The CCP Awards Banquet and presentation was held Thursday evening (June 22, 2017) in conjunction with the Catholic Media Conference at Laval University in Quebec City. The following magazines, newspapers and websites were recognized for their excellence in publishing in 2016.
Category: Editorial
Judge: Michele Beacom
First Place – The Catholic Register
Stop This Torture
Author: Jim O’Leary
Second Place – Faith Today
Too Many Victims: Child Neglect and the Response of our Churches
Author: Bruce J. Clemenger
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
Give it to God
Author: David Harris
Category: From the Editor
Judge: Michele Beacom
First Place – The United Church Observer
Observations – My Beef with Veganism
Author: David Wilson
Second Place: Salvationist
Road to Healing
Author: Geoff Moulton
Third Place: Faith & Friends
Art Reflecting Faith
Author: Ken Ramstead
Category: News Story
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – Presbyterian Record
Goodbye to the Record
Authors: Record Staff
Second Place – Faith Today
Imprisoned in North Korea
Author: Ron Csillag
Third Place – Salvationist
On the Ground in Fort McMurray
Author: Pam Richardson
Category: News Story – Newspaper
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – The New Brunswick Anglican
I Feel Like I Need a New Word for Thank You
Author: Gisele McKnight
Second Place – The Catholic Register
World Turning Blind Eye to Refugee Crisis
Author: Michael Swan
Third Place – Anglican Journal
Same-Sex Marriage Motion Passes
Author: André Forget
Category: In-Depth Treatment of a News Event – Magazine
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – The United Church Observer
Unsuitable – Gretta Vosper Controversy
Authors: Observer Staff
Second Place – Presbyterian Record
Fort McMurray Strong
Author: Andrew Faiz
Third Place – Canadian Mennonite
Covenant faithfulness: God People Faith (Assembly 2016)
Author: A multitude of scribes
Category: In-Depth Treatment of a News Event – Newspaper
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – The Catholic Register
A Nation at War, Ukraine Turns to the Lord
Author: Michael Swan
Second Place – Anglican Journal
Same-Sex Marriage Resolution
Authors: Tali Folkins, André Forget, Marites Sison and Janet Thomas
Third Place – Huron Church News
The Diocese Welcomes Bishop Linda
Authors: Sandra Coulson, Marty Levesque and Terry Dance
Category: Features – Magazine
Judge: Cynthia Shannon
First Place – The Canadian Lutheran
Driven from Distraction
Author: The Reverend Michael Schutz
Second Place – Foi & Vie
Le Sculpteur de L’âme
Author: Brianne Zelinsky
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
Deutsche Post: Do-Gooders, Christians and Refugees in Germany
Author: Todd Statham
Category: Features – Newspaper
Judge: Cynthia Shannon
First Place – Christian Courier
The Art of Worship
Author: Chris Cuthill
Second Place – The Catholic Register
Revisiting the Reformation
Author: Michael Swan
Third Place – Anglican Journal
Where the Church has no Name
Author: Tali Folkins
Category: Opinion Piece
Judge: Murray Lewis
First Place – Christian Courier
Disruptive Theology
Author: Lloyd Rang
Second Place – Salvationist
A Matter of Life and Death
Author: Dr. James Read
Third Place – Canadian Mennonite
Becoming Aryan
Author: Ben Goosen
Category: Column
Judge: Michael Coren
First Place – The United Church Observer
Observations (January, February and April)
Author: David Wilson
Second Place – Anglican Journal
Come and See (February, June and September)
Author: Archbishop Fred Hiltz
Third Place – Canada Lutheran
Eastern Synod (March, October/November and December)
Author: Bishop Michael Pryse
Category: Department
Judge: Bruce Soderholm
First Place – The Catholic Register
Youth Speak News
Editor: Jean Ko Din
Second Place – Canadian Mennonite
Young Voices
Authors: Aaron Epp & Andrew Brown
No Third Place Awarded
Category: Service Journalism
Judge: Rebekah Chevalier
First Place – Salvationist
Digital Overload
Author: Nancy Turley
Second Place – Faith Today
How to Communicate with your MP
Author: Patricia Paddey
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
Intergenerational Worship: What to do When the Kids are Few
Author: Tori Smit
Category: Media Review
Judge: Karen Pauls
First Place – The Canadian Lutheran
In Review: X-Men Apocalypse
Author: The Reverend Ted Giese
Second Place – Faith & Friends
When God is Silent
Author: Geoff Moulton
Third Place – Christian Courier
Kent Haruf: Scribe of Light and Dust
Author: Cathy Smith
Third Place – The United Church Observer
Good News for Kids
Author: Pieta Woolley
Category: Theological Reflection
Judge: Rolf Pedersen
First Place – Salvationist
Carry Me
Author: Dion Oxford
Second Place – Canadian Mennonite
A Walk in the Dark
Author: Carol Penner
Third Place – The United Church Observer
The Gratitude Effect
Author: Trisha Elliott
Honourable Mention – The Saskatchewan Anglican
Inflame us with new hope!
