Black Maple Magazine, Founded by Provost Professor of Art History Charmaine A. Nelson, Adds 8 Awards to Growing List of Accolades
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Black Maple Magazine — founded by Provost Professor of Art History Charmaine A. Nelson — has been honored with several new awards in recognition of its content, visual aesthetic, social media presence, online marketing, and more.
The Davey Awards named Black Maple Magazine the gold winner in the following categories: Features-Best Visual Appeal - Aesthetic; and General-Health & Health Services. Silver awards were given in the General-Social Good; General-Education; and General-Blog categories.
The Davey Awards honor the achievements of creators and small agencies that derive their strength from big ideas. The awards are sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.
In addition, the magazine has also won five awards in the 19th Annual w3 Awards presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA).
Receiving thousands of entries annually from across the globe, the w3 Awards honors outstanding Social Media Marketing & Content, Websites, Online Marketing & Advertising, Mobile Sites & Apps, Online Video, Podcasts and Emerging Tech created by some of the best digital content creators across the industry. Best in Show, Gold and Silver winners are featured in the w3 Awards Winners Gallery.
Black Maple Magazine received Gold and Silver awards in the following categories: General Websites-Community, Gold; General Websites-Health, Gold; General Websites-Magazine, Silver; General Websites-Entertainment, Silver; and General Websites-Education, Silver.
Launched in December 2022, Black Maple Magazine is a one-of-a-kind fusion of academic and pop culture content and one of Canada’s first and only national black magazines. Born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, founder and editor-in-chief Charmaine A. Nelson created Black Maple Magazine as an online platform to embrace, challenge, and celebrate the beautiful diversity of Black Canada. Nelson is Provost Professor of Art History in the History of Art & Architecture Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is the founding Director of the Slavery North Initiative.
“Since joining the AIVA, I have thought to myself at the end of each season, ‘We couldn’t possibly top the quality of last season’s entries’ and I am thrilled to report that I am wrong every time”, said AIVA managing director Lauren Angeloni. ”As you’ll see, the winners of the 19th Annual w3 Awards are simply brilliant. I’m honored that such a wildly inventive group of creators entrusted their work to the AIVA. I also would like to extend deep and sincere thanks to our jurors, who gave so much time and care in their evaluation of each entry”
“At Black Maple we are elated to add five trophies from the 19th Annual w3 Awards to our growing list of accolades,” said Charmaine A. Nelson, Black Maple Magazine founder and editor-in-chief. “The success of Black Maple Magazine speaks volumes about our collaboration with the brilliant team at NVision and demonstrates the power of creating original and thought-provoking content for an audience that has been too long neglected.” Nelson also noted that, “International recognition of our vital contributions to the media landscape has thus far outpaced Canadian acknowledgement and publicity.”
About Black Maple Magazine:
Black Maple Magazine began as Nelson’s research website, blackcanadianstudies.com in 2012. Relaunching the site in December 2022, Black Maple Magazine is now a unique forum hosting feature articles, interviews, pop culture and self-care news, academic research, an active jobs board, and robust resource lists. An award-winning site, Black Maple Magazine was also named an honoree in the 28th Annual Webby Awards and awarded a Silver Medal in the 3rd Annual Anthem Awards Awareness and Media Categories: News and Journalism for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and took home six awards of distinction and excellence from the 30th Annual Communicator Awards.
For more information about Black Maple Magazine and interview requests for Charmaine A. Nelson, please contact Emily Davidson at info [at] blackmaplemagazine [dot] com (info[at]blackmaplemagazine[dot]com) or call 1-413-472-4913.