DECEMBER 1 sees the Scots magazine community come together, to celebrate the best of the sector at the Scottish Magazine Awards, run by the Professional Publishers Association.
The event is taking place in Glasgow and the shortlist reads:
Business and professional magazine feature writer
Julia Belgutay, Times Educational Supplement Scotland – TES Global
Kevin O’Sullivan, EventsBase – Canongate Communications
Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood – Dods plc
Rebecca Stewart, The Drum – The Drum
Tom Freeman, Holyrood – Dods plc
Tony Connelly, The Drum – The Drum
Consumer magazine feature writer
Bill Gibb, In 10 – DC Thomson
Cal Flyn, EQY – Wyvex Media
Fiona McKinlay, Historic Scotland and Legion Scotland Today – Think
Pennie Taylor, Be Healthy and Connect – Think
Richard Goslan, Unfiltered and Well-Linked – Connect Publications
Steven McKenzie, The Big Issue – The Big Issue
Customer magazine
Discover – Connect Publications
Escape – Think
Explorer – Think
In Depth – Rolls-Royce
Reflect – White Light Media
Trust – Baillie Gifford & Co
Rising star
Alberto Negro – 5 STYLE
Andrew Burns – The Big Issue
Cameron Clarke – The Drum
Caroline Whyte – Scottish Wedding Directory
Malcolm Triggs – White Light Media
Thomas O’Neill – The Drum
Sales performance
110% Gaming Sales Team – DC Thomson
Ali Henderson, Shout – DC Thomson
CA Sales Team – Think
Connect Sales Team – Connect Publications
Pinpoint Sales Team – Pinpoint Scotland
The Drum Commercial Team – The Drum
Member magazine
Connect – Think
Historic Scotland – Think
Insight – White Light Media
Life Links – Connect Publications
Scotland In Trust – Think
Whale & Dolphin – Think
Online presence
www.thedrum.com, The Drum – The Drum
www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk, The Scottish Farmer – Herald and Times Group Magazines
www.benenden.co.uk/be-healthy, Be Healthy – Think
www.scottishweddingdirectory.co.uk, Scottish Wedding Directory – DC Thomson
www.5style.com – 5 STYLE – 5 Style
www.scotsmagazine.com, The Scots Magazine – DC Thomson
Newspaper supplement (new category)
Elegance (The Press & Journal) – DC Thomson
FutureScot (The Times Scotland) – Canongate Communications
In 10 (Sunday Post) – DC Thomson
Scottish Wedding Planner (Daily Record) – Media Scotland
Vision Scotland (The Scotsman) – The Scotsman Publications
Weekend (The Courier) – DC Thomson
Business and professional magazine designer
Aimee Wachtel, Holyrood – Dods plc
John Pender, The Biologist – Think
Mark Davies, Surgeons’ News and CA magazine – Think
Renny Hutchison, Scottish Dental Magazine – Connect Publications
Ross-Lesley Bayne, The Drum – The Drum
Consumer magazine designer
Dorothy Andrews, The Scots Magazine, Your Best Ever Christmas and My Weekly – DC Thomson
Eric Campbell, Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
Laura Tiliman, Scottish Wedding Directory – DC Thomson
Matthew Ball, RPS Journal, Influence, Be Healthy – Think
Employee or internal magazine
Heads Up – Connect Publications/BAE Systems
Outside In – Beetroot
Response – Scottish Ambulance Service
Scottish Justice Matters – Scottish Consortium for Crime and Criminal Justice
The Caledonian – Glasgow Caledonian University
Brand extension
Dumfries & Galloway Life Awards, Dumfries & Galloway Life – CN Group Magazines
Education Hustings, Teaching Scotland – GTC Scotland
Family Supplement, Historic Scotland – Think
Scottish Dental Awards, Scottish Dental Magazine – Connect Publications
Shout Hangout, Shout – DC Thomson
The Farmer and His Wife Collection, The People’s Friend – DC Thomson
Business and professional magazine editor
Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood – Dods plc
Peter Nicholson, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland – Connect Publications
Peter Ranscombe, BQ Scotland – 501 Publishing
Robert Outram, CA – Think
Stephen Lepitak, The Drum – The Drum
Tom Ireland, The Biologist – Think
Consumer magazine editor
Andrea Thompson, Dumfries & Galloway Life – CN Group Magazines
Emily Rodway, The Great Outdoors – Terregles Media
Kathleen Morgan, Be Healthy – Think
Robert Wight, The Scots Magazine – DC Thomson
Rosalind Tulloch, PosAbility Magazine, The OT Magazine, OnTrack Magazine, TradePoint Magazine – 2A Publishing
Simon Lyle, Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
Small publishing company magazine
Ayrshire Magazine – Dratta
East Lothian Life – PJ Design
Living Orkney – Orkney Media Group
The Atholl Quair, The Breadalbane Quair and The Crieff & Comrie Quair – Scot Active
Magazine launch (new category)
Be Healthy – Think
She Is Fierce – She Is Fierce Ltd
EventsBase – Canongate Communications
Grapevine – New Local Media Ltd
Nutmeg – Palmer Watson
Scotland4Kids – Family Media Group
Magazine cover
EventsBase – Canongate Communications
Holyrood (Inequality is a Choice) – Dods plc
Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
The Big Issue – The Big Issue
The Biologist – Think
The Drum (Coke Caned) – The Drum
Publishing team
Dumfries & Galloway Life Team – CN Group Magazines
The Drum Team – The Drum
The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland Publishing Team – Connect Publications
Think Scotland – Think
Business and professional magazine
CA – Think
EventsBase – Canongate Communications
Holyrood – Dods plc
Scottish Business Insider – Media Scotland
Scottish Dental Magazine – Connect Publications
The Drum – The Drum
Consumer magazine
110% Gaming – DC Thomson
Dumfries & Galloway Life – CN Group Magazines
My Weekly – DC Thomson
The Big Issue – The Big Issue
The OT Magazine – 2A Publishing
The Scots Magazine – DC Thomson
Magazine you wish you published (new category)
Barb Wire – Emma Wilson, Think
Chappit – Peter Ranscombe, BQ Scotland
End Times Review – Sam Bradley, Counterpoint
Fashistical – Tom McCrorie, Atom and Paul Docherty, www.disconnect.com
Good-enough Housekeeping – Christopher Phin, Scottish Wedding Directory
Orkney MX – Carrie Gunn, Orkney Media Group
Please Turn Over – Renny Hutchison, Connect Publications
Rear of the Year – Alasdair Fletcher, Herald & Times Group Magazines
Say Cheese! – Fiona McKinlay, Think
SNOG – Mairi Mulhern, Sonic Media Group
The Awesome Comic – Sha Nazir, BHP Comics
