Toronto Life is nominated for 16 National Magazine Awards
Including nods for investigative journalism, feature writing, art direction and more
Toronto Life has been nominated for 16 National Magazine Awards. This year, the stories recognized by a jury of our peers include our investigation into Toronto’s most hated landlord, a profile of Hallmark’s king of schmaltz, our annual ranking of the city’s best new restaurants and more. Below, the full list of nominees.
Long-form feature writing: 6,000+ words
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Inside the expensive, obsessive, addictive quest for a perfect life | By Olivia Stren
The Perilous Lives of International Students
They come here for the promise of a good education and a better future. Then they discover the target on their backs | By Simon Lewsen
Long-Form Feature Writing
Carolyn Krebs (alias Carolyn Goodman, alias Marian Linton) may be the city’s most hated landlord. She ignores work orders, falsifies documents and evicts tenants without cause. How one woman is making a killing off a system that’s too broken to stop her | By Rachel Browne
Over almost two decades, a garden behind a monastery on Weston Road was, according to a cluster of Catholics, the site of multiple miracles. Last August, a developer bought the property to build condos. He says he’s addressing the housing crisis. The worshippers say he’s the devil in disguise | By Nicholas Hune-Brown
For 148 years, the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then an old-money-versus-new-money clash erupted | By Sarah Treleaven
Investigative Reporting
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers—a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. When his dark secret was revealed, it tore the community apart | By Lauren McKeon
Carolyn Krebs (alias Carolyn Goodman, alias Marian Linton) may be the city’s most hated landlord. She ignores work orders, falsifies documents and evicts tenants without cause. How one woman is making a killing off a system that’s too broken to stop her | By Rachel Browne
Profiles
And other oxymoronic observations about the oeuvre of Ron Oliver, the Hallmark Channel’s most prolific, flamboyant and unapologetically sappy director | By Maddy Mahoney
What’s a nice Jewish boy like David Schwartz doing running a Chinese food mini-empire, and why risk everything to open a deli-inspired steakhouse? It’s all about honouring his mom, of course | By David Sax
Service Journalism
Our 42nd annual ranking of the city’s best new restaurants | By Liza Agrba, Caroline Aksich and Erin Hershberg
The best places to fill up for $10 or less | By Rebecca Fleming
Best Emerging Writer
And other oxymoronic observations about the oeuvre of Ron Oliver, the Hallmark Channel’s most prolific, flamboyant and unapologetically sappy director | By Maddy Mahoney
Lifestyle Photography
A night-owl’s guide to dining out after last call | Photography by Nicole and Bagol
Art Direction of a Single Article
Our 42nd annual ranking of the city’s best new restaurants | By Colleen Nicholson, art director, and Stephanie Firka, designer
Editorial Package
*Except for the risk of wildfires, extreme weather, pandemics, asteroids, supervolcanoes, power grid failures, nuclear war, killer robots and zombie apocalypses. The ultimate guide to surviving every terrestrial threat imaginable | By Anthony Milton, Alex Cyr and Jean Grant
Cover Grand Prix
Insider tips and tricks that make life easier, cheaper, faster, slower, tastier, smarter and way more fun | By Colleen Nicholson, art director, and Malcolm Johnston, editor-in-chief
