59th Kenneth R. Wilson Awards

Canadian Business Press (CBP) is pleased to announce the finalists in 24 categories for the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) Awards, honouring excellence in Canadian business-to-business magazine publishing. View complete list of finalists [PDF].

From nearly 600 individual entries nationwide, the KRW Awards’ 73 volunteer judges nominated a total of 165 submissions from 63 different Canadian B2B publications for awards in 24 written, visual, digital and special categories. The Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards will be presented at the Grand Banking Hall at One King West in Toronto, on Tuesday June 4, at the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards gala, presented by CDS Global. [TICKETS]

This year the category Magazine of the Year has 2 divisions.

The finalists for Magazine of the Year - Professional: 

CAmagazine	Marketing	Up Here Business

The finalists for Magazine of the Year - Trade:

Oilweek	Renovation Contractor	Salon Magazine

CAmagazine, published by the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Canada, leads all publications with 17 nominations, followed by Marketing (Rogers Publishing) with 14, Les Affaires (TC Media) with 9, and Precedent (Law + Style Media Inc) and University Affaires (Association of University and Colleges of Canada) with 8 each.

Top Nominated Magazines for the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards:

Among individual nominees, James Menzies leads all writers with 4 nominations for his work in Truck News, Truck West and Motortruck Fleet Executive (published by Business Information Group). Garnering 3 individual writing nominations are Steve Bouchard (Transport Routier; Newcom Business Media), Jeff Buckstein (Statements; CGA Ontario) and Nicolas Mesly (Le Coopérateur agricole; La Coop fédérée).

Art director Barb Woolley has collected 6 nominations for her studio’s (Hambly & Woolley, Inc.) design of Precedent and CMAmagazines.

In the special category Best Cover the 5 finalists are Canadian Architect, Foodservice & Hospitality, Les Affaires, Oilsands Review and Precedent.

The magazines vying for the special award Best Issue of 2012 are Canadian Interiors, CMA magazine, Les Affaires, Marketing, Oilsands Review, Precedent, University Affairs and Up Here Business.

In the digital category Website of the Year, the 3 finalists are from National (nationalmagazine.ca), Precedent (lawandstyle.ca) and University Affairs (universityaffairs.ca).

Congratulations to all the nominees! View the complete list of finalists [PDF]

The Gala
Canadian Business Press is pleased to announce that the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards gala will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the elegant Grand Banking Hall at One King West, Toronto. Doors will open at 6:30 for a wine reception presented by Canada Post Corporation and hors d’oeuvres. Dinner and the awards presentation will follow at 7:30pm. The presenting sponsor is CDS Global.

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As this year’s Master of Ceremonies, the KRW Awards are thrilled to welcome back Tom Gierasimczuk, vice-president, editorial (trade and consumer) at Canada Wide Media, and editor-in-chief of BCBusinessmagazine.

"It's so good to be back at the KRWs for another year, especially since they're happening after sunset this year," says Gierasimczuk. "It'll be a night of celebration, revelry and layouts of old dudes in suits to remember!"

Located in the heart of downtown Toronto — just minutes from the site of MagNet Canadian magazines conference (June 4-7) — One King West is one of the city’s treasured historical buildings, established in the mid-nineteenth century as the home of the original Michie & Co. Grocers & Wine Merchants, and later the head office of the Dominion Bank for 126 years until its conversion into a hotel. Beaux-Arts in style with Renaissance Revival detailing, the building’s signature feature is the Grand Banking Hall, which with its 35-foot ceilings, Italianate arches and marble deposit tables provides a classical and elegant setting to one of the Canadian media industry’s most celebrated events:  the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards.

The Kenneth R. Wilson Awards invites you to be a part of this special night, the 59th in a glorious tradition recognizing excellence in Canadian B2B publishing. 

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Information and media inquiries please contact: 
Richard A. Johnson, Special Projects Manager
Kenneth R. Wilson Awards
416.939.6200
staff@krwawards.ca

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About the KRW Awards

The KRW Awards program is open to all specialized business-to-business media written and produced in Canada in either English and/or French, regardless of association membership. Editorial staff, contributors, freelancers, designers and people engaged in co-operative efforts with the publication may enter. They do not need to be full-time employees of the publication/or web site.