For the second year running, Copibec had the immense honor of collaborating on the Prix d’excellence de la SODEP, presenting the Magazine of the Year award to Spirale magazine.

This award honors the cultural magazine that has distinguished itself the most in 2023, and has managed to challenge and surprise the cultural periodical community in an exceptional way.

“Through this concrete action, we wish to continue our commitment and support to the cultural periodical community. As Quebec’s collective management society for reproduction rights, Copibec is very proud of this partnership. In 2024, it is more than necessary and even essential to support our local collaborators. Congratulations to all on your nominations!”

– Christian Laforce, General Manager

Spirale, winner of the Magazine of the Year award

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“New format, new graphic design, new website, new periodicity, new partnerships: in 2023, Spirale entered a phase of major changes that have enabled it to better reposition itself in the ecology of cultural magazines. In response to the human and environmental challenges facing the publishing world today, Spirale has chosen to place care at the heart of its editorial program. The magazine thus asserts itself as an organ of thought whose values – critical, ethical and aesthetic – are reflected not only in its high-level content, but also in the very production of the printed object, its digital extensions and the events that extend the life of publications in the cultural milieu.”

Judging panel

All submissions were evaluated by a jury of six people whose professions are relevant to the work of cultural magazines:

• Rachel Bédard, publisher
• Juliette Bernatchez, research professional, cultural worker and author
• Véronique Doucet, multidisciplinary artist and visual arts teacher at Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Romeo Gongora, artist, professor at UQAM’s School of Visual and Media Arts and Doctor of Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London
• Mathieu Raby-Labelle, co-director of Librairie L’Alphabet and Audition Musik in Rimouski
• Étienne Tremblay-Tardif, artist and lecturer at UQAM’s School of Visual and Media Arts
  
  
  

About SODEP

The Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois (SODEP) is an association dedicated to the defense and promotion of Quebec cultural magazines. Founded in 1978, SODEP brings together nearly 50 rich, diversified and unique magazines devoted to the arts, literature, social issues, history and heritage. Its mandate is to make cultural magazines accessible to all, and to offer its members a variety of services to support their professional development.