Snap, Subscribe & Win!

If you haven't heard, October is Read Alberta Magazines Month. If you have heard, keep listening.

AMPA, in partnership with Travel Alberta, wants to celebrate by giving you a getaway!

Enter our Snap, Subscribe & Win Contest and you could win:
A two-night bed & breakfast package at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge or a one-night room with breakfast package at The Fairmont Banff Springs.

It's easy.

TWO WAYS TO ENTER:

1. SNAP! - Take a photo of yourself enjoying your favourite participating Alberta magazine in your favourite place – whether it's at home or an Alberta destination. Be creative. We want to see shots of our magazines near and far! From Drumheller's Hoodoos to the Calgary Tower, from the oilsands of Fort McMurray to the Legislature in Edmonton. Show us where you read Alberta magazines, and check out your photos along with other entries in the photo gallery. Each photo submitted is a single entry to win.

2. SUBSCRIBE! - Triple your chances of winning! Subscribe, renew or buy a gift subscription to any participating Alberta magazine. It's almost the holidays. A perfect time to get a gift for a friend. Or get a gift for yourself. Get a few subscriptions and really increase your chances of winning. Get the idea?

Contest ends: November 15, 2007.

October is Read Alberta Magazines Month (RAMM)

AMPA will be getting around during October. All events are free and open to the public so do come out and support Alberta magazines!

September 30th
Word on the Street
Once again, AMPA will be sharing a booth with Magazines Canada at this year's Word on the Street at the Calgary Farmer's Market. We'll be handing out FREE magazine samples from 11am to 5pm, so please do visit us.

October 1st
Panel Discussion: Developing a Distinct Voice and Face for a Magazine
Interested in magazine production and design? Hear it from the experts themselves. Topics of discussion include: understanding a magazine's audience, developing a distinct voice, an art director's role, and learning the inside scoop on the magazine industry.

Mount Royal College, Room Q304
Monday October 1, 10am to 12pm
Cost: Free

PANELISTS:
- Erin Morgan: Production Coordinator, Avenue Calgary
- Jay Winans: Editor, Impact Magazine
- Karen Neudorf: Publisher, Beyond Magazine
- Jon Pernul: Art Director, Western Canadian Resorts Magazine

There will be refreshments on hand, and answers to your burning questions. Hope to see you there.

October 4th and 16th
Celebration Events in Calgary and Edmonton
Come mix and mingle as Alberta magazines come to life, taking vivid content from the page and presenting it up close and personal as well as in an interactive and fun way for all of you to come experience.

This year we're kicking off RAMM with TWO celebratory events. The events are FREE and open to the public. Looking foward to seeing you there.

October is Read Alberta Magazines Month. Hurray!

Calgary Launch Event
Art Central (lower level), Calgary
100 - 7th Ave. SW
Thursday October 4, 2007
5pm to 9pm
FREE, everyone welcome

Featuring:
Reader Felicia Pacentrelli from Freefall magazine; on-site demos by potter Greg McRitchie (remember the movie Ghost anyone?) from AirdrieLIFE magazine; Scott Henderson on piano and vocals, The Lonely Hunters band from filling Station magazine, scrumptious h'ors douvres and more!

Edmonton Event
Audrey's Books, Edmonton
10702 Jasper Ave
Tuesday October 16, 2007
7pm to 9pm
FREE, everyone welcome

Featuring:
Legacy magazine presents award-winning journalist Paula Simons to read, and Penguin Eggs magazine presents Edmonton's own singer-songwriter Maria Dunn to perform.

October 9, 2007
WordFest
Catch our display at WordFest. Get some free magazine samples; pick up a magazine catalogue and just show your love for Alberta magazines.

There are more events happening throughout October, including a panel at Grant MacEwan college in Edmonton and an event at Pages in Calgary, so check www.albertamagazines.com for updates and more details.

