Critical acclaim for The Walrus:

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2008

Arthur Kroeger Award for Public Discourse. Read news item.

2007

National Magazine Awards:

6 Gold

Fiction: "The Dead Are More Visible," Stephen Heighton (December 2007)
Spot Illustration: "Tank Tank," Leif Parsons (June 2007)
Arts & Entertainment: "The Mindful Museum," Adam Gopnik (June 2007)
Portrait Photography: "Miss Canadiana" in "Alienated Cosmopolitans," Robyn Cumming (May 2007)
Illustration: "God's Slow Death," Sam Weber (April 2007)
Politics and Public Interest: "Once Upon a Country," Don Gillmor (February 2007)

4 Silver

Best Cover: December 2007, Antonio E De Luca
Still-life Photography: "Rock Bottom," Russell Monk (December 2007)
Personal Journalism: "The Autobiography of an Idea," Rick Salutin (December 2007)
Photojournalism & Photo Essay: "The Chinese Dust Bowl," Benoit Aquin (October 2007)

Advertising Design Club of Canada:

Gold

Magazine Covers: "Too Wired To Think"
Editorial Illustration: "God's Slow Death," Sam Weber (April 2007)
Photojournalism: "The Last Lumberjacks," Rita Leistner (March 2007)

Silver

Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article: "The Teenage Brain" (November 2006)
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Spread: "Red Rush" (April 2007)
Editorial Illustration: "Her Dog," Jillian Tamaki (November 2006)
Editorial Illustration: "Cherry," Marcos Chin (May 2007)
Conceptual Photography: "A House Half Built," Liz Cowie (June 2006)
Conceptual Photography: "Brighter Lights, Bigger Cities," Eamon MacMahon (June 2006)
Portrait Photography: "Ms Canadiana," Robyn Cummings (May 2007)
Photojournalism: "Separate and Unequal," Eamon MacMahon (February 2007)

Also: 8 merit awards. Read news item.

2006

National Magazine Awards:

Magazine of the Year

6 Gold

Deborah Campbell, "Iran's Quiet Revolution," Society
Antonio De Luca, "The Teenage Brain," Art Direction for a Single Article
Wendy Dennis, "Married with Husbands," Humour
David Gilmour, "My Life With Tolstoy," Essays
David Gilmour, "My Life With Tolstoy," Personal Journalism
Monte Paulsen, "Far From Home," Science, Technology & the Environment

10 Silver

Peter Behrens, "The Smell of Smoke," Fiction
Deborah Campbell, "Iran's Quiet Revolution," Essays
Antonio De Luca, "Bird Flu Fever," Art Direction for an Entire Issue
Antonio De Luca, "The Alberta Cash Cow," Magazine Cover
Gwynne Dyer, "Waiting for the Pandemic," Health & Medicine
Don Gillmor, "Domestic Terroir," Business
Allan Gregg, "Identity Crisis," Society
James Laxer, "Fake Left, Go Right," Politics & Public Interest
Graham Roumieu, "Hijacking History," Illustration
Nora Underwood, "The Teenage Brain," Service: Health & Family

34 Honourable Mentions

Advertising Design Club of Canada:

Gold

Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article, "Waiting for the Pandemic"
Art Direction for an Entire Magazine Issue, "Bird Flu Fever"
Illustration, "Ephemera" (Leif Parsons)

Silver

Magazine Cover,"The Last Days of Suburbia"

Merits

Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article, "Might Is Wrong"
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article, "Bedrock of Pop Culture"
Art Direction for a Single Magazine Page or Spread, "Post Dictatorship"
Illustration, "Arsenal of Illusion"
Illustration, "Dangerous Liaisons"
Illustration, "Pericles"
Magazine Covers, "Face It"
Photojournalism, "Afterglow"
Spot Illustration, "Revenge of the Small"

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2005

National Magazine Awards

13 Gold

Bill Cameron, “Chasing The Crab,” Health & Medicine
Bill Cameron, “Chasing The Crab,” Personal Journalism
Wendy Dennis, “Why Psychoanalysis Matters,” Service: Health & Family
Lawrence Hill, “Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?” Essays
Marni Jackson, “My Living Media Will,” Humour
Joshua Knelman, “Artful Crimes,” Arts & Entertainment
Chris Wood, “Melting Point,” Politics & Public Interest
Chris Wood, “Melting Point,” Science, Technology, & the Environment
Rita Leistner, Antonio De Luca, Joshua Knelman, “Al Rashad,” Words & Pictures
Marco Cibola Spot Illustration
Antonio De Luca, “Totally Genius,” Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article
Davida Nemeroff, “Jew Funk,” Portrait Photography
Jillian Tamaki, “Dangerous Liaisons,” Illustration

3 Silver

Kathy Cook, “The Peace Wager,” Politics & Public Interest
P.K. Page, from Hand Luggage: Calgary, Montreal, Brazil, Poetry
Timothy Taylor, “Foreign Billionaires Bring English Football to World…” Sports & Recreation

Alexander Ross Award for Best New Writer
Larry Frolick, “Danger Signs.”

34 Honourable Mentions

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2004

Best New Title, UTNE Independent Press Awards

National Magazine Awards

4 Gold

Marci McDonald, “The Man Behind Stephen Harper,” Politics & Public Interest
Ahmet Sel, “Inside a Different Kabul,” Words & Pictures
Antonio De Luca, “Why Bush Will Win/Why Kerry Will Win,” Art Direction for a Single Article
Leif Parsons, “How to Save Democracy,” Spot Illustration

2 Silver

Jonathan Goldstein, “Samson and Delilah,” Humour
Wendy Dennis, “The Mystery of Marriage,” Society

17 Honourable Mentions

2003

National Magazine Awards

3 Gold

Marci McDonald, “Blind Trust,” Investigative Reporting
Deborah Kirshner, “The Genius of Django,” Arts & Entertainment
Paul Webster, “Is The West Rearming Russia?” Science & Technology

8 Honourable Mentions

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