Author: Bishop Michael Hawkins
Category: Biblical Interpretation
Judge: Doug Koop
First Place – Canada Lutheran
The Virgin Mary
Author: The Reverend Dr. Allen Jorgenson
Second Place – Salvationist
Our Daily Bread
Author: Dr. Donald Burke
Third Place – Canadian Mennonite
Instilling Faith at Home
Authors: Carmen Brubacher and Paul Heidebrecht
Category: Personal Experience (Circulation less than 10,000)
Judge: Muriel Duncan
First Place – Christian Courier
Our Family’s Unexpected Change of Direction
Authors: Jim Dekker and Jessica Dekker
Second Place – The Highway
At the Bottom of my Freezer
Author: Nissa Basbaum
Third Place – Canada Lutheran
Life is a Garden…Dig It!
Author: June Crowe
Category: Personal Experience (Circulation above 10,000)
Judge: Brent van Staalduinen
First Place – Faith Today
For the Love of the Church
Author: Mark Buchanan
Second Place – The United Church Observer
A Complicated Love Story
Author: Alanna Mitchell
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
Living in Expectation
Author: Connie Wardle
Category: Interview
Judge: Stephen Heckbert
First Place – Christian Courier
Fear, not facts, behind climate change skepticism: An interview with Katharine Hayhoe
Author: Angela Reitsma Bick
Second Place – Mandate
The Apology: The 30th Anniversary of the United Church’s Apology to First Nations People
Author: Sara Stratton
Third Place – The United Church Observer
Interview with Sister Helen Prejean
Author: Alicia von Stamwitz
Honourable Mention – The New Brunswick Anglican
Two-minute interview, Colin Ranson
Editor: Gisele McKnight
Category: Biographical Profile – Magazine
Judge: Donald Bastion
First Place – The United Church Observer
The Fighter
Author: Richard Wright
Second Place – Presbyterian Record
Walk with God
Author: Derek Macleod
Third Place – Faith Today
Canada’s Giving Guru: Inside the World of Marina Glogovac and Canada/Helps
Author: Alex Newman
Honourable Mention – Faith & Friends
Life Changer
Author: Kristin Ostensen
Category: Biographical Profile – Newspaper
Judge: Donald Bastion
First Place – Anglican Journal
Bishop in a Chevy Pickup
Author: Diana Swift
Second Place – The Catholic Register
Hard Knocks Give Rolheiser Appreciation of Life
Author: Michael Swan
Third Place – Indian Life
Witness to the Truth: Giving Voice to the voiceless, hope to the hopeless
Author: Jim Uttley
Category: Display Writing
Judge: Nandy Heule
First Place – Presbyterian Record
The Gender Imbalance
Author: Connie Wardle
Second Place – The United Church Observer
That Evangelical Sizzle
Author: Christopher White
No Third Place Awarded
Category: Humour
Judge: Phil Callaway
No Awards Given
Category: News Photo – Magazine
Judge: Terrance R. Pack
First Place – The United Church Observer
Unsuitable
Photographer: Hugh Wesley
Second Place – Faith & Friends
A Joyful Noise
Photographer: Clement Storksen
Third Place – Mandate
African and Middle Eastern Mission and Service Partners 2016
Photographer: Richard Wainwright/Act for Peace
Category: News Photo – Newspaper
Judge: Mirko Petricevic
First Place – The Catholic Register
Out of Africa, into Canada
Photographer: Michael Swan
Second Place – The Saskatchewan Anglican
Banners at St. Luke’s Anglican Church
Photographer: Nigel Salway
No Third Place Awarded
Feature Photo – Magazine
Judge: Terrance R. Pack
First Place – Canada Lutheran
September 2016 Cover
Photographer: Art Babych
Second Place – The United Church Observer
Rainbow Muslims
Photographer: Daniel Ehrenworth
Third Place – Alliance Connection
Loving Iraq
Photographer: Anonymous
Category: Feature Photo – Newspaper
Judge: Mirko Petricevic
First Place – The Saskatchewan Anglican
Bishop on a Bike
Photographer: Nigel Salway
Second Place – The New Brunswick Anglican
Learning to Cook
Photographer: Gisele McKnight
Third Place – Anglican Journal
Relief, Despair as Same-Sex Motion Marriage Fails
Photographer: Art Babych
Category: Photo Essay – Magazine
Judge: Terrance R. Pack
First Place – Salvationist
Our Priority…the People!
