Two Straight contributors have been nominated for prestigious journalism prizes. Daniel Wood is a finalist in the society category of the National Magazine Awards for "Passion and the pulpit", a May 11-18, 2006, cover story focusing on the human rights of gay priests. The National Magazine Awards will be presented in Toronto on June 15.

Another contributor, Jared Ferrie , was nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award for investigative reporting in the magazine category for "Some say terror label prolongs Sri Lanka war". The article, which highlighted the possibility of increased bloodshed in Sri Lanka's two-decade-long conflict, appeared in the September 28–October 5, 2006, issue of the Straight . The CAJ awards will be presented in Toronto on May 26.