2017
Canadian Magazine Awards
Winner
- Best General Interest Magazine: The Walrus
2016
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Words and Pictures: “Our Ever-Changing Moods” by Jillian Tamaki
- Arts and Entertainment: “Howl” by Drew Nelles
- One of a Kind: “Playing God” by Richard Kelly Kemick
- Illustration: “My Prescribed Life” by Adrian Forrow
Silver
- Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Laying Waste” by Sasha Chapman
- Photojournalism & Photo Essay: “If These Walls Could Talk” by Lana Slezic
- Spot Illustration: “Choose Your Own Ending” by Jeannie Phan
Honourable Mention
- Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Where the Streets Have No Names” by Harley Rustad
- Science, Technology, & the Environment: “Run, Forest, Run” by Asher Mullard
- Politics and Public Interest: “State of Delusion” by Patrick Graham
- Personal Journalism: “My Prescribed Life” by Emily Landau
- Profiles: “Dr. Shock” by Richard Poplak
- One of a Kind: “He Said, She Said” by Ann Brocklehurst
- Business: “Easy Money” by Christopher Pollon
- Health & Medicine: “My Prescribed Life” by Emily Landau
- Best New Magazine Writer: “Playing God” by Richard Kelly Kemick
- Illustration: “Summer Reading and cover” by Pascal Blanchet
- Spot Illustration:
Spot series by Ashley Mackenzie - Portrait Photography: “Boom” by Grant Harder
- Essays: “Team America” by Gary Stephen Ross
- Fiction: “Changeling Girl” by Alex Puglsey
2015
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- One of a Kind: The Trials of Philip Halliday by Noah Richler
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: The Toilet Papers by Jeremy Keehn
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: In Attawapiskat by Larry Towell
- Spot Illustration: The Rising Tide by Sébastien Thibault
Silver
- Fiction: Ultrasound by Stephen Marche
- Personal Journalism: Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
- Society: The Talk by Rachel Giese
- Illustration and Photo Illustration: Best Shot by Byron Eggenschwiler
- Spot Illustration: May 2014 Issue Joren Cull
Honourable Mention
- Magazine of the Year: The Walrus
- Magazine Covers: Can They Come Back?
- Words and Pictures: In Attawapiskat by Louise Bernice Halfe and Larry Towell
- Arts and Entertainment: The Secret Life of Max Stern by Sara Angel
- Essays: The Israel Taboo by Joseph Rosen
- Health and Medicine: Oxy Town by Dan Werb
- Humour: Double-Doublethink by Gerry Flahive
- Investigative Reporting: Upholding the Right by Michael Kempa; True Blue by Marci MacDonald
- Personal Journalism: Giving Up the Ghost by Lynn Cunningham
- Poetry: Food by Vincent Colistro
- Politics and Public Interest: The Story Behind the Rob Ford Story by Ivor Tossell; True Blue by Marci MacDonald; Stand Down by John Lorinc
- Profiles: Notes on Albert by David Macfarlane
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: Owen’s Ark by Chris Turner; Moby Doll by Mark Leiren-Young
- Society: Outcasts by Hugh Bruster; Reviving Riversdale by Allan Casey
- Illustration and Photo Illustration: Expos Nation by Min Gyo Chung; Who Will Water the Wallflowers? by Melinda Josie
2014
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Best Single Issue: Tenth Anniversary Issue; John Macfarlane, editor; Brian Morgan, art director; contributors: Kyle Carsten Wyatt, Sasha Chapman, Rachel Giese, Amy Macfarlane, Paul Kim, Meredith Holigroski, Matthew McKinnon, Nick Mount, Michael Lista, Pamela Capraru
- Words & Pictures: “Water”; Edward Burtynsky, Brian Morgan, John Macfarlane, Kyle Carsten Wyatt, Sasha Chapman, Paul Kim, David Macfarlane
- One of a Kind: “The Marineland Dreamland” by Craig Davidson
- Politics & Public Interest: “The Avenger” by Lisa Fitterman
- Society: “The Fix” by Dan Werb
- Travel: “Big Mac” by Taras Grescoe
- Magazine Website Design: thewalrus.ca; Matthew McKinnon, online editor and web designer; John Piasetzki, web developer
Silver
- Health & Medicine: “A Feverish Debate” by Alison Motluk
- Personal Journalism: “The Meaning of White” by Emily Urquhart
- Illustration: “Hot Wired” by Jillian Tamaki
- Photojournalism & Photo Essay: “On the Edge of North America” by Scott Conarroe
- Portrait Photography: “Inside Joke” by Christopher Wahl
Honourable Mention
- Best Editorial Package—Web: “The New Normal” by Matthew McKinnon, Brian Morgan, Rachel Giese, Natasha Negrea, Smithsonian Channel, Chris Berube, Marcel Ramagnano, and Lily Ames
