DUNDEE-based publishing giant, DC Thomson, has secured four of the seven nominated spots in the Consumer Magazine of the Year category of awards celebrating the best of the Scots magazine sector.
The company has My Weekly, Shout, The People’s Friend and The Scots Magazine up against White Light Media’s Hot Rum Cow, DC Publishing’s Source and Scottish Field, published by Wyvex Media.
Say the organisers of the Scottish Magazine Awards, the Professional Publishers Association: “Magazine publishing companies from across Scotland submitted 160 entries for this year’s competition, with entries received from Orkney to Dumfries & Galloway. Submissions spanning the fields of business, entertainment, the arts, education, industry, communication, design, sport, history, politics, young people and medical science were scrutinised by the distinguished panel of independent experts led by chair of judges, Sally Cartwright, chair of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and ex-publishing director of Hello! magazine.”
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on the 12th of next month.
The overall winning title, the Scottish Magazine of the Year, will be chosen from category winners and announced at the end of the ceremony.
The shortlist reads:
Backstage Star
Sian Campbell – Think
Torty Cocks – Wyvex Media
Shirley Derani – Newsquest Magazines
Pamela McLaren – DC Thomson
Carol Prest – DC Thomson
Kirstyn Smith – The List
Robert White – The Big Issue
Brand Extension
Beanotown at the Southbank Centre – The Beano, DC Thomson
Country Lifestyle Scotland – The Scottish Farmer, Newsquest Magazines
film.list.co.uk – The List, The List
People of the Year Awards – Dumfries & Galloway Life, CN Group Magazines
Scottish Dental Show – Scottish Dental Magazine, Connect Communications
Scottish Wedding Directory Roadshow – Scottish Wedding Directory, DC Thomson
Take a Hike – The Scots Magazine, DC Thomson
Business & Professional Magazine
BQ Scotland – Room 501 Publishing
ENT & Audiology News – Pinpoint Scotland
Holyrood – Holyrood Communications
The Biologist – Think
The Drum – Carnyx Group
The Scottish Farmer – Newsquest Magazines
Business & Professional Magazine Design
CA – Think
Holyrood – Holyrood Communications
The Drum – Carnyx Group
The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland – Connect Communications
Business & Professional Magazine Editor
Alasdair Fletcher – The Scottish Farmer, Newsquest Magazines
Peter Nicholson – The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, Connect Communications
Robert Outram – CA, Think
Will Peakin – Connect, Holyrood Communications
Mandy Rhodes – Holyrood, Holyrood Communications
Gordon Young – The Drum, Carnyx Group
Business & Professional Magazine Feature Writer
Paris Gourtsoyannis – Holyrood, Holyrood Communications
Henry Hepburn – Times Educational Supplement Scotland, TSL Education
Katie MacKintosh – Holyrood, Holyrood Communications
Mandy Rhodes – Holyrood, Holyrood Communications
Emma Seith – Times Educational Supplement Scotland, TSL Education
Consumer Magazine
Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
My Weekly – DC Thomson
Scottish Field – Wyvex Media
Shout – DC Thomson
Source – DC Publishing
The People’s Friend – DC Thomson
The Scots Magazine – DC Thomson
Consumer Magazine Design
Cornucopia – Caique Publishing
Dumfries & Galloway Life – CN Group Magazines
Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
Scots Heritage – Wyvex Media
The Official Jacqueline Wilson Magazine – DC Thomson
WWE Kids – DC Thomson
Consumer Magazine Editor
Richard Bath – Scottish Field, Wyvex Media
Richard Eccles – Dumfries & Galloway Life, CN Group Magazines
Angela Gilchrist – The People’s Friend, DC Thomson
Simon Lyle – Hot Rum Cow, White Light Media
Paul McNamee – The Big Issue, The Big Issue
Philip Smith – The Scots Magazine, DC Thomson
Gail Tolley – The List, The List
Consumer Magazine Feature Writer
Adam Forrest – The Big Issue, The Big Issue
Jane Graham – The Big Issue, The Big Issue
Liz Longden – Hot Rum Cow, White Light Media
Hannah McGill – The List, The List
Customer Magazine
Discover NLS – Think
Escape – Think
Glasgow – Connect Communications
High Flyer – Newsquest Magazines
Internal Magazine
Pulse – Connect Communications
Slainte – NHS Western Isles
Spirit – Connect Communications
Magazine Cover
Boots & Spurs – MB Editorial Design
Escape – Think
Hot Rum Cow – White Light Media
Holyrood ‘Hung out to Dry’ – Holyrood Communications
Holyrood ‘The Barefaced Cheek of the Scots’ – Holyrood Communications
The List – The List
Scottish Field – Wyvex Media
Times Educational Supplement Scotland – TSL Education
The Big Issue – The Big Issue
WWE Kids – DC Thomson
Member Magazine
Boots & Spurs – MB Editorial Design
Historic Scotland – Think
John Muir Trust Journal – Various Creative
Off The Run – Scottish Fire & Rescue Service Retired Employees Association
Scottish Mountaineer – Newsquest Magazines
Unfiltered – Connect Communications
Online Presence
www.scottishweddingdirectory.co.uk – Scottish Wedding Directory, DC Thomson
www.shoutmag.co.uk – Shout, DC Thomson
www.thedrum.com – The Drum, Carnyx Group
film.list.co.uk – The List, The List
www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk – The Scottish Farmer, Newsquest Magazines
Unfiltered on the iPad – Unfiltered, Connect Communications
Publisher
Fraser Allen – White Light Media
Darren Bruce – Newsquest Magazines
Denise Connelly – DC Publishing
John Innes – Think
Sales Performance
Animals and You – DC Thomson
Heather McLaughlin – ENT & Audiology News, Pinpoint Scotland
The Scottish Farmer sales team – The Scottish Farmer, Newsquest Magazines
Scottish Local Retailer – 55 North
Think sales team – Think
Small Publishing Company Magazine
Boots & Spurs – MB Editorial Design
East Lothian Life – PJ Design
Enable – DC Publishing
Living Orkney – Living Orkney
Menopause Matters – Menopause Matters
