Call for Submissions

The Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) Awards is searching for Canada’s best in business press from the year 2011. Submissions will be accepted starting January 6 in 22 categories for Gold and Silver Awards, to be presented at the 58^th annual KRW Awards on June 7, 2012 at the Carlu in Toronto.

The deadline for all submissions is February 3, 2012. Submit by January 27 at 5pm for the early bird discount of $110 (+HST) per entry. The regular fee (after January 27) is $135 (+HST) per entry. Membership in a business-press association is not required for entry.

The Kenneth R. Wilson Awards will be co-produced by the Canadian Business Press and Magazines Canada. This partnership continues to provide a broader, deeper and more truly national platform for the celebration of bilingual excellence in Canada's business publishing.

The KRW Awards program is open to all specialized business-to-business media written and produced in Canada in either English and/or French, regardless of association membership. Editorial staff, contributors, freelancers, designers and people engaged in co-operative efforts with the publication may enter. They do not need to be full-time employees of the publication/or web site. Please see our Guidelines for more information on eligibility, as there are several changes this year.

Click here to begin submitting your entries.
 

Awards for Digital Content

All written categories are now open to both print and digital submissions. Regardless of the medium with which it is delivered, all written entries may submit if eligible.

There are also three (3) categories for digital-only submissions:

Best Web Site of the Year will award a Web site that successfully fulfills its editorial mission, effectively serves its audience, maximizes use of the Web and represents the highest journalistic standards.
Best Digital Design will award excellence to a digital publication with the most successful and original overall combination of visual and graphic design elements.
Best Multi-media Feature will award a publication with an original digital feature that best serves its intended audience through use of the digital medium.

Call for Judges

Each year the KRW awards relies on volunteer judges to evaluate the many of submissions received from magazines and individuals across the country. This year we are looking for new judges to serve on English, French and bilingual juries for written categories, as well as juries for visual, digital and special categories. Judges ideally should be veterans of the business-to-business magazine industry or offer expertise in a particular field pertinent to the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards. To nominate yourself or a colleague, please peruse the list of KRW categories and the KRW Judging Process, and send us an email at staff[at]krwawrads[dot]ca.
 

Eligibility

Only material from publications dated from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 may be entered. Web site content will be evaluated live and may be archived with password access. Writing entries may be a single article or series, provided a common theme and purpose is maintained. In the case of a series, the majority of articles must be published within the calendar year, but the complete series should be submitted for judging. Material published previously in any other publication or edition is ineligible. A supplement is considered part of the parent publication even if the supplement is a stand-alone publication. Custom publishing is eligible. Advertorials are ineligible.

Please see our Guidelines for more information on eligibility and rules.

Promote Your Award

Magazine publishers – promote your Kenneth R. Wilson Award with our official 57^th Annual Finalists’ and Winners’ seals. Celebrate your award-winning magazines by putting these seals on your covers, promotional material, and website.

Click here to request your PDF Seal

We encourage award-winning magazines to help create greater reader awareness of the prestige and honour that comes with winning a Kenneth R. Wilson Award.

Place the seal on your publication’s cover, contents page or website to announce your accomplishments, remind your current readers of your magazine’s success and entice new readers to the award-winning content within your magazine.

Please note that only gold and silver winners from the 57^th annual Awards which was held on June 7, 2011 may use the "Winners" seal.  All magazines/contributors who received an honourable mention from the 57^th annual Awards may use the "Finalists" seal.