Prospect wins top magazine awards
Prospect, The Drum's sister architecture title, scooped awards for best design for a business/professional magazine and Penny Lewis, the magazine's editor, picked up the Editor of the Year title at this year’s PPA awards.
Jackie Bird hosted The Periodical Publishers Association in Scotland's Awards Ceremony at The Radisson Hotel in Glasgow where over 270 guests from the publishing industry gathered to pay tribute to the achievements of those who reached the shortlist and then went on to become winners (see below for a full run-down of awards).
The Scottish Farmer scooped the top award at this year’s PPA awards, winning the title of Magazine of the Year.
Guest of Honour, Patricia Ferguson MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport, praised the "impressive number of entries".
Christopher Ward, Vice-chairman of Redwood Publishing and Chair of the Judging Panel applauded the "editorial excellence of Scotland's burgeoning magazine industry" and stated that the judges were "won over by the ability of the editors and publishers to infect their readers with their own enthusiasm, through the power of the writing and the clarity of their designs".
Nick Creed from The Carnyx Group, The Drum’s parent organisation, chairman of PPA Scotland spoke of the "fantastic breadth of talent, quality and professionalism" and recognised that it was the "sheer passion and commitment from everyone involved in magazine publishing that makes this industry in Scotland what it is today".
The Winners in the fifteen Award Categories are:
1. Writer of the Year / Business & Professional
Robert McNeil - Holyrood Magazine (Holyrood Communications)
2. Writer of the Year / Consumer
Eva Langlands - The Big Issue in Scotland (The Big Issue in Scotland)
3. Editor of the Year / Business & Professional
Penny Lewis - Prospect (The Carnyx Group)
4. Editor of the Year / Consumer
Sandra Colamartino - Homes & Interiors Scotland (International Magazines)
5. Publisher of the Year
Robin Hodge - The List (The List)
6. Best Online Presence
Scottish Wedding Directory (The Scottish Wedding Directory)
7. Best Magazine Design / Business & Professional
Prospect (The Carnyx Group)
8. Best Magazine Design / Consumer
Uptown (Unique Publications)
9. Best New Magazine of the Year
Clash (Vibe Media)
10. Staff Magazine of the Year
Your Magazine (Royal Bank of Scotland)
11. Member Magazine of the Year
Life & Work (The Church of Scotland)
12. Customer Magazine of the Year
The Seafood Magazine (Carter Rae Communications)
13. Business & Professional Magazine of the Year
The Scottish Farmer (Newsquest (Herald & Times) Ltd)
14. Consumer Magazine of the Year
Bunkered (Pro-Sports Promotions)
15. Magazine of the Year 2004
The Scottish Farmer (Newsquest (Herald & Times) Ltd)