The Magazine Grand Prix award goes to the Best Magazine winner that demonstrates overall excellence in bringing its publishing team together to create an outstanding product. For the 46th annual National Magazine Awards, the winner is LSTW.
“As a bilingual print magazine that serves a niche audience, LSTW defies stereotypes and consistently sustains its audience’s interest. It gives emerging voices an innovative platform, excites its readership and generates new perspectives through unique, authentic storytelling and design treatments.”
—NMA Jury
Previous Winners
From 1983 to 2017 there was one award for Magazine of the Year. Since 2018, the category has been updated to include four Best Magazine Awards (News, Business, General Interest; Art, Literary, & Culture; Service & Lifestyle; Special Interest) and one Magazine Grand Prix.
Magazine Grand Prix
2021 — Inuit Art Quarterly
2020 — Toronto Life
2019 — L’actualité
2018 — Nouveau Projet
2017 — The Site Magazine
Magazine of the Year
2016 — Cottage Life
2015 — Maisonneuve
2014 — Nouveau Projet
2013 — Cottage Life
2012 — Corporate Knights
2011 — Maisonneuve
2010 — MoneySense
2009 — Up Here
2008 — AlbertaViews
2007 — Toronto Life
2006 — The Walrus
2005 — Maclean’s
2004 — Maisonneuve
2003 — Border Crossings
2002 — Outpost
2001 — Canadian Geographic
2000 — Azure
1999 — Chatelaine
1998 — Adbusters
1997 — Vancouver Magazine
1996 — Canadian Living
1995 — Canadian House & Home
1994 — Canadian Art
1993 — Owl & Chickadee
1992 — Cottage Life
1991 — The Idler
1990 — West
1989 — Toronto Life
1988 — Applied Arts Quarterly
1987 — Report on Business
1986 — Quill & Quire
1985 — Toronto Life
1984 — Saturday Night
1983 — Vancouver
1982 — Equinox
From 1982 to 2002, there were separate awards for President’s Medal (top article) and Magazine of the Year (top magazine). Since 2002 there has been no award for the top overall article. From 2002 to 2005, the President’s Medal was instead awarded to the Magazine of the Year. In 2006, the name ‘President’s Medal’ was dropped in favour of simply Magazine of the Year.
Magazine Website of the Year (formerly Magazine of the Year—Digital)
2014 — Hazlitt
2013 — Maclean’s
2012 — Hazlitt
2011 — TodaysParent.com
2010 — Macleans.ca
2009 — Dogs in Canada
Tablet Magazine of the Year
2014 — Today’s Parent
2013 — Sportsnet
2012 — Canadian House & Home