EDITORIAL: MAGAZINE

Judge: Michele Beacom

Third Place: Faith Today
Church is not a Private Club
Author: Bruce Clemenger
Editor: Bill Fledderus

Second Place: Canadian Mennonite
Making Space for the Spirit
Editors: Virginia A. Hostetler and Ross W. Muir

First Place: The United Church Observer
Observations: If Statues Could Talk
Author: David Wilson

EDITORIAL: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Michele Beacom

Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Dead is dead; but death is not the end
Author: Joanne Shurvin-Martin

Second Place: The Catholic Register
Our Leaders Failed
Author: Jim O’Leary

First Place: Christian Courier
God of Small Things
Author: Angela Reitsma Bick

FROM THE EDITOR

Judge: Michele Beacom

Third Place: Canada Lutheran
Ministry in the Margins
Editor: Kenn Ward

Second Place: Mandate
Righting Wrongs
Author: Kathryn Dorrell

First Place: The United Church Observer
Observations: Free Speech and Civility
Author: David Wilson

NEWS PHOTO: MAGAZINE

Judge: Terrance Pack

Third Place: Mandate
Canadian Mission & Service Community Ministries
Photographer: Derek Ford

Second Place: Salvationist
A Journey of Reconciliation
Photographer: Pamela Richardson

First Place: Canada Lutheran
Ministry in the Margins
Photographer: Joshua Hergesheimer

NEWS PHOTO: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Terrance Pack

Third Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
Guest Book
Photographer: Gisele McKnight

Second Place: The Catholic Register
For the Sake of our Children: Teens and Welfare Reform
Photographer: Michael Swan

First Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Taking it to the Streets
Photographer: Grace Paterson

NEWS STORY: MAGAZINE
Judge: Richard Landau

Third Place: Foi & Vie
Salut, Québec!
Author: Kristin Ostensen
Editors: Ken Ramstead & Geoff Moulton

Second Place: Faith Today
Rev. Lim and the Church that Prayed Him Out
Author: Craig Macartney
Editors: Bill Fledderus & Karen Stiller

First Place: The United Church Observer
Resisting Genocide
Author: Sally Armstrong

NEWS STORY: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Richard Landau

Third Place: Christian Courier
Canadian Colonialism Dressed up as Aid
Author: Maaike VanderMeer
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick

Second Place: The Catholic Register
Doctors Being Bullied
Author: Michael Swan

First Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
PM Drops in at St. Margaret’s Coffee Club
Author: Gisele McKnight

IN-DEPTH TREATMENT OF A NEWS EVENT: MAGAZINE

Judge: Richard Landau

*No Third Place Awarded*

Second Place: Salvationist
A Mobilized Army
Author: Pamela Richardson

First Place: The United Church Observer
Resisting Genocide
Author: Sally Armstrong

IN-DEPTH TREATMENT OF A NEWS EVENT: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Richard Landau

Third Place: Huron Church News
Huron Anglicans march against intolerance/Creating space for dialogue while holding to our values/Our message will heal the world, one demonstration at a time
Authors: Sandra Coulson; Bishop Linda Nicholls and
Reverend Marty Levesque

Second Place: The Catholic Register
Saving Our Kids
Author: Michael Swan

First Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
May you fly with the Angels – Archbishop Nutter Laid to Rest;
Archbishop Nutter Remembered for his Kindness;
A Life Well Lived: Archbishop Harold Nutter
Author: Gisele McKnight

FEATURE PHOTO: MAGAZINE

Judge: Terrance Pack

Third Place: The Voice of the Martyrs Canada
Solitary Refinement
Photographer: Wes Laing

Second Place: The United Church Observer
Yoko Kihara
Photographer: Ian Sheh

First Place: Salvationist
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Photographer: Carson Samson

FEATURE PHOTO: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Terrance Pack

*No Third Place Awarded*

Second Place: The Catholic Register
Helping Hands
Photographer: Meggie Hoegler

First Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Remembering the Anglican boys from Craik
Photographer: Jason G. Antonio

FEATURES (NONFICTION): MAGAZINE

Judge: Cynthia Shannon

Third Place: The Canadian Lutheran
Reformation 500: Heart and Sola
Author: Reverend Dr. James Gimbel

