British Columbia Magazine takes top travel writing award

by Jenny on April 29th, 2009

Start spreading the news…British Columbia Magazine’s “The lure of Tatlayoko,” published in our Fall 2008 issue, has won the top prize for magazine article at the 12th annual Northern Lights Awards for excellence in travel journalism. The feature was written by Vancouver-based contributor J.B. MacKinnon.

The awards, recently presented at the Waldorf=Astoria hotel in New York, recognize excellence in North American travel writing and photography. MacKinnon and British Columbia Magazine editor Anita Willis travelled to New York to accept the award. The Northern Lights awards are sponsored by the Canadian Tourism Commission.

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