Notes on the final components of phase 2 emergency funding by Canadian Heritage for magazines who didn’t receive ATP or CCA funding this year. Deadline extended to August 7, 2020 @ 2 p.m. PT.
Workshops July 14-16 on the Special Measures for Journalism Fund – CHANGE
To help BC magazines apply for funding through this program.
Phase 2 of Canadian Heritage Emergency Funding Announced
Forty-five million earmarked for print and digital magazines and weekly newspapers across Canada.
On the Coronavirus, MagsWest 2020, and all that
Conference postponed until September 2020.
Digital Media Marketing and Editorial Internship, Culturally Modified, Smithers, BC – FILLED
Post-secondary students or recent graduates (within 3 years), 21 hours a week, June 12-Sept. 27, 2019, $17.50/hour. Part of the internship can be done remotely. Application deadline: June 1, 2019.
Upcoming Magazine Submission Periods and Deadlines as of March 25, 2019
Includes contests and awards.
Found! A Beginner’s Approach to SEO for Magazine Publishers
How to use a better understanding of SEO to increase the online discoverability of your magazine’s website.
Job Opportunity: Operations and Development Assistant, The Tyee, Vancouver
Full time (40 hours/week), $45K/year position; includes extended benefits and vacation. Application deadline December 10, 2018.
Job Opportunity: Editorial Assistant, The Tyee, Vancouver
Full-time (40 hours/week), $45K/year starting January 2019; includes extended benefits, vacation. Application deadline December 10, 2018.
New Member Magazine: Western Living
Be inspired by new MagsBC member, Western Living! Featured in each issue are the people, places, homes, gardens, food and adventure from Winnipeg to Victoria, and everywhere in-between.
Ijeoma Oluo of The Establishment Talks About Cultural Appropriation on October 26/17
VSO School of Music, 843 Seymour St., Vancouver BC
Job Opportunity: Intern #1, INSPIRED Senior Living magazine, Victoria BC – CANCELLED
To assist in the launch of our new electronic magazine complementary to our print magazine while creating brand coherence between our print magazine, digital magazine, events, housing database, books, podcasts, blogs, newsletters, etc.
New Member Magazine: Ricepaper Magazine
Join us in welcoming Ricepaper to the MagsBC community!
MagNet 2017: Getting Big by Staying Small: Magazines, Digital & the Power of Niche
A report on the session by Natasha Sanders-Kay, MagsBC Board Member.
Kaija Pepper, Editor of Dance International
“As an editor, I love going into a piece of writing and helping to break it open.”
Allan Cho, Executive Editor of Ricepaper Magazine
“We put many writers on the map who otherwise might have slipped through the cracks of the mainstream literary presses. No book publisher was going to give out a contract if you had no short story or poem published in a lit mag.”
Michelle Reid, editor, SAD Mag
“Be professional, even if you are writing for free; you’re not just building a portfolio, but also a professional reputation.”
Delores Broten, Editor of The Watershed Sentinel
“I think the world of Canadian publishing is a wonderful experience. It may not be lucrative, but it is a community of fascinating people. The secret is to not let the economy worry you!”