2013 Showcase Awards Finalists

The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2013 Alberta Magazine Awards in 14 Showcase categories recognizing and celebrating excellence in magazine editorial content and design: Written (Alberta Story, Emerging Writer, Essay, Feature Writing [Short], Fiction, Poetry, Profile and Service); Visual (Art Direction for a Single Issue, Feature Design, Illustration and Photograph); Integrated (Cover); and Digital (Digital Presence).

WRITTEN

ALBERTA STORY     Sponsored by  

Alberta Venture
Omar Mouallem
The Lives of Others

Alberta Views
Paul Haavardsrud
A Burning Dilemma

Alberta Views
Kevin Van Tighem
Silence in the Park

Alberta Views
Curtis Gillespie
Under Scrutiny

Avenue Edmonton
Max Fawcett
Paradise Found

Eighteen Bridges
Russell Cobb
Glorious and Free. Mostly.                                                

Oilweek
Gordon Jaremko
Lougheed's Credo

Swerve
Jeremy Klaszus
A Landmark Languishes

Swerve
Jeremy Klaszus
Deerfoot's Revenge

EMERGING WRITER     Sponsored by  

Degrees Magazine
Raquel Fletcher
Ten Tree Sees the Forest and the Trees

FreeFall
Jessica Pia
Dinner with Dad

Profiles West
Devon Jolie
History Denied

Profiles West
Melissa Molloy
The Accuser and Us

ESSAY

Alberta Oil
Roger Tissot
Follow the Leader

Alberta Views
Karen Connelly
Washing the Body

Avenue Calgary
Craig Davidson
Precious Cargo

Eighteen Bridges
Sophie Lees
Psychiatry's Best Guess

Eighteen Bridges
Max Fawcett
Why Knot?

Eighteen Bridges
Timothy Taylor
Ya Gotta Believe

IMPACT
Marcello Di Cintio
Sand Blast

Swerve
Steve Burgess
Watching TV with Dad

Swerve
Deborah Tetley
Baby Steps Toward Hope

Western Living
Masa Takei
Why I Hunt

FEATURE WRITING (SHORT)    Sponsored by     

Alberta Oil
Steve Macleod
Bridging the Last Divide

Alberta Venture
Anthony Davis
The Prodigy

Avenue Edmonton
Omar Mouallem
Winterless City

Eighteen Bridges
Scott Messenger
Thanks for Nothing, Pop

up!
Pam Fieber
Chicago: Sophisticated, Without the Attitude

up!
Zac Unger
Small is Beautiful

Western Living
Stacey McLachlan
The Bounty Hunter

FICTION

Alberta Views
Kat Main
The Hanged Man

Eighteen Bridges
Caroline Adderson
I Feel Lousy

filling Station
Natalie Morrill
Ossicles

FreeFall
Naomi K. Lewis
Seesaw

Prairie Journal
Robin van Eck
Everywhere and Nowhere

POETRY

Eighteen Bridges
Karen Solie
Rothko via Muncie, Indiana

Eighteen Bridges
Tim Lilburn
Turtle Mountain

filling Station
Kevin Stebner
Timber and Wreckaged

filling Station
Eric Zboya
visual poems: 119 Ununennium, 120 Unbinilium, GSH and Taurine

FreeFall
Richard Harrison
Poem for a Crescent Moon

FreeFall
Carl Svoboda
Shooting Rats

PROFILE

Alberta Oil
Marzena Czarnecka
Al Monaco's Quandary

Alberta Venture
Geoffrey Morgan
Reinventing the Wheels

Alberta Views
Marcello Di Cintio
A Hymn in Aramaic 

Canadian Cowboy Country
Tom Reardon
Roger Beierbach: One of a Kind

Eighteen Bridges
Curtis Gillespie
The Populist

Eighteen Bridges
Christine Fischer Guy
Burden of Proof

Swerve
Malwina Gudowska
A Woman's Place is at the Altar

Swerve
Bruce Weir
It's Curtains for Him

techlife
Scott Messenger
Northern Composure

The PEG
Christine Cottrell
Open the Box, Open the Mind

SERVICE     Sponsored by  

Alberta Venture
Steve Macleod
The High Cost of Feeling Low

Alberta Venture
Max Fawcett
Money for Nothing

Alberta Venture
Alix Kemp
You, Only Better

Avenue Calgary
Cara Casey, Cinda Chavich, Dan Clapson, John Gilchrist, Jennifer Hamilton, Gwendolyn Richards, and Julie Van Rosendaal
Best Food To Go

Avenue Edmonton
Tina Faiz
Truck Nuts

Swerve
Kim Gray
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Swerve
Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
A Mid-Century Holiday Menu

up!
Deb Cummings, Lynda Sea, Mandy Savoie, Julie Ovenell-Carter, Susan Farewell, Sarah Staples, May DeLory, Sara Welch, Neal Turnage, Margaret Swaine, Shooka Ahemirani, Tex Plaveneiks, Maria Carter, Sharaon Spence Lieb, Colleen Seto, Abby Miller and Stephen Schaefer
Ultimate Romance Guide

up!
Deb Cummings, Pam Fieber, Shelley Arnusch, Lynda Sea, Carrie Tait, Lisa Kadane, Andrew Findlay, Diana Coulter and Lori Knowles
Ultimate Ski Guide

