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