Goodwin's Awards

Year Published:  1989
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX3592

Abstract: 
Submissions are being sought for the fourth annual Goodwin's Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism. The Goodwin's Foundation offers a cash award of $300 to the winner. It also names three runners-up and three honourable mentions. The MacDonald Citation is given to an alternative publication which has provided extraordinary coverage of an issue or shown outstanding over-all improvement. Any journalist can submit articles; they must have appeared in a Canadian alternative magazine or newspaper during the past year. Alternatives are defined as newsstand publications dedicated to progressive social change. Judges will be looking for articles which had a strong political or social impact and which were influential in promoting progressive social change. Photo or cartoon spreads are also acceptable as submissions. Award submissions must be post-marked no later than November 30, 1989 and should be sent in triplicate to the Goodwin's Foundation, P.O. Box 1043, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R1.
Last year's Goodwin's award winner was Chief Moses Okimaw, for his article "God's River and the Manitoba Government," which appeared in Canadian Dimension. Okimaw's article describes his band's struggle against local exploiters and against the inept provincial NDP government.
Runners-up were Paul McKay, for his "Adding Fuel to the Fire, on Canada's uranium industry," in This Magazine; Bruce Cockburn for "Mars over Mozambique" in NOW, and David Coon for "Energy Options: Taking Care of Business" on Canada's search for an energy policy, in Probe Post.
Honourable mentions went to Nora D. Randall for her column "Beans" in Kinesis; Erin Goodman for "The Trials of Eric Smith" in New Maritimes; Lorraine Begley for "Flipping Land for Fun and Profit" in New Maritimes; Lanny Beckman for "U.S. Risk Takers Save B.C.'s Ozone Layer" in New Directions; Stan Persky for "Watershed Down" in This Magazine; Howard Goldenthal, Glenda Hersh and Nick Fillmore for "Right Winging It" in This Magazine; and Kick It Over for an interview on a serial murderer in the Green River area of Seattle.
The MacDonald citation went to Victoria's Monday for its extensive coverage of environmental issues.