The Driftwood earned five honours in the 2025 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards (CCNA) competition announced Monday, Sept. 22, based on submissions of work published in 2024.
Awards are:
• third place all around in the 1,500 to 6,499 circulation category;
• second place for front page;
• first place for editorial page;
• first place for the 2024 edition of the Best of Salt Spring Island for special sections in the under 10,000 circulation category; and
• third place for Dennis Parker’s cartoon about rooster and dog evictions in the under 10,000 circulation division.
General excellence entries are derived of one paper from two months designated by the competition, with writing, photography, advertising, layout and design, range of coverage, front page and editorial page considered in the points tally.
Competitions no longer take place at the provincial level, but News Media Canada has maintained the traditional CCNA event.
Deadline change
Due to the Driftwood’s press in Coquitlam being closed for the Sept. 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation statutory holiday — when the Driftwood would normally be printed — letters to the editor or press releases for the Oct. 1 issue of the paper must be received by 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25. Send submissions to news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com.
Display and classified ad deadlines are 4 p.m. today (Sept. 24).
Early printing also means that weekend events such as the Convergence Festival, Salt Spring National Art Prize and other exhibit openings and the Salt Spring Apple Festival, and news that occurs after Sept. 26, won’t be represented in the Oct. 1 paper.
Check the gulfislandsdriftwood.com website for news updates at any time.