Second Place: Salvationist
The Children Who Never Came Home
Author: Kristin Ostensen

First Place: The United Church Observer
Resisting Genocide
Author: Sally Armstrong

FEATURES (NONFICTION): NEWSPAPER & NEWSLETTER

Judge: Cynthia Shannon

*No Third Place awarded*

Second Place: The Catholic Register
I was in prison, and you visited me
Author: Angela Saldanha

First Place: Christian Courier
Zombies and a Gospel Conversation
Author: Trent deJong
Editor: Monica de Regt

OPINION PIECE

Judge: Mirko Petricevic

Third Place: Faith Today
Fearless: Christians are part of culture, and culture is part of us
Author: Anna Robbins
Editors: Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller

Second Place: Christian Courier
The Limits of Thoughts and Prayers
Author: Lloyd Rang
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick

First Place: The United Church Observer
Culture Thieves
Author: Pieta Woolley

COLUMN: MAGAZINE

Judge: Emily Stassen

Third Place: Salvationist
Her Story
Lieutenant Kristen Jackson-Dockeray

Second Place: The United Church Observer
To the Point
Author: Michael Coren

First Place: Faith Today
Go With God
Author: Carolyn Arends
Editors: Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller

COLUMN: NEWSPAPER
Judge: Emily Stassen

*No Third Place awarded*

Second Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
God’s power shown in our weakness; Resurrection is the bedrock of our hope; Reconciliation comes through God’s grace
Author: The Reverend Cheryl Toth

First Place: The Catholic Register
Herman Goodden columns
Author: Herman Goodden

DEPARTMENT

Judge: Bruce Soderholm

Third Place: The Canadian Lutheran
Reformation 500
Editor: Mathew Block (featuring work by Mathew Block, The Reverend Dr. Edward G. Kettner and Kelly Klages)

Second Place: The United Church Observer
Superlatives
Authors: Nancy Fornasiero, Mario Toneguzzi and Jon Tattrie

First Place: The Catholic Register
Youth Speak News
Editor: Jean Ko Din

SERVICE JOURNALISM

Judge: Amy MacLachlan

Third Place: Faith & Friends
Fair Trade in an Unfair World
Author: Kaitlin Adlam
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton

Second Place: Salvationist
In Harm’s Way
Author: Major Shirley King

First Place: Faith Today
Stability Is the Key: Helping Children After a Divorce
Author: Alex Newman
Editors: Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller

PHOTO ESSAY: MAGAZINE

Judge: Terrance Pack

Third Place: Salvationist
Island of Hope
Photographer: Joel Johnson; Designer: Timothy Cheng

Second Place: The United Church Observer
Trump Country
Photographer: Nigel Dickson

First Place: Canadian Mennonite
Back to School Around the World
Photographers: Various; Designer: Ross W. Muir

PHOTO ESSAY: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Terrance Pack

Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Celebrating Ordinations at Pentecost in Saskatoon
Designer: Jason G. Antonio

Second Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
Celebrating Safe Harbour House
Artist, Designer and Photographer: Gisele McKnight

First Place: The Catholic Register
Nativities Cover Every Corner of the Earth
Photographer: Jean Ko Din

MEDIA REVIEW

Judge: Michael Coren

Third Place: Faith & Friends
Son of a Preacher Man
Author: Giselle Randall
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton

Second Place: The United Church Observer
Culture: Colour me Sedated
Author: Pieta Woolley

First Place: The Canadian Lutheran
In Review: Silence
Author: The Reverend Ted Giese

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION

Judge: Rolf Pedersen

Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Resurrection is the bedrock of our hope
Author: The Reverend Cheryl Toth

Third Place: Salvationist
At the Same Table
Author: Major Christine Johnston

Second Place: The Catholic Register
There’s still a long road to Church unity
Author: Michael Swan

Second Place: Canada Lutheran
Early Legends about Jesus’ Birth and Childhood
Author: The Reverend Dr. Kristine Ruffatto
Editor: Kenn Ward

First Place: The United Church Observer
When Neurons meet Prayer
Author: Trisha Elliott

BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

Judge: Doug Koop

Third Place: Canadian Mennonite
Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory
Author: John D. Rempel
Editors: Virginia A. Hostetler and Ross W. Muir

Second Place: Faith Today
You Anoint My Head With Oil: What a Bronze Age warrior-king can teach us about friends and enemies
Author: Mark Buchanan
Editors: Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller

First Place: Salvationist
Fear and Trembling
Author: Dr. Donald Burke

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: CIRCULATION LESS THAN 10,000

Judge: Muriel Duncan

Third Place: Tapestry
An Intervention
Author: Amy Bracebridge

Second Place: Mandate
Living in Hope
Author: Geraldine Robertson, as told to writer Charlotte Empey

First Place: Canada Lutheran
Early I Loved Him
Author: The Reverend Nancy Vernon Kelly
Editor: Kenn Ward

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: CIRCULATION ABOVE 10,000

Judge: Brent van Staalduinen

Third Place: The Catholic Register
I was in prison, and you visited me
Author: Angela Saldanha

Second Place: Faith Today
Welcoming Refugees in Uganda
Author: Karen Stiller
Editor: Bill Fledderus

First Place: The United Church Observer
Involuntary Pilgrim
Author: David Giuliano

INTERVIEW

Judge: Michael Coren

Third Place: Salvationist
Force for Change
Authors: Geoff Moulton and Kristin Ostensen

Second Place: Huron Church News
The state of Huron: This is what I’m seeing / ‘The passion and energy of people in Huron give me hope’
Author: Sandra Coulson

First Place: The United Church Observer
Martin Rumscheidt
Author: Paul Knowles

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE: MAGAZINE

Judge: Donald G. Bastian

Third Place: Faith & Friends
Hammer’s Time
Author: Ken Ramstead
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton

Second Place: Canadian Mennonite
Prodigal Pastor
Author: Will Braun
Editors: Virginia A. Hostetler and Ross W. Muir

First Place: The United Church Observer
Fall from Grace
Author: Justin Dallaire

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Donald G. Bastian

*No Awards Awarded*

HUMOUR: ARTICLE
Judge: Kevin Frank

*No Third or Second Place Awarded*

First Place: Faith & Friends
Cowpocalypse Now
Author: Phil Callaway
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton

HUMOUR: CARTOON

Judge: Phil Callaway

*No Third or Second Place Awarded*

First Place: Foi & Vie
Pour L’Amour du Ciel
Artist: Kevin Frank
Designer: Brandon Laird

ORIGINAL ARTWORK: MAGAZINE

Judge: Carson Samson

Third Place: Faith & Friends
Cowpocalypse Now
Artist: Dennis Jones
Designer: Brandon Laird

Second Place: Mennonite Brethren Herald
The Polarity of Discipleship
Designer: Colton Floris

First Place: Rupert’s Land News
Urns for Healing
Artist: Carolyn Mount

ORIGINAL ARTWORK: NEWSPAPER

Judge: Carson Samson

Honourable Mention: Christian Courier
Harbour Lights
Artist: Adam Young
Editor: Monica deRegt

FRONT COVER – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION LESS THAN 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Mandate
2017-2018 Mission & Service Special Edition
Photographer: Ruth Noble

Second Place: Canada Lutheran
Luther’s Legacy
Designer: Catherine Crivici

First Place: Mennonite Brethren Herald
The Holy Spirit Living in us
Designer: Colton Floris

FRONT COVER – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION ABOVE 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Faith Today
The Mystery of the Incarnation
Designer and Illustrator: Janice Van Eck

Second Place: Faith & Friends
The Sky’s the Limit
Designer: Brandon Laird
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton

First Place: The United Church Observer
Stolen Mothers
Designer: Ross Woolford

FRONT PAGE – NEWSPAPER

*No Third or Second Place Awarded*

First Place: The Catholic Register
The Poet Priest
Photographer: Michael Swan

FEATURE LAYOUT & DESIGN – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION LESS THAN 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Mennonite Brethren Herald
Spreading Hope with the Southridge Jam Company
Designer: Colton Floris

Second Place: Canada Lutheran
Liberated by God’s Grace
Designer: Catherine Crivici