Western Living
Neal McLennan
How to Peel an Artichoke

VISUAL

ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE ISSUE    Sponsored by  

Alberta Oil
Kim Larson, art director
August 2012

Alberta Venture
Kim Larson, art director
The Sin & Self-Improvement Issue

LINK
Richard Maruk, art director; Carolynn Semeniuk, editor
Fall 2012

UPPERCASE
Janine Vangool, publisher, designer, editor
Issue #13

UPPERCASE
Janine Vangool, publisher, designer, editor
Issue #15

FEATURE DESIGN

Alberta Venture
Kim Larson, art director; Bryce Meyer, photographer
The Prodigy

Avenue Calgary
Anders Knudsen, art director
Feed the Need to Stampede

IMPACT
Kyle K. Fujita, designer and art director
XC Ski Infographic

New Trail
Marcey Andrews, art director
Net-worked

Swerve
Vishu Mahajan, art director
Double Take

Swerve
Danae Thompson, art director
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Western Living
Randall Watson, art director; Carlo Ricci, John Sinal, Martin Tessler, Nic Lehoux, Eugene Uhuad and Robert Lemermeyer, photographers; Maureen Willick, stylist
Designers of the Year

Western Living
Brennan Higginbotham, art director; Clinton Hussey, photographer; Murray Bancroft, stylist
Just Desserts

ILLUSTRATION    Sponsored by  

Alberta Oil
Dushan Milic
End of Days

Alberta Oil
Eddie Guy
Follow the Leader

Alberta Oil
Michael Byers
Manifest Doubt

Alberta Venture
Robert Carter
Perfect Storms

Avenue Edmonton
Rick Sealock
Paradise Found

New Trail
Raymond Biesinger
Creative Licence

Swerve
Josh Holinaty
The Art of Snow Removal

Swerve
Byron Eggenschwiler
Watching TV with Dad

Swerve
Byron Eggenschwiler
Dynamite Reads

PHOTOGRAPH

airdrielife
Carl Patzel, photographer; Kim Williams, art director
Sharp Hill

airdrielife
Kristy Reimer, photographer; Kim Williams, art director
Gary Giesbrecht

Alberta Oil
Curtis Comeau, photographer; Kim Larson, art director
Calling Nisku

Avenue Calgary
Jared Sych, photographer; Anders Knudsen and Erin Burns, art directors; Alicja Wilkosz, hair and make up; Julie Van Rosendaal, food stylist
Last Supper

Avenue Edmonton
Ashley Champagne, photographer; Susan Meingast, art director
Three of a Kind

IMPACT
Paul Zizka
The Land That Does Not Melt

New Trail
John Ulan, photographer; Marcey Andrews, art director
The Changing Face of the North

Oilweek
Jason Stang, photographer; Cathy Ozubko, creative lead
Pat Daniel

Swerve
Joey Podlubny
Double Take

Where Calgary
Jason Eng, photographer; Veronica Cowan, art director
Urban Renewal

INTEGRATED

COVER     Sponsored by    

Alberta Oil
Ryan Girard, art director; Marco Cibola, illustrator
August 2012

Alberta Oil
Ryan Girard and Kim Larson, art directors; John Gaucher, photographer
December 2012

Alberta Venture
Kim Larson, art director; Gary Stevensen, illustrator
The Sin & Self-Improvement Issue/August 2012

Avenue Calgary
Anders Knudsen and Erin Burns, art directors; Jared Sych, photographer; Alicja Wilkosz, hair and makeup; Julie Van Rosendaal, food stylist
Last Supper

New Trail
Marcey Andrews, art director; Raymond Biesinger, illustrator
Spring 2012

Oilsands Review
Cathy Ozubko, creative lead; Joel Kadziolka, designer; Deborah Jaremko, editor
September 2012

Swerve
Vishu Mahajan, art director; Joey Podlubny, photographer
Double Take

Swerve
Danae Thompson, art director; Josh Holinaty, illustrator
The Art of Snow Removal

DIGITAL

DIGITAL PRESENCE

Avenue Calgary
Allison McNeely, web editor; Dave Wilkinson, technology director; Joel Collyer, web developer; Kenny Odlum, web designer; Jennifer Hamilton, executive editor; Jaelyn Molyneux, senior editor; Jay Winans, managing editor; Ricky Zayshley, associate editor; Meredith Bailey, editorial assistant; Shelley Arnusch, staff writer
www.avenuecalgary.com

Galleries West
Tom Tait, Kim Machado, Kristy Davison
www.gallerieswest.ca

Swerve
Valerie Berenyi, Danae Thompson, Vishu Mahajan, Jon Roe, Bruce Weir, Hart Steinfeld, Forrest Molstad, Meghan Jessiman, Peter Mogensen
www.swervecalgary.com

up!
Diana Ng, web editor; Dave Wilkinson, technology director; Joel Collyer, web developer; Kenny Odlum, web designer; Deb Cummings, editor; Pam Fieber, managing editor; Jill Foran, associate editor; Mandy Savoie, assistant editor
www.upmagazine.com

Wine Access
Amanda Allison, web editor; Dave Wilkinson, technology director; Joel Collyer, web developer; Kenny Odlum, web designer; Shelley Boettcher, executive editor; Darren Oleksyn, managing editor; Tom Firth, Craig Pinhey, Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson, contributors
www.wineaccess.ca

The Showcase Awards winners will be announced at the Alberta Magazine Awards Gala, March 14, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta.