2021 IRMA Awards Judges

Thank you to the judges of the 2021 IRMA Awards:

Writing Judges:

  • John Andrews, Managing Editor, South Dakota Magazine
  • Deborah Baldwin, Former Editor of This Old House, Real Simple, and Common Cause
  • Al Bonowitz, Editor in Chief, AAA Hawai‘i, Editor in Chief, Northern New England Journey
  • Kiera Butler, Senior Editor, Mother Jones
  • Sue Carter, Deputy Editor, Inuit Art Quarterly
  • Melissa Chessher, Professor & Chair, Syracuse University
  • Deb Cummings, publications editor at the University of Calgary, Veteran Journalist
  • Matthew DiMera, editor and Founder of The Resolve
  • Terry Greene Sterling, Writer-in-Residence, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
  • Jeff Labrecque, Former staff writer at Entertainment Weekly; communications writer at Princeton University
  • Joseph O’Donnell, Editor/Publisher, B-Metro and BHM Biz magazines
  • Anicka Quinn, Editor of Vancouver magazine/Western Living magazine
  • Ingrid Randoja, writer, editor, Now Magazine, Cineplex Magazine
  • Evelyn Renold, Former Deputy editor of Good Housekeeping magazine and editor at Lear’s and Newsday; taught journalism at NYU, Fordham and USC Annenberg
  • Charles Salzberg Writer for The New York Times, New York Magazine, and co-founded the New York Writers Workshop
  • Stephen Vest, Editor & Publisher, Kentucky Monthly
  • Julia Wang, VP of Content at The Lifetime Value Co.
  • Charles Whitaker, Dean and professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism; former senior editor at Ebony

 

Design Judges:

  • Maria Amador, Art Director, Reader’s Digest magazine
  • Christine Dewairy, Art Director, Toronto Life magazine
  • Natalie Gagnon, art director, publication designer, brand strategist and design educator
  • Kathleen Gates, Gates Sisters Studio
  • Sarah Hackman, CEO + Creative Director, Hackman Creative
  • Todd Johnson, Front Porch Creative
  • Jeremy Leslie, Founder of magCulture
  • Dave McKenna, Art Director, 5280
  • Melissa Newman, Art Director, Yoga Journal
  • Pete Nguyen, Art Director, Creative Consultant
  • Colleen Nicholson, Art Director
  • Tiffani Reding Amedeo, Art Director, New Orleans Magazine
  • James Reid, Director, Content Operations, Rogers