- Arts and Entertainment: “Gossip Girl” by Sarah Selecky
- Business: “Pension Envy” by John Lorinc
- Essays: “The Accidental Activist” by Mark Jaccard; “Born in the Burbs” by Ron Graham; “Repairing the House” by Andrew Coyne
- Health and Medicine: “Critical Mass” by Katherine Ashenburg; “The New Normal” by Rachel Giese; “A Feverish Debate” by Alison Motluk, “The Walking Cure” by Dan Rubinstein
- Investigative Reporting: “Trials and Error” by Julian Sher
- Poetry: “Waves” by Richard Greene
- Politics and Public Interest: “Her Way” by Katherine Ashenburg; “The Avenger” by Lisa Fitterman; “Prime Minister in Waiting” by Charlotte Gray
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Sasha Chapman
- Sports and Recreation: “The Game Not Played” by Richard Poplak
- Art Direction for an Entire Issue: Tenth Anniversary Issue by Brian Morgan
- Creative Photography: “Summer Reading” by Will Vincent
- Spot Illustration: “Miscellany” by Ryan Heshka; “Slaying Dragons” by Graham Roumieu
2013
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Illustration: “Apocalypse Soon” by Sam Weber
- One of a Kind: “What Would Tommy Douglas Think?” by Tom Jokinen
- Society: “Fade to Light” by Dave Cameron
- Travel: “On Tipping in Cuba” by Chris Turner
Silver
- Arts and Entertainment: “After Midnight” by Stephanie Nolen
- Words and Pictures “Ringmasters” by Sean Michaels
Honourable Mention
- Arts and Entertainment: “A Humble Architect” by Witold Rybczynski
- Fiction: “Flesh and Numbers” by Stephen Marche
- Health and Medicine: “The Errors of Their Ways” by Rachel Giese
- Health and Medicine: “Fade to Light” by Dave Cameron
- Personal Journalism: “The Missing Piece” by Terence Byrnes
- Politics and Public Interest: “Civil Warrior” by Michael Harris
- Profiles: “His One Demand” by Mark Leiren-Young
- Science, Technology and the Environment: “The Race against Time” by Alex Hutchinson
- Society: “Manufacturing Taste” by Sasha Chapman
- Portrait Photography: “After Midnight” by Jaime Hogge
- Illustration “War Games” by Barry Blitt
- Spot Illustration: “Miscellany” by Kelsey Heinrichs
2012
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon, Heather Cleland, Dave Grant, Lindsay Lafreniere, and David Rusak
- Illustration: “Meet You at the Door” by Selena Wong
- Investigative Reporting: “A Political Meltdown” by Alison Motluk
- One of a Kind: “Adrift on the Nile” by Paul Wilson
- Profiles: “Madam Premier” by Lisa Gregoire
- Society: “The Long Goodbye” by Katherine Ashenburg
Silver
- Essays: “The New Solitudes” by Erna Paris
- One of a Kind: “The Archivist” by Paul Wilson
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Amazon of the North” by Eamon Mac Mahon
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “A Rock and a Hard Place” by Chris Wood
- Society: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Chris Turner
- Words and Pictures: “Portraits of the War” by Joanne Tod, Brian Morgan, and Amy Macfarlane
Honourable Mention
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Meaning of Hockey” by Brian Morgan
- Art Direction for an Entire Issue: November 2011 by Brian Morgan
- Arts and Entertainment: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
- Arts and Entertainment: “Modern Inconveniences” by Adele Weder
- Best Short Feature: “The Stag” by Deirdre Dodds
- Best Short Feature: “As the Crow Flies” by Lisa Gregoire
- Essays: “The Morgentaler Effect” by Wayne Sumner
- Fiction: “Meet You at the Door” by Lawrence Hill
- Fiction: “Noisemakers” by Grace O’Connell
- Health and Medicine: “Blinded by Science” by Timothy Caulfield
- Humour: “Housebroken” by Pasha Malla
- Illustration: “The Farms Are Not All Right” by Scott McCowen
- Investigative Reporting: “The Only Risk Is Wanting to Stay” by Arno Kopecky
- Magazine Covers: The Future of Food by Brian Morgan
- One of a Kind: “Notes from Newfoundland” by Lisa Moore
- Personal Journalism: “Adventures of a Supernumerary” by Tom Jokinen
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Climate Controlled” by John Lorinc
- Society: “Arrival of the Fittest” by Rachel Giese
- Sports and Recreation: “The Pain Principle” by Richard Poplak
- Spot Illustration: “Supersized” by Raymond Biesinger
Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Gold, Consumer Magazine
- Best Companion Website: walrusmagazine.com
Silver, Consumer Magazine
- Best Web Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon
2011
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Arts and Entertainment: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
- Best Digital Design: walrusmagazine.com by Matthew McKinnon
- Best New Creative Talent: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
- Essays: “A 10 Percent World” by J.B. MacKinnon
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Dark Element” by Don Weber
- Politics and Public Interest: “Life on the Instalment Plan” by Marian Botsford Fraser
Silver
- Best Short Feature: “Aftershock” by Chris Jones
- Humour: “The Air Strip” by Pasha Malla
- Investigative Reporting: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
- One of a Kind: “A Tale of Two Cities” by Gary Stephen Ross
Honourable Mention
- Arts and Entertainment: “Mister Nice Guy” by Jeet Heer
- Arts and Entertainment: “What Tom Thomson Saw” by Ross King
- Best Multi-Media Feature: “Lucy Hardin’s Missing Period” by Stephen Marche, Jared Bland, and Matthew McKinnon
- Essays: “The Shout Doctrine” by Mark Kingwell
- Health and Medicine: “The Enemy Inside” by Daniel Baird
- Health and Medicine: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
- Health and Medicine: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
- Illustration: “Quieter Revolutions” by Mathieu Lavoie
- Illustration: “The Enemy Inside” by Balint Zsako
- Illustration: “Hard Currency” by Marlena Zuber
- Investigative Reporting: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
- One of a Kind: “Pravda and Other Words for Truth” by Medeine Tribinevicius
- Personal Journalism: “Approximate Directions to a Burial” by Dave Cameron
- Personal Journalism: “The Flight Album” by Kaitlin Fontana
- Personal Journalism: “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler
- Politics and Public Interest: “Last Stand in Kandahar” by Matthieu Aikins
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Stranger Within” by Ron Graham
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Human Egg Trade” by Alison Motluk
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Last Great Water Fight” by Chris Wood
- Profiles: “Dragon Done” by Trevor Cole
- Profiles: “The Unrepentant Whore” by Michael Harris
- Profiles: “Big Game Hunter” by Chris Jones
- Science, Technology and the Environment: “The New Grand Tour” by Chris Turner
- Sports and Recreation: “Faster, Higher, Sneakier” by Alex Hutchinson
- Spot Illustration: “The Long Decline” by Neil Doshi
Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Gold, Consumer Magazine
- Best Companion Website: walrusmagazine.com
Silver, Consumer Magazine
- Best Use of Social Media: @walrusmagazine
Finalist, Consumer Magazine
- Best Blog: The Walrus Blog
- Best Web Design: walrusmagazine.com
Advertising and Design Club of Canada
Gold
2010
National Magazine Awards
Gold
Silver
Honourable Mention
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Alice in Borderland” by Charles Foran
- Arts and Entertainment: “That Old Flame” by Don Gillmor
- Arts and Entertainment: “The Secret” by Brett Grainger
- Best New Magazine Writer: Carol Shaben (“Fly at Your Own Risk“)
- Business: “Turning the Page” by Noah Richler
- Essays: “A Sorry State” by Mitch Miyagawa
- Health and Medicine: “Global Impositioning Systems” by Alex Hutchinson
- Health and Medicine: “Zero Sum” by Mary Rogan
- Humour: “Stephen Harper: A Short Biography” by Andrew Clark
- Humour: “The Obstecritic” by Pasha Malla
- Illustration: “The True Sorrows of Calamity Jane” by Selena Wong
- Magazine Covers: “Please Forgive Us” (December 2009)
- Personal Journalism: “Walking the Way” by Timothy Taylor
- Politics and Public Interest: “Off the Rails” by Monte Paulsen
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Future Has Begun” by Nora Underwood
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “An Inconvenient Talk” by Chris Turner
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Global Impositioning Systems” by Alex Hutchinson
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “The Age of Breathing Underwater” by Chris Turner
- Spot Illustration: “Extraordinary Canadians” by Graham Roumieu
- Spot Illustration: “Schematic Diagrams for Proposed Objects” by Marc Bell
- Spot Illustration: “Spiritual Citizenship” by Jason Logan
Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Finalist
- Best Article: “Drinking With Men Who Are Not Russell Smith” by Stacey May Fowles
