"BTW, I wore Don's tie today. Had to give a big presentation in Seattle. I think it brought me some good luck."
Elaine, always so thoughtful. Thanks again, dear friend!
Well, cats bring luck and I'm posting a few photos of Oscar to bring Grace luck on winning the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. She is short listed for the award this year. Just being nominated is a real honour and will grow her editing business. Congratulations, Grace, and good luck!
They are both going to the conference in Toronto this coming week. Richard's company is paying his way. With his presentations, course development, manual writing, proposal writing, etc. his job has a lot of writing in it.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, May 11, 2015—The Editors' Association of Canada (EAC) has announced the finalists for the 2014 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence.
The Tom Fairley Award recognizes an editor's outstanding contribution to a work published in Canada in English or French in the award year. The $2,000 grand prize will be presented at the awards banquet of the international Editing Goes Global conference in Toronto on June 13. EAC is also pleased to announce that the two other finalists will each receive a cash prize of $500 in recognition of their exceptional editorial performance.
SHORT LIST
| Sue MacLeod of Toronto, Ontario, for Mending Hearts, Building Bridges: The Story of Save a Child's Heart by Bernard Goldman (Save a Child's Heart Foundation) MacLeod is an editor who clearly has the confidence and trust of her clients. "She did a superlative job of finding the gold in a mountain of text and shaping it into a cohesive and powerful book, while keeping her client's aims and preferences steadily in view," said one judge. The judges were impressed with her work on the manuscript, as well as her ability to negotiate tricky political and ideological waters, collaborate with the book's designer and keep the project on schedule. "Overall, a stellar editing job." |  |  | |
| Suzanne Rent of Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Our Children (Metro Guide Publishing) In her two and a half years as editor of Our Children, Rent has transformed the magazine from a service publication to one that engages parents, teachers and students. Her enthusiasm for her role is obvious. She meets with the editorial board, assigns stories, writes sections herself, and, within a small budget, manages all aspects of producing this very attractive and interesting magazine. She extends herself beyond "mere" editorial duties to being a mentor who encourages young talent. "She shows us a side of editors that we often forget," said one judge. "We are caring, involved and creative people within our local communities as much as we are line-tamers and grammar gurus." |  |  | |
| Grace Yaginuma of Vancouver, British Columbia, for A Discerning Eye: The Walter C. Koerner Collection of European Ceramics by Carol E. Mayer (Figure 1 Publishing) Art books are notoriously complicated to edit because of the many elements they contain (text, multiple illustrations, captions, photo credits and reference notes) and the particular conventions they follow. This project was hindered by several delays and a tight schedule, but Yaginuma edited the manuscript expertly at all levels, performing structural, stylistic and copy editing for the project. She was always professional, positive and patient in her written communications with everyone involved on the project. "This very fine publication would not have been possible without [her] excellent editorial work and file management." |  |  |
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The judges for the 2014 Tom Fairley Award are respected Canadian editors. Peter Midgley is the author of a travel memoir, Counting Teeth: A Namibian Story, and was the recipient of the 2013 Tom Fairley Award. He is also the senior editor (acquisitions) at the University of Alberta Press. Rosemary Shipton was the founding coordinator of the Publishing Program at Ryerson University. She has taught all levels of editing. In 2007 Trinity College, University of Toronto, granted her an honorary doctorate for her contribution to publishing in Canada. Sandy Newton is a freelance writer, editor and consultant. She co-authored Birds of Newfoundland (winner of a 201
"They better give you that prize or else!"