Events

Nicole Brossard joined in Calgary by Erín Moure, Robert Majzels, and Robert Kroetsch
The Believer says that "Brossard conflates writing with lovemaking -- 'at the hour of bedsheets or ink'-- [her] poems forming a grammar of desire, like a diagrammed body." But see for yourself -- why believe The Believer?

On September 24, literary legend Nicole Brossard, two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry, will give a reading in Calgary to celebrate the English translation of her book Notebook of Roses and Civilization (published by Coach House Books). Brossard will be joined by her translators, Governor General's Award-winning authors Erín Moure and Robert Majzels. The event takes place at the Nickle Arts Museum on the University of Calgary campus at 7:30pm. The event is a pre-launch for a special themed issue of dANDelion magazine, which focuses on "Radical Translations" and will contain work by all three authors.

Then, on September 25, Brossard is joined by Governor General's Award-winning author Robert Kroetsch for a Q&A on campus at 3:00pm, in Science Theatre 147. Don't miss this valuable opportunity to talk with two of Canada's most significant writers in an intimate venue.

Both events are free and open to the public -- that's four of Canada's best writers, for the price of none.

Presented by dANDelion magazine, Coach House Books, and the English Department at the University of Calgary, with generous funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development, and Canadian Heritage.

Job Opportunities

Account Representative: Bloom magazine

Do you work hard? Are you driven to succeed, set targets, meet goals and hit deadlines, but you like to stop and smell the roses along the way. Then you are the Sales Representative for Perigraph, publishers of Bloom-Garden Landscape and Outdoor Living, Dig It-Landscape Guide, and Retreat, recognized for five years among western Canada's best garden and outdoor living magazines.

As an advertising account representative you will be responsible for calling on business owners and decision makers to introduce them to our glossy, consumer-oriented publications and advertising opportunities. You will prepare quotes and presentations, make cold calls both over the phone and in person, and maintain a database of clients and a steady volume of in person client appointments.

This position requires you to be committed, driven, self-motivated and goal oriented, and willing to receive guidance and direction as you will be a primary link to our current and prospective clients. Flexible work environment and great opportunity for growth and success. Perigraph will assist you with training where needed and provide continued support with prospecting and managing to help you achieve your goals.

Compensation is based on salary including car and phone allowance, plus commission.

Full and part time opportunities available in Calgary and Edmonton.

QUALIFICATIONS: Previous Sales experience would be ideal but is not absolutely essential independent worker with a team spirit, positive, sales-oriented personality, able to communicate effectively. Qualified applicants should submit their resume to sales@bloommagazine.ca

Art Director - Dakota Design & Advertising
Dakota Design & Advertising is looking for a hands-on Art Director. Qualified applicants must love designing publications, work well in a team, and have experience in layout. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining a consistent look and feel for each of three publications.

RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to: complete layout and design, work with the editorial department, manage production process, liaison with printers and circ. department, co-ordinate art and production, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, manage schedules, and work with sales team.

QUALIFICATIONS include: substantial experience with publication layout and design, an understanding of print production, excellent knowledge of the Macintosh platform and a keen eye for design.

Contact publisher Ingrid Schulz at ingrids@efirehose.net

Art Director/Graphics Designer (in house full-time/flexible) - IMPACT Magazine
Location: Calgary, AB

DESCRIPTION: - Art direction, layout and design of Calgary & Vancouver publication up to 160+ pages
- Contribute concepts and suggestions for art treatment, both in print and online
- File management, both editorial and advertising
- Preparing final digital files for output to printer
- In house design such as media kits and promotional material
- Archiving of digital files for each issue (i.e. organization of DVDs and artwork)

REQUIREMENTS:
- Creative, strong organizational skills, strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and execute direction from the Editor and/or Publisher with minimal supervision
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize and meet deadlines
- Excellent client service skills
- Exceptional communication skills and team player

Competencies desired:
- Excellent InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator skills
- Ability to pick up other applications as required is an asset
- A portfolio review will be required

Previous magazine experience and a genuine interest in the areas of fitness and sport a strong asset.

Interested candidates please forward your resume to:
jay@impactmagazine.ca