General Information
 

TMAC Awards
Celebrating the best in travel writing and photography
 

The TMAC Awards honours members for the best writing and photography. With nine writing categories and three photography categories, entries are aplenty and we really put our third-party judges to work in selecting the winners.

Each winner receives a certificate and a cheque for $1,000 and, for the first time, will also be eligible for travel assistance to the 2013 TMAC Conference & AGM with a value of up to $500.

This year, we’re pleased to announce that a new category has been added to the list – Best Story about Travel in Canada. To qualify for this award, stories must focus on Canada, its cities or regions as a travel destination. They should create a compelling sense of place that may inspire a reader to visit the destination or, at the very least, to learn more about it.

The awards will be presented at the closing gala of the TMAC Conference & AGM in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

The work will be judged on writing quality, accuracy and usefulness of information, insightfulness and innovation:

1. Best Business Feature    Still Available
2. Best Cultural/Historical Feature    sponsored by Edmonton Tourism
3. Best Environmental/Responsible Tourism Feature    sponsored by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
4. Best Family Feature    sponsored by Switzerland Tourism
5. Best Food/Wine Feature    sponsored by CN Tower
6. Best French Language Feature *    sponsored by Québec City Tourism
7. Best Outdoors/Adventure Feature    sponsored by Saskatchewan Tourism
8. Best Service Feature    Still Available
9. Best Story about Travel in Canada NEW    sponsored by Tourism Yukon
   

* The feature must be written, by the author, in French and must be something that, if it were in English, could be submitted in one of these four categories: Best Family Feature OR Best Outdoors/Adventure Feature OR Best Food/Wine Feature OR Best Cultural/Historical Feature.

The purpose of this restriction is to focus on stories where the writing quality and the strength of the narrative are the two key elements, so that the judging may be done uniformly across all entries.