Two Georgia Straight contributors have been nominated for national journalism awards. Bill Richardson is up for a National Magazine Award in the fiction category for “A Waxy Christmas”, which appeared on the cover of the December 20-27, 2007, issue. The National Magazine Awards will be handed out on June 6 in Toronto.

Alex Roslin has been nominated for an award from the Canadian Association of Journalists for “Are B.C.’s bee colonies the latest to die off?”, which appeared in the August 16-23, 2007, issue. Roslin is nominated in the magazine category.

The winners of the CAJ Awards will be announced on May 24 in Edmonton.