First Place: Mandate
On the Road to Reconciliation
Designer: Lisa Rebnord

FEATURE LAYOUT & DESIGN – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION ABOVE 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Salvationist
Bridge Builders
Designer: Timothy Cheng; Photographer: Giselle Randall

Second Place: Faith Today
The Incarnation Mystery: Why God becoming flesh is the paramount teaching of the Christian faith
Designer and Illustrator: Janice Van Eck

First Place: The United Church Observer
Many Faces, One Humanity
Designer: Ross Woolford

FEATURE LAYOUT & DESIGN – NEWSPAPER

Judge: Saskia Rowley

Third Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
2017 Events and Activities
Artist/Designer: Gisele McKnight

Second Place: The Catholic Register
Canada Day 150
Designer: David Chan

First Place: Christian Courier
What is the Purpose of Christian Education?
Designer: Naomi Francois
Editor: Monica de Regt

EDITION LAYOUT & DESIGN – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION LESS THAN 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Mennonite Brethren Herald
Discipleship
Designer: Colton Floris

Second Place: Mandate
Reconciliation
Designer: Lisa Rebnord

First Place: Canada Lutheran
Luther’s Legacy
Designer: Catherine Crivici

EDITION LAYOUT & DESIGN – MAGAZINE: CIRCULATION ABOVE 10,000

Judge: Brian Morgan

Third Place: Faith & Friends
The Sky’s the Limit
Designer: Brandon Laird

Second Place: Faith Today
May/June 2017 issue
Designer: Janice Van Eck

First Place: The United Church Observer
Many Faces, One Humanity
Designer: Ross Woolford

EDITION LAYOUT & DESIGN – NEWSPAPER

Judge: Saskia Rowley

Second Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
September 2017 Edition
Designer: Jason G. Antonio

First Place: The Catholic Register
Christmas 2017
Designers: Mike Simpson, Mickey Conlon and Erik Canaria

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Judge: Scott Refvik

Honourable Mention: Salvationist
Facebook.com/salvationistmagazine
Twitter.com/Salvationist
Instagram.com/salvationistmagazine
YouTube.com/salvationistmagazine
Editors: Kristin Ostensen and Giselle Randall; Designer: Brandon Laird

 

GENERAL EXCELLENCE – WEBSITE

Judge: Scott Refvik

Second Place: The United Church Observer
Designer: Kevin Spurgaitis

First Place: Salvationist.ca
Designers: Radiant and Brandon Laird

WEBSITE REDESIGN

Judge: Scott Refvik

Honourable Mention: Salvationist.ca
Designers: Radiant and Brandon Laird

 

GENERAL EXCELLENCE – MAGAZINE

Judge: David Harris

Third Place: Faith & Friends
Kim’s Convenience, The Sky’s the Limit & From Trauma to Triumph
(September, October & November 2017)
Designer: Brandon Laird
Editors: Ken Ramstead & Geoff Moulton

Second Place:Canadian Mennonite
September 25, October 9 and October 23 issues
Publisher: Tobi Thiessen
Executive Editor: Virginia A. Hostetler
Managing Editor: Ross W. Muir

Second Place: Faith Today
July/Aug, September/October and November/December issues of 2017
Designer: Janice Van Eck
Editors: Bill Fledderus and Karen Stiller

Second Place: The United Church Observer
September, October, November
Editor: David Wilson

*No First Place Awarded*

GENERAL EXCELLENCE – NEWSPAPER

Judge: Robert White

Second Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
September, October and November Editions
Editor: Gisele McKnight

First Place: The Catholic Register
April 9, 16 and 23, 2017
Editor: Jim O’Leary

A.C. FORREST MEMORIAL AWARD – CIRCULATION LESS THAN 10,000

Judge: Richard Swain

Honourable Mention: Christian Courier
Two Tales of a City
Author: Jonathan Boone
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick

First Place: Canada Lutheran
Ministry in the Margins
Author: Joshua Hergesheimer
Editor: Kenn Ward

A.C. FORREST MEMORIAL AWARD – CIRCULATION OVER 10,000

Judge: Richard Swain

Honourable Mention: The Catholic Register
Digging for Truth
Author: Michael Swan

First Place: The United Church Observer
Resisting Genocide
Author: Sally Armstrong