PPA awards: Hearst Magazines UK leads consumer shortlist

The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has announced the shortlist for its latest awards event, which includes for the first time an online public poll for the new front cover of the year category.

Hearst Magazines UK leads the consumer-side of the shortlist with 24 nominations, followed by IPC Media with 15 and ShortList Media and Condé Nast at 10 nominations each.

According to the PPA it received more than 700 entries from a total of 77 companies, which were whittled down to a shortlist.

The awards cover 22 categories in total, including writer of the year, digital product of the year and editor of the year, with separate awards for business and consumer titles.

This year sees two new categories introduced, including front cover of the year and the PPA diversity award which will go to a title which has "demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting diversity in their pages over the last year".

The winning front cover will be chosen by the public with an online poll being run by PPA for the first time, with a choice of 15 shortlisted magazines. Voting will run until Thursday 31 May.

The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday 20 June in London.

CEO of the PPA Barry McIlheney said in a press release that he is "delighted to involve the great British public for the first time ever in the vote for front cover of the year".

"Covers are the face of a magazine brand. They are able to excite, tease, and talk to readers in a uniquely powerful way, and this eclectic shortlist is a showcase of the vibrant creativity within our industry right now."

Last year's awards saw womens' lifestyle magazine Red, published by Hachette Filipacchi, named Consumer Magazine of the Year.

The full shortlist for the PPA awards 2012 is below:

Consumer Magazine of the Year
Attitude, Attitude Media
ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
GQ, The Condé Nast Publications
Men's Health, Hearst Rodale
Prospect Magazine, Prospect Publishing
Radio Times, Immediate Media Co
Stylist, ShortList Media
The Week, Dennis Publishing
Wired, The Condé Nast Publications
Woman & Home, IPC Media

Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year
CBeebies Special Magazine, Immediate Media Co
Country Homes & Interiors, IPC Media
ELLE Collections, Hearst Magazines UK
Flipside, The Institution of Engineering & Technology
FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media
Healthy for Men, The River Group
Mollie Makes, Future Publishing
T3, Future Publishing
Weight Watchers, The River Group
Which?, Which?

International Consumer Magazine of the Year
Lonely Planet, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co
T3, Future Publishing
Time Out, Time Out Group
Top Gear, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co

The PPA Diversity Award
Company, Hearst Magazines UK
Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
Essentials, IPC Media
Grazia, Bauer Media
Look, IPC Media
Nursing Standard, RCN Publishing
Prima, Hearst Magazines UK
Psychologies, Hearst Magazines UK
Reveal, Hearst Magazines UK
Something Special, Immediate Media Co
Stylist, ShortList Media
The Lawyer, Centaur Media

Front Cover of the Year
BBC Good Food, Christmas Turkey Cover, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co
Cosmopolitan, Jessie J Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
ELLE, Michelle Williams Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
GQ, Rihanna Cover, The Condé Nast Publications
Harper's Bazaar, The Supers VS Duran Duran Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
Hello!, Royal Wedding Cover, Hello!
John Lewis Edition, Christmas Issue, John Brown Media
Men's Health, Peter Griffin Cover, Hearst Rodale
Shortlist, Bothered Cover, ShortList Media
Sport, Gazza Cover, UTV Media
Stylist, Nigella Lawson Cover, ShortList Media
Tatler, Watch This Face Cover, The Condé Nast Publications
Wallpaper*, Kraftwerk Cover, IPC Media
What's Next, Elvis Cover, John Brown Media
Wired, Your Life Torn Open Cover, The Condé Nast Publications

Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)
Attitude Magazine Custom Build App, Magazine Cloner
Digital Spy, Hearst Magazines UK
FourFourTwo Stats Zone, Haymarket Consumer Media
goodtoknow.com, IPC Media
runnersworld.co.uk, Hearst Rodale
shortlist.com, ShortList Media
Sport, UTV Media
T3 Tablet Edition, Future Publishing

Digital Product of the Year (Business Media)
Architects' Journal, Emap
BDonline.co.uk, UBM Built Environment
Brandrepublic.com, Haymarket Business Media
Nursing Times, Emap
Property Week, UBM Built Environment
Pulse, Briefing Media
Pulse Learning, Briefing Media
TES.co.uk, TSL Education
Third Sector, Haymarket Business Media

Consumer Media Brand of the Year
Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK
Decanter, IPC Media
ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media
Look, IPC Media
Stylist, ShortList Media
T3, Future Publishing
Which?, Which?
Wired, The Condé Nast Publications
Woman & Home, IPC Media

Business Media Brand of the Year
Conference & Incentive Travel, Haymarket Business Media
Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information
Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information
Marketing Week, Centaur Media
Property Week, UBM Built Environment
Pulse, Briefing Media
Third Sector, Haymarket Business Media
Times Educational Supplement, TSL Education