- Best Blog: The Walrus Blog
2009
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Miles Collyer, Antonio De Luca, and Bree Seeley
- Humour: “A Liar’s Life” by Bruce McCall
- Society: “Not So Down” by Peter Valing
- Words and Pictures: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Daniel Baird, Antonio De Luca, Matthew McKinnon, Giles Revell, Bree Seeley, and Matt Willey
Silver
- Essays: “Geared Up” by Bill Reynolds
Honourable Mention
- Essays: “The Events Leading Up to Sir Norman Foster” by Don Gillmor
- Essays: “Failure to Fail” by Jay Teitel
- Health and Medicine: “Minor Keys” by Moira Farr
- Humour: “Our Marriage: Annual Report 2008” by Kevin Chong
- Humour: “Death on the Installation Plan” by Jeremy Keehn
- Humour: “At the Whisky Tasting” by Pasha Malla
- Investigative Reporting: “Nuclear Reaction” by Kate Harries
- One of a Kind: “Taking the Cure” by Christopher Shulgan
- One of a Kind: “The Lynching of Louie Sam” by John Vaillant
- One of a Kind: “The Incinerator Incident” by Michael Winter
- Personal Journalism: “Shelter from the Storm” by Don Gillmor
- Personal Journalism: “All the Way Home” by Wendy Dennis
- Politics and Public Interest: “Part One: A Legend is Born” by Barry Campbell
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Business of Saving the Earth” by Chris Wood
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Fat of the Land” by Brian Payton
- Society: “Frontier Families” by Matthew Hays
- Spot Illustration: “Facemasking” by Gary Taxali
- Spot Illustration: “The Earthship Has Landed” by Sam Weber
- Still-Life Photography: “Eels on Wheels” by Natasha V
- Travel: “The Archipelago of Fear” by Charles Montgomery
Utne Independent Press Awards
Advertising and Design Club of Canada
Silver
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Our Faces, Our Selves” by Antonio De Luca, Bree Seeley, and Chris Lee (photography by Giles Revell and Matt Willey)
Two merit awards
2008
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Arts and Entertainment: “The Mindful Museum” by Adam Gopnik
- Best New Magazine Writer: “Red Rush” by Patrick White
- Fiction: “The Dead Are More Visible” by Steven Heighton
- Illustration: “God’s Slow Death” by Sam Weber
- Politics and Public Interest: “Once Upon a Country” by Don Gillmor
- Portrait Photography: “Miss Canadiana” by Robyn Cumming
- Spot Illustration: “Tank Talk” by Leif Parsons
Silver
- Magazine Covers: “Lightness of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca
- Personal Journalism: “The Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “The Chinese Dust Bowl” by Benoit Aquin
- Still-Life Photography: “Digby Neck” by Russell Monk
Honourable Mention
- Arts and Entertainment: “Unlimited Editions” by Timothy Taylor
- Best Short Feature: “Forgiveness” by June Callwood
- Best Short Feature: “The Archetypal Walrus” by John Vaillant
- Essays: “A House Divided” by Jonathan Garfinkle
- Essays: “The Autobiography of an Idea” by Rick Salutin
- Fiction: “The Man on the Island” by Wayne Grady
- Fiction: “Bob Dylan Goes Tubing” by Marni Jackson
- Health and Medicine: “Oasis of Hope” by Layne Coleman
- Humour: “All the Rage” by Andrew Clark
- Humour: “St. Patrick’s Day” by Andrew Clark
- Humour: “Veils for Western Women” by Marni Jackson
- Humour: “The Hidden Mickey Mouse” by John Reardon
- Illustration: “Cherry Blossom” by Marcos Chin
- Illustration: “Snail Males” by Zoe Barcza
- Investigative Reporting: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
- Investigative Reporting: “Life on Nut Island” by Stephen Williams
- One of a Kind: “Dominick’s Fish” by RM Vaughan
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “War Stories” by Rita Leistner
- Politics and Public Interest: “Camels in the Arctic?” by Franklyn Griffiths
- Politics and Public Interest: “No Refuge” by Andrew Mitrovica
- Politics and Public Interest: “Rock Bottom” by Noah Richler
- Travel: “A Pianist in Rwanda” by Deborah Kirshner
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Breaking D-Wave” by Alex Hutchinson
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Driven to Distraction” by John Lorinc
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Red Rush” by Patrick White
- Spot Illustration: “15 Love Songs” by various illustrators
- Still-Life Photography: “Award-Winning Books” by Birthe Piontek
Prix Pictet
- “The Chinese Dust Bowl,” by Benoit Aquin
Advertising and Design Club of Canada
