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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.



2021 Finalists

  • GOLD | Summer 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Helis Podnek

    Legacy in Action

  • SILVER | August/September 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Zuzana Benesova

    Canadian Cowboy Country

  • Autumn 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Marcey Andrews
    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lisa Cook ILLUSTRATOR Kagan McLeod

    New Trail

  • December 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Beate Wichmann
    EDITOR Evan Osenton

    Alberta Views

  • February/March 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Zuzana Benesova
    GRAPHIC DESIGNER Erin Murphy

    Canadian Cowboy Country

  • Here If You Need Me

    ARTIST Kathryne Mok
    DESIGNER Katya Wawrykow

    filling Station

  • Living with Cancer

    PHOTOGRAPHER Ryan Parker

    Leap

  • November 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Beate Wichmann
    EDITOR Evan Osenton ILLUSTRATOR Graham Roumieu

    Alberta Views

  • Spring 2020

    ART DIRECTOR Marcey Andrews
    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lisa Cook ILLUSTRATOR Fatinha Ramos

    New Trail

  • Trauma Is Part of the Human Story

    ILLUSTRATOR Dorothy Leung

    ATA Magazine

Previous Winners

  • 2020 GOLD | July Cover

    CREATORS Steve Collins, Cristian Fowlie

    WestJet Magazine

  • 2020 SILVER | August 2019

    CREATORS Raymond Biesinger, Venessa Brewer, Käthe Lemon

    Avenue Calgary

  • 2019 GOLD | Alberta Views

    Beate Wichmann

    Alberta Views

  • 2019 SILVER | Summer 2018

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

    Eighteen Bridges

  • 2018 GOLD | Bright Spot Ahead

    Sarah Jackson, Art Director
    Min Gyo Chung, Illustrator

    UAlberta Business

  • 2018 SILVER | Truth First

    Lisa Cook, Marcey Andrews, Daniella Zalcman

    New Trail

  • 2017 GOLD | Randy Boissonnault

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

    Avenue Edmonton

  • 2017 SILVER | March 2016

    Beate Wichmann
    Evan Osenton

    Alberta Views

  • 2016 GOLD | The Future of Everything

    Marcey Andrews

    New Trail

  • 2016 SILVER | June 2015

    Kim Larson

    Alberta Venture

  • 2015 GOLD | The Food Guide

    Jill Foran

    Up!

  • 2015 SILVER | September

    Paul Roelofs
    Karin Olafson

    Western Living

  • 2014 GOLD | Man Down

    Kim Larson
    Bluefish Studios

    Eighteen Bridges

  • 2014 SILVER | March

    Susan Meingast
    Curtis Comeau

    Avenue Edmonton

  • 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

    Kim Larson, Art Director
    Gary Stevensen, Illustrator

    Alberta Venture

  • 2012 GOLD | October 2011

    Avenue Calgary

    Avenue Calgary

  • 2011 GOLD | The Green Issue

    Kim Larson
    Pierre Javelle

    Alberta Oil