CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/09/10 -- RedPoint Media Group publications - Avenue (Calgary) magazine, up! magazine, and West magazine - received a combined ten Western Magazine Award nominations.
Winners of the Western Magazine Awards will be announced October 15th at a gala event in Vancouver. The Western Magazine Awards celebrates the best in Western Canadian magazine publishing, and has for 28 years honoured excellence in writing, photography, illustration and art direction.
Avenue magazine, Calgary's city and lifestyle publication has been nominated in six categories, including the coveted Magazine of the Year (Alberta).
up! magazine, the in-flight publication for WestJet Airlines produced by RedPoint Media Group on a contract basis, received three nominations for visual excellence including Best Art Direction for an Article.
West magazine, produced by RedPoint Media Group on a contract basis for Western Financial Group, was also nominated for Trade Magazine of the Year.
Avenue Calgary magazine was nominated in the following categories:
WRITTEN: Environmental - Andrew Nikifouk, Out of Sight, Avenue magazine
WRITTEN: Service - Carol Harrington, Selling Out, Avenue magazine
GOLD AWARD BEST ARTICLE- Alberta/NWT - Andrew Nikifouk, Out of Sight, Avenue magazine
BEST PHOTOGRAPH: Architectural, Landscape or Still Life - Brent Mykytyshyn, By Their Own Hand, Avenue magazine
BEST PHOTOGRAPH: People and Portraiture - Colin Way, Sheldon Popiel, Avenue magazine
BEST MAGAZINE - Alberta/ NWT, Avenue magazine
up! magazine was nominated in the following categories:
BEST ART DIRECTION ARTICLE - Robert Biron, Surf & the City, up! Magazine
BEST ILLUSTRATION & ILLUSTRATION FEATURE - Chad VanGaalen, A Concrete Dreamer's Guide to Calgary, up! Magazine
BEST ILLUSTRATION & ILLUSTRATION FEATURE - Roger Xavier, Menu a Mano, up! Magazine
West Magazine was nominated for:
TRADE MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR - West Magazine
"The record amount of WMA nominations for RedPoint Media is just further proof of how dedicated our company is to telling the stories of our readers and our clients," said Tom Gierasimczuk, up! magazine editor and RedPoint editorial director. "The nominations also highlight our talented roster of contributors-from writers to photographers to illustrators-who bring our pages to life with their energy and mastery of their craft in every issue."
About RedPoint Media Group
RedPoint Media Group Inc. is one of Western Canada's largest magazine publishers, producing 13 consumer and corporate titles. In addition to producing such well-known and award-winning titles as up! magazine, WestJet Airlines' in-flight publication, RedPoint also publishes Avenue magazine in both Calgary and Edmonton, Wine Access magazine and many others.
Contacts:
RedPoint Media Group Inc.
Aleisha Vermeulen
Director of Marketing and Communications
403-232-7720
avermeulen@redpointmedia.ca
www.redpointmedia.ca