Your next intern is on us!

That's right, we've got this one.

The CSME Internship Bursary Program provides one lucky magazine with $500 a month for a three-month internship. That's $1,500 and a happy intern.

Who qualifies? CSME members.

How to

apply
Download an application and tell us how an intern will benefit your magazine. That's it. Then email your completed form to csmeadmin@canadianeditors.com.

Deadline for submissions is May 22.

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Thanks for coming to our tablet publishing event

For those of you early risers who attended the CSME breakfast event held on April 15th, thank you for coming out!  The sold-out event a great success.

A big thank you to speakers Tom Emrich (freelance tablet consultant) and Brandie Weikle (digital director, House and Home) who discussed the digital magazine market.

As promised, we've posted Tom's Market & Interactivity presentation for your reference.

The event madness continues on June 5th for our annual Editor's Gala as part of the MagNet conference. Buy your tickets now! 

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Adam Sternbergh to present keynote at 2013 Editors’ Gala

Join the CSME board and your colleagues on Wednesday, June 5 at 5:30 pm for our annual Editors’ Gala, part of the MagNet conference, during which we will announce the year’s Editors’ Choice Awards.

This year, we’re pleased to have Adam Sternbergh as our keynote speaker. Don’t miss out – buy your tickets now!

What Is the Point of Magazines?
Magazines are undergoing an existential crisis. But we’re asking the wrong question: Not “How can magazines survive?”, but “Should they”?

sternberghAdam Sternbergh is the culture editor of the New York Times Magazine. He’s previously worked as an editor at New York Magazine, Toronto Life, Saturday Night and the National Post. His writing has appeared in various publications and been featured in Best American Political Writing 2009, Best Technology Writing 2009 and New York Stories: The Best Writing from Four Decades of New York Magazine. His first novel, “Shovel Ready,” will be published in January 2014 by Crown.

April 15 breakfast event: Enhancing enchantments

Rise and shine with us for our very first breakfast event. Grab a cuppa and hear about best practices for magazine tablet editions. Join freelance consultant Tom Emrich and House and Home digital director Brandie Weikle for a conversation about how editors can use tablet apps to complement and elevate the magazine audience experience.

When: Monday, April 15, 2013, 8:30 am
Where: The Hazelton Hotel, 118 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto (at Bay station)
How much: $10 for members, $25 for non-members ($15 and $30 at the door)

NOW SOLD OUT! Sorry, we have no space for drop-ins at this event but we will be sure to secure a larger room for our next breakfast.

Enter the 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards now

Do you have what it takes to be Editor of the Year?

The Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) is looking for the best work of 2012 by Canadian magazine editors. The Editors’ Choice Awards, presented by CSME, honour and celebrate the high-quality work of editors within the Canadian magazine industry.

The submissions process for this year’s awards is now open to all CSME members. Enter your magazine by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 8, 2013, to be considered by a judging panel of your peers.

Download the entry form here.

Winners in each of the Small (under 50,000), Medium (50,000 to 149,999) and Large (150,000+) circulation categories, as well as the Trade and Custom magazine categories, each earn the right to use the Editors’ Choice Award logo on their cover for a year. There are also awards for Best Front of Book, the Jim Cormier Award for Display Writing, Best Website, Best Editorial Blog and, of course, the coveted Editor of the Year.

Entries are free with your 2013 CSME membership. Browse our site to become a member, learn about previous winners, for complete entry guidelines, and to download your entry form.

Winners will be announced at the Editors’ Gala event at MagNet on June 5, 2013. Click here to register for MagNet, including the Editors’ Gala.

P.S. Interested in judging? Get free reading material and help choose this year’s winning magazines! To become a judge, email awards@canadianeditors.com.