Business Magazine of the Year
Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information
Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information
Health Service Journal, Emap
Procurement Leaders, Sigaria
Property Week, UBM Built Environment
Pulse, Briefing Media
Restaurant, William Reed Business Media
The Publican's Morning Advertiser, William Reed Business Media
Times Educational Supplement, TSL Education

Customer Magazine of the Year
ASDA Magazine, Publicis Blueprint
ASOS Magazine, ASOS
BEER, Think Publishing
British Airways High Life, Cedar Communications
Business Strategy Review, Mosaic
John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media
Live for IKEA Family, August Media
Waitrose, John Brown Media
What's Next, John Brown Media
Your M&S, Redwood

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Consumer Media)
Nial Ferguson, T3, Future Publishing
Sandy Gale, Woman's Weekly, IPC Media
Alfie Lewis, BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co
Kerin O'Connor, The Week, Dennis Publishing
Glenda Marchant, Stylist, ShortList Media
Matthew Pierce, Digital Camera, Future Publishing
Gord Ray, Wallpaper*, IPC Media
Rupert Turnbull, Wired, The Condé Nast Publications
Alun Williams, Men's Health, Hearst Rodale

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media)
Tim Brooke-Webb, The Publican's Morning Advertiser, William Reed Business Media
Shan Millie, Insurance Times, Newsquest Specialist Media

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Annual Turnover Under £10 Million)
Alex Martinez, Procurement Leaders, Sigaria
Roy Rowlands, Rail Technology Magazine, Cognitive Publishing

Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)
Jules Barton-Breck, Essentials, IPC Media
Jane Bruton, Grazia, Bauer Media
Jason Cowley, New Statesman, New Statesman
David Hall, FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media
Jim Moore, Practical Sportsbikes, Bauer Media
Luke Peters, T3, Future Publishing
Susy Smith, Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK
Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, ShortList Media
Rob Spedding, Cycling Plus, Future Publishing
Matthew Todd, Attitude, Attitude Media

Editor of the Year (Business Media)
Tom Broughton, Building, UBM Built Environment
Max Gosney, Works Management, Findlay Media
Richard Hooey, Pulse, Briefing Media
Jane King, Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information
Kenny McIver, I: Global Intelligence for the CIO, Redwood
Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian, Briefing Media
Dickon Ross, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology
Damian Wild, Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information

Writer of the Year (Consumer Media)
Carla Carlisle, Country Life, IPC Media
Jennifer Dickinson, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
Ginny Dougray, Radio Times, Immediate Media Co
James Fair, BBC Wildlife, Immediate Media Co
Linda Geddes, New Scientist, Reed Business Information
Victoria Moss, InStyle, IPC Media
Joanna Pearl, Which?, Which?
Anthony Peregrine, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News International
Will Self, Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK
Alice Wignall, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Writer of the Year (Business Media)
Mike Abram, Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information
Chris Chapman, Chemist+Druggist, UBM Medica
Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, TSL Education
Joe Lutrario, Restaurant, William Reed Business Media
Charlotte Santry, Health Service Journal & Nursing Times, Emap
Zoe Smeaton, Chemist+ Druggist, UBM Medica
James Whitmore, Property Week, UBM Built Environment

Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)
Matt Allwright, Best, Hearst Magazines UK
David Baddiel, Psychologies, Hearst Magazines UK
Steve Cropley, Autocar, Haymarket Consumer Media
Rosie Green, Red, Hearst Magazines UK
Jameela Jamil, Company, Hearst Magazines UK
Stuart Maconie, Country Walking, Bauer Media
Lucy Mangan, Stylist, ShortList Media
Richard Morrison, BBC Music, Immediate Media
Tony Parsons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Columnist of the Year (Business Media)
Dr Anuradha Arasu, GPonline.com, Haymarket Business Media
Helen Edwards, Marketing, Haymarket Business Media
Julie Fawcett, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Roy Lilley, Primary Healthcare, RCN Publishing
Dr Phil Peverley, Pulse, Briefing Media
Justin Pollard, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology
Jeremy Swain, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Ben Wright, Financial News, Dow Jones
William Wright, Financial News, Dow Jones

Designer of the Year (Consumer Media)
Marissa Bourke, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
Jonathan Clayton-Jones, Grazia, Bauer Media
Andrew Diprose, Wired, The Condé Nast Publications
Clare Ferguson, Stylist, ShortList Media
Adrienne Pitts, Jamie Magazine, Jamie Group
Meirion Pritchard, Wallpaper*, IPC Media
Stuart Selner, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Paul Solomons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications
Clare Watters, John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media

Designer of the Year (Business Media)
Simon Campbell, Financial Management, Seven
Tom Carpenter, AJ Specification, Emap
Finnie Finn, I: Global Intelligence for the CIO, Redwood
Jon Morgan & Simon Esterson, The Architectural Review, Emap
Chris Parker, What's Next, John Brown Media
John Rooney, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology
Jeannine Saba, Diplomat Magazine, Diplomat
Brad Yendle, Architects' Journal, Emap

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