Silver
- Art direction for a single magazine page or spread: “The Counterpart” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree Seeley (illustration by Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau)
- Illustration: “Parallel Universe” by Graham Roumieu
- Illustration: “Tunneling Through Time” by Chris Lee
- Magazine cover: “Lightness of Being (The Queen)” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, Chris Lee, and Bree Seeley (photograph by Chris Levine)
Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs
2007
National Magazine Awards
Magazine of the year
Gold
- Art direction for a single article: “The Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca
- Essays: “My Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
- Humour: “Married With Husbands” by Wendy Dennis
- Personal journalism: “My Life With Tolstoy” by David Gilmour
- Science, technology, and the environment: “Far From Home” by Monte Paulsen
- Society: “Iran’s Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell
Silver
- Art Direction for an Entire Issue: “Bird Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
- Business: “Domestic Terroir” by Don Gillmor
- Essays: “Iran’s Quiet Revolution” by Deborah Campbell
- Fiction: “The Smell of Smoke” by Peter Behrens
- Health and Medicine: “Waiting for the Pandemic” by Gwynne Dyer
- Illustration: “Hijacking History” by Graham Roumieu
- Magazine Cover: “The Alberta Cash Cow” by Antonio De Luca and Brian Rea
- Politics and public interest: “Fake Left, Go Right” by James Laxer
- Service: Health and Family: “The Teenage Brain” by Nora Underwood
- Society: “Identity Crisis” by Allan Gregg
Honourable Mention
Advertising and Design Club of Canada
Gold
- Illustration: “God’s Slow Death” by Sam Weber
- Magazine Cover: “Too Wired To Think” by Antonio De Luca and Ludimar Hermann
- Photojournalism: “The Last Lumberjacks” by Rita Leistner
Silver
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Teenage Brain” by Antonio De Luca, Paul Kim, and Frank Weidenfelder
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Spread: “Red Rush” by Antonio De Luca, Chris Lee, and Eamon Mac Mahon
- Conceptual Photography: “A House Half Built” by Liz Cowie
- Conceptual Photography: “Brighter Lights, Bigger Cities” by Eamon Mac Mahon
- Illustration: “Snail Males” by Zoe Barcza
- Illustration: “Kissers (Cherry Blossoms)” by Marcos Chin
- Illustration: “Her Dog” by Jillian Tamaki
- Photojournalism: “Separate and Unequal” by Eamon Mac Mahon
- Portrait Photography: “Miss Canadiana” by Robyn Cummings
Eight merit awards
2006
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Totally Genius” by Antonio De Luca
- Arts and Entertainment: “Artful Crimes” by Joshua Knelman
- Essays: “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Lawrence Hill
- Health and Medicine: “Chasing the Crab” by Bill Cameron
- Humour: “My Living Media Will” by Marni Jackson
- Illustration: “Dangerous Liaisons” by Jillian Tamaki
- Personal Journalism: “Chasing the Crab” by Bill Cameron
- Politics and Public Interest: “Melting Point” by Chris Wood
- Portrait Photography: “Jew Funk” by Davida Nemeroff
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Melting Point” by Chris Wood
- Service: Health and Family: “Why Psychoanalysis Matters” by Wendy Dennis
- Spot Illustration: “Revenge of the Small” by Marco Cibola
- Words and Pictures: “Al Rashad” by Antonio De Luca, Joshua Knelman, and Rita Leistner
Silver
- Poetry: “Hand Luggage: Calgary, Montreal, and Brazil” by P.K. Page
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Peace Wager” by Kathy Cook
- Sports and Recreation: “Foreign Billionaires Bring English Football to World, Agony and Ecstasy to Fans” by Timothy Taylor
Alexander Ross Award for Best New Writer
- “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
Honourable Mention
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” by Antonio De Luca
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Strange Journey” by Antonio De Luca
- Arts and Entertainment: “Striking Back at the Empire” by Andrew Clark
- Business: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
- Columns: “In Memory Of,” “Missing Mordecai,” and “What Lies Beneath” by Ken Alexander
- Essays: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
- Essays: “The Wilderness Within” by Adam Gilders
- Essays: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
