie Van Rosendaal, Food Stylist

Avenue Calgary

2013 SILVER | The Sin & Self-Improvement Issue

Silver 2013 | 2013 SILVER | The Sin & Self-Improvement Issue

Art Director: Kim Larson

Illustrator: Gary Stevensen

Alberta Venture

2011 GOLD | The Green Issue

Gold 2011 | 2011 GOLD | The Green Issue

Kim Larson, Pierre Javelle

Alberta Oil