Photographer: Steve Nelson
Second Place – Canadian Mennonite
The Animals of MCC
Designers: Ross W. Muir and Dan Johnson
Photographers: Josh Steckley, Silas Crews and Matthew Sawatzky
Third Place – Faith & Friends
The Power of Art
Designer: Brandon Laird
Photography: CBC
Category: Photo Essay – Newspaper
Judge: Mirko Petricevic
No Awards Awarded
Category: Original Artwork – Magazine
Judge: Carson Samson
First Place – Geez magazine
The Watershed Issue
Artist: Jonathan Dyck
Second Place – Faith Today
Cover Illustration – Readers Could Colour (July/August 2016 Issue)
Artist: Yuhan Hu
Designer: Janice Van Eck
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
General Assembly Elephant in the Room
Illustrator: Susan Mattinson
Category: Original Artwork – Newspaper
Judge: Carson Samson
First Place – Christian Courier
Golden Hands: A Modern Portrait
Artist: Lisa Smouter
Second Place – Anglican Journal
He is Risen
Artist: Jimpsie Ayres
Third Place – the Catalyst
We Are All Connected to Climate Change
Artist: Miriam Mahaffy
Category: Front Cover – Magazine – Circulation less than 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – Mandate
Responding to Refugees
Designer: Lisa Rebnord
Photographer: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Second Place – Canada Lutheran
July/August 2016 – Cover
Designer: Catherine Crivici
Photographer: Ebonie Klassen
Third Place – Foi & Vie
Le Sculpteur de l’âme
Designer: Brandon Laird
Photographer: Timothy Schmalz
Category: Front Cover – Magazine – Circulation above 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – Presbyterian Record
September 2016 Front Cover
Designers: Caroline Bishop and Salina Vanderhorn
Photographer: Gillian Secord
Second Place – Salvationist
Front Cover of April 2016
Designer: Timothy Cheng
Photographer: Homin Kwon
Third Place – Faith & Friends
Ring Ruler
Designer: Brandon Laird
Category: Front Cover – Newspaper
Judge: Jason Chiu
First Place – The Saskatchewan Anglican
March 2016 Front Page
Designer: Jason Antonio
Second Place – The Catholic Register
Padre’s War Diary
Designer: Lucy Barco
Third Place – Anglican Journal
March Front Cover
Designer: Saskia Rowley
Category: Feature Layout and Design – Magazine – Circulation less than 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – Spiritan
Mercy at the Centre
Designer: Tim Faller
Second Place – Mandate
What we learned and why we need to do more and Overseas Mission: a new vision
Designer: Lisa Rebnord
Third Place – Canada Lutheran
Generosity (July/August 2016)
Designer: Catherine Crivici
Category: Feature Layout and Design – Magazine – Circulation above 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – The United Church Observer
Interlove
Designer: Ross Woolford
Second Place – Faith & Friends
Ring Ruler
Designer: Brandon Laird
Third Place – Salvationist
Breaking the Power of Sin
Designer: Timothy Cheng
Honourable Mention – Presbyterian Record
Dwell, Work, Be With God
Designers: Caroline Bishop and Salina Vanderhorn
Illustrator: Gemma Correll
Category: Feature Layout and Design – Newspaper
Judge: Jason Chiu
First Place – The New Brunswick Anglican
It’s Camping Season! Don’t Miss the Fun at Brookwood and Medley
Designer: Gisele McKnight
Second Place – The Catholic Register
On the Front Lines with the Padre
Designer: Lucy Barco
Third Place – Anglican Journal
General Assembly 2016
Designer: Saskia Rowley
Category: Edition Layout and Design – Magazine Circulation less than 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – Geez magazine
The Watershed Issue
Designer: Darryl Brown
Creative Director: Aiden Enns