- Essays: “The Rising Fall of the American Empire” by James Laxer
- Fiction: “Catechism” by Wayne Johnston
- Fiction: “Miss You Already” by Merilyn Simonds
- Illustration: “Torrential Reign” by Jason Logan
- Illustration: “Wireless” by Julie Morstad
- Illustration: “A Decentralized Day” by Leif Parsons
- Illustration: “Green Party Blues” by Mark Saunders
- Illustration: “Good Guys, Bad Guys, and Little Guys” by Seth Scriver
- Illustration: “Arsenal of Illusion” by Balint Zsako
- Investigative Reporting: “A Gentle Revolution” by Monte Paulsen
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Al Rashad” by Rita Leistner
- Politics and Public Interest: “A Tribute Paid to Reason” by Chris Tenove
- Politics and Public Interest: “Shifting Sands” by Don Gillmor
- Portrait Photography: “Corporate Cannabis” by Kourosh Keshiri
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Totally Genius” by Dan Falk
- Science, Technology, and the Environment: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
- Spot Illustration: “To Catch a Fish” by David Collier
- Spot Illustration: “My Tennis Game” by Clayton Hanmer
- Spot Illustration: “Tusky/Letters” by Jeff Ladouceur
- Spot Illustration: “The Dictator Debt Catch” by Graham Roumieu
- Spot Illustration: “Til Decree Do Us Part” by Sam Weber
- Sports and Recreation: “To Catch a Fish” by John DeMont
- Travel: “Israel on the Brink” by David Berlin
- Travel: “Danger Signs” by Larry Frolick
- Travel: “America the Beautiful” by Don Gillmor
- Words and Pictures: “The Forest’s Edge” by Ken Alexander, Antonio De Luca, Patrick Lane, and Eamon Mac Mahon
Advertising and Design Club of Canada
Gold
- Art Direction for an Entire Magazine Issue: “Bird Flu Fever” by Antonio De Luca
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “Waiting for the Pandemic” by Antonio De Luca
- Illustration: “Tank Talk” by Leif Parsons
Silver
- Magazine Cover: “The Last Days of Suburbia” by Antonio De Luca and Seymour Chwast
Nine merits
2005
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Art Direction for a Single Article: “Why Bush Will Win/Why Kerry Will Win” by Antonio De Luca
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Man Behind Stephen Harper” by Marci McDonald
- Spot Illustration: “How to Save Democracy” by Leif Parsons
- Words and Pictures: “Inside a Different Kabul” by Ahmet Sel
Silver
- Humour: “Samson and Delilah” by Jonathan Goldstein
- Society: “The Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis
Honourable Mention
- Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Antonio De Luca
- Arts and Entertainment: “Unrepentant” by Gare Joyce
- Columns: “Language: Eloquence Lost,” “Language: Idiom-Proof,” and “Language: MSN Spoken Here” by Charles Foran
- Essays: “The Mystery of Marriage” by Wendy Dennis
- Health and Medicine: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
- Health and Medicine: “Mapping the Blues” by Mark Witten
- Illustration: “An Anatomy of Hypochondria” by Balint Zsako
- Investigative Reporting: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
- Investigative Reporting: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
- Magazine Covers: “What Is Marriage?” by Antonio De Luca
- Personal Journalism: “The Genocide Problem: ‘Never Again’ All Over Again” by Gerald Caplan
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Black Hole of Guantanamo Bay” by Bill Cameron
- Politics and Public Interest: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
- Portrait Photographry: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
- Profiles: “The Book of Bob” by Bruce Grierson
- Society: “Life, at What Price?” by Ivor Shapiro
- Words and Pictures: “The Burning Tip of the Spear” by Rita Leistner
2004
National Magazine Awards
Gold
- Arts and Entertainment: “The Genius of Django” by Deborah Kirshner
- Investigative Reporting: “Blind Trust” by Marci McDonald
- Science and Technology: “Is the West Rearming Russia?” by Paul Webster
Honourable Mention
- Essays: “Resisting the Veil” by Margaret Atwood
- Essays: “Ich Bin Ein Indianer” by Adam Gilders
- Humour: “Reader Rage” by Douglas Bell
- Photojournalism and Photo Essay: “Blind Trust” by Eamon Mac Mahon
- Politics and Public Interest: “Reasonable Doubts” by Larry Krotz
- Politics and Public Interest: “Blind Trust” by Marci McDonald
- Still-Life Photography: “One Man’s Trash” by Douglas Coupland
- Travel: “The Genius of Django” by Deborah Kirshner