Canadian Cover Awards scheduled for Feb

The 2014 Canadian Covers Awards will be held in Toronto on Feb. 25, 2014 at the Courtyard Marriott hotel. The submissions process opens Jan. 6 at coverawards.ca.

This year there are seven categories including a new field for magazines with circulation under 50,000 copies. One industry member will be named Newsstand Marketer of the Year.
The deadline for entries is Jan. 31, 2014.

The Canadian Cover Awards is co-produced by CMC and Magazines Canada. For more information of categories and entry fees, visit the Cover Awards website.

1. Women’s Service 
   Includes titles with a mandate to primarily serve women with a mix of health, fashion, food, features, decor and other service journalism.
2. News, Business, Celebrity 
   Includes titles primarily covering current affairs, news, business, popular culture and celebrity.
3. Home & Décor 
   Includes home fashion, home style, renovation, and real estate titles with a primarily style vs business focus.
4. Sports & Leisure 
   Includes titles covering general sports, specific sports, and leisure activities including pastimes and hobbies.
5. General Interest, Arts, Lifestyle & Regional 
   Includes city and regional titles, general interest magazines with a broad editorial mandate, arts titles and general lifestyle titles.
6. SIPs & New Magazines 
   Includes one-off special-interest titles and new magazine launches for which there is no historical sales data. Note: Annual SIPs with historical sales data should be entered in one of the categories above.
7. Small Magazines
   Includes magazines with a circulation under 50,000.

8. Newsstand Marketer of the Year: The Newsstand Marketer of the Year will be an individual who has demonstrated passion and innovation—and produced results—for a newsstand project. Their work may be for regular duties performed, for efforts above and beyond the call of duty or for a special campaign in 2013. This “most valuable player” may work for a Canadian publishing house, a national distributor or a wholesaler. There is no entry fee. Simply complete the online nominations form with the person’s name, their job title and their employer, along with a brief explanation citing why you believe this individual deserves to be recognized. All nominations are confidential. Nominators are asked to include their own name and email address.
   
   ENTRY DEADLINE: January 31, 2014
   Total circulation includes newsstand sales, subscriptions and controlled copies, according to the most recent AAM or CCAB/BPA statements, or by sworn statement as published in CARD