Cottage Life Magazine

 

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Summer 2008

On newsstands June 30.

For our 2008 publication schedule, click here.

 

NEW! Digital Edition

As a benefit to our subscribers, you now have free access to the digital edition of Cottage Life, including several years of back issues. Perfect for finding that article when your print copy is left at the cottage.

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Back Issues

We've got issues... more than 20 years' worth! Take a trip to the archives in our Back Issue library.

Article Index

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Free Articles Online

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Cottage Q&A

Have a dilemma at your cottage? Looking for a solution to a common problem? Check out Cottage Q&A, a compilation of past columns from Cottage Life magazine.

Penny's blog

Always insightful, Editor Penny Caldwell has a way of finding the right words to capture the essence of cottaging. She'll help you feel like you're on the dock, even when you're stuck in the city.

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Editors' Web Picks

The web has some great resources, and we've done the legwork for you. Check out the best of the web in the Editors' Web Picks.

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News From Our Dock

Cottage Life recognized at the National Magazine Awards

The National Magazine Awards were handed out on June 6, 2008, in Toronto. Prizes were awarded to magazines across Canada in various written, visual, and integrated categories.

We’re thrilled to report that frequent contributor Ray Ford has won Gold in the Service: Lifestyle category at the recent National Magazine Awards for his story “Are You Ready for the Next Big Storm?” in our May ’07 issue.

Cottage Life also received seven Honourable Mentions:

  • In the How To category, Christine Langlois and Wayne Lennox for “Welcome to Hooterville” (May ’07
  • In Profiles, Jim Moodie for “The Depths of Mary Sharpe” (Jun. ’07)
  • In Homes and Gardens, Paul Orenstein for “On the Edge of the World” (May ’07)
  • In Spot Illustration, Graham Roumieu for “Hottage Life” (Mar. ’07)
  • In Still-Life Photography, Janet Bailey for “First Principles” (Aug. ’07)
  • In Service: Health and Family, Ray Ford for “Reclaiming the Cottage” (Jun. ’07)
  • In Service: Lifestyle, Ray Ford, again, for “It’s a Dirty Job But Somebody’s Going to Do It” (Jun. ’07)

Cottage Life has won more than 100 awards in total since the first issue in 1988, including 35 NMAs: 13 Gold awards and 22 Silver awards. Penny Caldwell was named Editor of the Year by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) in 2006, and Cottage Life has been named Magazine of the Year by CSME, the National Magazine Awards Foundation, and, most recently, by the International Regional Magazine Association.

>> Full media release

Other news from Cottage Life

  • We'e proud to print Cottage Life magazine on ancient-forest friendly paper. Read more...
  • Cottage Life  won the Magazine of the Year award at the International Regional Magazine Association's annual meeting. Read more....

 

 

Meet the Editor
  Penny Caldwell
Penny Caldwell
Editor, Cottage Life Magazine

Penny Caldwell has been writing for Cottage Life since its inception in 1988 and been an editor with the magazine since 1991. She was appointed editor-in-chief in 2000.

A long-time cottager with a passion for boating, Penny spends as much time as she can on the water at her family’s off-grid, solar-powered, water-access cottage on Georgian Bay. She’s joined there by her husband, two teenagers, and a golden retriever named Taylor, who appeared on the cover of Cottage Life magazine’s special issue in 2002 celebrating the cottage canine.

Penny's Blog