Second Place – Mandate
November 2016 Issue
Designer: Lisa Rebnord
Third Place – Canada Lutheran
July/August 2016
Designer: Catherine Crivici
Honourable Mention –Spiritan
Meeting People Where They Are
Designer: Tim Faller
Category: Edition Layout and Design – Magazine Circulation above 10,000
Judge: Brian Morgan
First Place – Faith Today
March/April 2016 Issue
Designer: Janice Van Eck
Second Place – Salvationist
April 2016 Issue
Designer: Timothy Cheng
Third Place – The United Church Observer
September 2016 Issue (Rainbow Muslims)
Designer: Ross Woolford
Honourable Mentions to the following:
Alliance Connection, Presbyterian Record, Faith & Friends and Canadian Mennonite
Category: Edition Layout and Design – Newspaper
Judge: Jason Chiu
First Place – The Catholic Register
The Padre’s War Diary
Designers: Mickey Conlon and Lucy Barco
Second Place – Anglican Journal
December 2016 Edition
Designer: Saskia Rowley
No Third Place Awarded
Category: Blog – Online and Integrated Media
Judge: Scott Refvik
First Place – The United Church Observer
Camino de Cancer
Author: David Giuliano
Second Place – Presbyterian Record
Messy Table
Author: Katie Munnik
Third Place – Faith Today
The Faith Today Blog
Editors: Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus
Category: Use of Multimedia on a Website
Judge: Scott Refvik
First Place – The United Church Observer
Observer Doc: Out of Syria
Kevin Spurgaitis, Producer
Second Place – Anglican Journal
Marites Sison, André Forget, Tali Folkins and Saskia Rowley
Third Place – Salvationist.ca
Brandon Laird, Designer
Kristin Ostensen, Giselle Randall, Pamela Richardson, Ken Ramstead and
Geoff Moulton, Editors
Category: Publication Website
Judge: Scott Refvik
First Place – The United Church Observer
Kevin Spurgaitis, Webmaster
Second Place – Anglican Journal
Anglican Journal Staff
Third Place – Salvationist.ca
Brandon Laird, Designer
Kristin Ostensen, Giselle Randall, Pamela Richardson, Ken Ramstead and
Geoff Moulton, Editors
Category: General Excellence – Website Design
Judge: Scott Refvik
First Place – The United Church Observer
Kevin Spurgaitis, Webmaster
Second Place – Salvationist.ca
Brandon Laird, Carson Samson, Ryan Neudorf, Designers
Third Place – Anglican Journal
Anglican Journal Staff
Category: General Excellence – Magazine
Judge: Kristy Woudstra
First Place – The United Church Observer
February, May and December 2016
Editor: David Wilson
Second Place – Faith & Friends
Jerry Howarth, Grace Haven and From War and Peace (September, October and November 2016)
Designer: Brandon Laird
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton
Third Place – Presbyterian Record
October, November and December 2016
Editor: David Harris
General Excellence – National Newspapers
Judge: Glen Argan
First Place – Indian Life
July/August, September/October and November/December 2016
Editor: Jim Uttley
Category: General Excellence – Regional Newspapers
Judge: Glen Argan
No Awards Awarded
A.C. Forrest Memorial Award – Circulation less than 10,000
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – Christian Courier
The stained-glass ceiling: 100 ordained women in CRC ministry today
Author: Angela Reitsma Bick
Honourable Mention – Canada Lutheran
Restorative Justice
Author: Catherine Pate
Editor: Kenn Ward
A.C. Forrest Memorial Award – Circulation above 10,000
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place – The United Church Observer
Hell and High Water
Author: Josiah Neufeld
Honourable Mention – Faith Today
Gently into the Arms of Jesus: Palliative Care, Done Well
Author: Karen Stiller
Editor: Bill Fledderus