And as if her plate wasn’t full enough, Peddie also paints—her watercolours and oils can be found at various Calgary galleries. So how does she balance the digitalization of graphic design with the tactile foray that is fine art? “They compliment each other well,” she explains. “If I have both in place, each one runs more smoothly. If I’m not taking time to do the artwork, the creative end of the graphic design takes a little longer and it’s more work to get those creative ideas flowing.” Conversely, Peddie feels that graphic design frees her in doing artwork, enabling her to “think outside the box” and be “willing to try new things.”
The team at Calgary’s Child is one that Peddie calls both “a pleasure and a privilege to work with” especially when it comes to publisher Ellen Percival. “Ellen is such a wonderful combination of creative energy and such an astute business mind,” effuses Peddie. The admiration is mutual. Says Percival, “Cheryl is so talented in both print design and as an established fine artist. She moves seamlessly between the two genres.”
Find out more about Calgary’s Child.
Visit Cheryl’s website at www.emergecreative.ca
All I Want for Christmas is an Alberta Magazine - 11 days left! Happy Holidays from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association! Get a FREE t-shirt or notebook when you subscribe to any Alberta magazine. The deadline for this is December 31, 2007, so be sure to take a few minutes out of your holiday eaterizing and visit www.albertamagazines.com for all the details.
February 8 (Edmonton) & February 11 (Calgary), 2008
Fact-checking Seminar
Cynthia Brouse, author of After the Fact: A Guide to Fact-Checking for Magazines and Other Media is coming to Calgary and Edmonton to teach what fact-checking actually entails, and reveal what all magazine and media professionals should know about this necessary but little-known art. Students, EAC and AMPA members receive a discounted rate.
See News & Events at www.albertamagazines.com for more details.
March 6 & 7, 2008
Alberta Magazines Conference
The Alberta Magazines Conference is back and better than ever before!
If you’re interested in magazine publishing, mark your calendars for March 6 & 7, 2008 at the Red & White Club, Calgary. Note the change to a Thursday/Friday format.
Recharge your editorial, spice up your design, pump up your ad sales, and develop a plan to harmonize online and print. Join us at Western Canada’s largest magazine conference with keynote speaker, Jason Brightman, director of web design for PC World and MacWorld. Brightman will also give a hands-on workshop about strategies for taking your magazines online. www.jasonbrightman.com
Other confirmed speakers include: Charlene Rooke, editor of Western Living magazine; Kim Machado, General Manager of CanadianBusiness.com; Mary Newberry, former manager editor for Descant magazine; Malcolm Brown, art director of Unlimited magazine; Glenn Mielke, art director for BlackFlash magazine; Kevin Menshik, director of the agency Mediactive among others.
Stay tuned for more details!
Avenue Calgary Welcomes Executive Editor
Colin McGarrigle as been appointed as the new Executive Editor of Avenue (Calgary) magazine. Colin has a wide variety of experience in media over the past several years and has worked in all facets of media including writing, photography, design and management. He has won several individual and group awards on a provincial, national and international scale.
Previous to joining Avenue, Colin was the editor of The Investor, Ireland’s Leading Financial Magazine. He was also the editor of several other Dublin-based lifestyle and tourism magazines. Colin has several years of newspaper experience in Canada also, including periods as an editor with Osprey Media, Black Press and Sun Media where he garnered several Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association and Canadian Community Newspaper Association awards.
Canine Review: Canada's Oldest Independent Dog Magazine Hightails It to Chapters
This December, Canine Review (since 1978) will make its way to Chapters stores across Canada. This move is the latest development in a year that has seen unprecedented growth for the magazine. Canine Review’s unique, thought-provoking, quality editorial and unsurpassed layout and design make it a perfect fit for Chapters’ niche magazine market. In fact, Canine Review has more than doubled its print run over the past 12 months.
The Canine Review team is set to carry that momentum forward in 2008 with the introduction of Canada's first Virtual Dog Show. This online event will allow dog enthusiasts across Canada to compete in the sport they love from the comfort of their home, while supporting a worthy cause. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to help to support Breed Specific Legislation in Canada.
Editor of the Year Award
You’d better recognize: Alberta’s magazine editors got the skills. The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association’s Editor of the Year Award 2008, presented by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts—Alberta Region, pay tribute to these multi-tasking wordsmiths in the inaugural Editor of the Year Award. The winner gets bragging rights and a sweet Fairmont mountain getaway among other goodies. Deadline: February 8, 2008. Click here for details.
Or, download guidelines and nomination forms.
Edible Prairie Journal is the Perfect Gift for Prairie “Locavores”
On November 12, 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary and the Oxford University Press announced the word of the year for 2007: locavore—the word refers to those who try to source their food from a 100-mile radius of where they live. The fact that “locavore” rose to the top as the word of the year for this prominent dictionary clearly means that the eating local movement has hit the mainstream.
“We couldn’t be happier that a food term that describes those of us who fill our shopping bags at farmers’ markets or who make the effort to buy locally produced or grown food is the word of the year,” enthuse Jennifer Cockrall-King and Terry Juzak. This foodie duo are the founders of The Edible Prairie Journal, a full-colour, recipe-packed magazine devoted to cooking and eating on the Canadian Prairies. Click here for full press release.
And, check out Edible Prairie Journal’s revamped website at: www.edibleprairie.ca
For cover images, sample recipes, information or interviews, contact:
Jennifer Cockrall-King or Terry Juzak
info@edibleprairie.ca
(780) 431-0486
FreeFall Magazine Poetry and Fiction Contest – ends December 31, 2007
FreeFall Magazine is calling for non-themed poetry and prose submissions. This year's contest is being judged by Karen Connelly, winner of the Orange prize for New Fiction for 2007. Maximum 3000 words prose, or five poems. Prizes of $200 and $100 in each category.
Deadline: December 31st, 2007
Entry Fee: $20.00 (includes subscription to FreeFall)
http://www.freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html
Oilweek's Rising Stars 2008 – Nominate someone today!
Oilweek, Canada's oil and gas authority, is searching for the best and brightest in the Canadian oil and gas industry, but needs your help to find worthy candidates. Nominees will be judged based on a range of criteria, including professional achievements, experience, leadership and community involvement.
20 Rising Stars – earth scientists, engineers, financial wunderkinds and business luminaries – will be profiled in Oilweek’s May 2008 issue, and their achievements will be celebrated at a special recognition event in June at the Calgary Petroleum Club.
To nominate YOUR Rising Star, go online to www.oilweek.com and click on the Rising Stars banner to fill out the interactive form. Nominators may submit nominations for more than one individual, and self-nominations will be accepted. Please do not submit more than one nomination for each individual.
Completed nominations, including supporting materials, must be filed no later than midnight, January 14th, 2008. Help Oilweek find Canada’s Rising Stars!
Prairie Journal Contributors Nominated for Awards
Congratulations to Prairie Journal contributors Len Gasparini and Colette Maitland, who have each been nominated for the 2008 Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. The prize is awarded annually to a new and developing writer of distinction for a short story published in a Canadian literary publication. Congrats also to Geo Takach for his nomination for the Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize, recognizing Alberta writers of the best essays submitted province-wide. The writers are featured in the two latest issues of the Prairie Journal.
http://www.geocities.com/prairiejournal/
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NOTE: The AMPA office will be closed for the holidays from December 24 to January 2, 2008. Happy Holidays to you all!
