Rhodes Just Misses out on Top Magazine Award

The editor of Holyrood magazine narrowly missed out on a major industry garland last night after her column was nominated for a Professional Publishers Association award.

Mandy Rhodes was up for contention in the Columnist of the Year (business media) category, but lost out to Helen Edwards of Marketing magazine.

Fellow Scot Eddie Mair, broadcaster and columnist for the Radio Times, was also nominated for Columnist of the Year (consumer media) category, but the gong went to Danny Wallace of Shortlist magazine.

In a statement issued by the PPA, chief executive, Barry McIlheney, is quoted, as saying: “Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s PPA Awards, who can be proud of being singled out among a very strong field for their innovation and commitment to excellence.

“Every year the PPA Awards reminds us that the talent within our sector is truly world-class and we are proud to represent this vital part of the UK’s creative industries.”

Full list of winners of The PPA Awards 2011 reads:

Consumer Magazine of the Year

WINNER – Red – Hachette Filipacchi UK

Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year

WINNER – ELLE Decoration – Hachette Filipacchi UK

International Consumer Magazine of the Year

WINNER – Time Out – Time Out

HIGHLY COMMENDED – FourFourTwo – Haymarket Consumer Media

Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – BBCGoodFood.com – BBC Magazines

Digital Product of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Times Educational Supplement (TES.co.uk) – TSL Education

Consumer Media Brand of the Year

WINNER – Cosmopolitan – National Magazine Company

Business Media Brand of the Year

WINNER – Times Higher Education – TSL Education

Weekly Business Magazine of the Year

WINNER – Times Higher Education – TSL Education

Monthly Business Magazine of the Year

WINNER – Windpower Monthly – Haymarket Media Group

Customer Magazine of the Year

WINNER – John Lewis Edition – John Brown

Editorial Campaign of the Year

WINNER – Backing Britain's Professional Farmers – Farmers Guardian – United Business Media

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – Alun Williams – Men's Health – NatMag-Rodale

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Conor Dignam – Screen International – Emap

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Annual Turnover Under £10 Million)

WINNER – Alex Martinez – Procurement Leaders – Sigaria

Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – Gill Hudson – Reader's Digest – Vivat Direct

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Michelle Ogundehin – ELLE Decoration – Hachette Filipacchi UK

Editor of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Gerard Kelly – Times Educational Supplement – TSL Education

Writer of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – Nick Redman – Sunday Times Travel Magazine – News International

Writer of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Stefan Chomka – Restaurant – William Reed Business Media

Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – Danny Wallace – ShortList – ShortList Media

Columnist of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Helen Edwards – Marketing – Haymarket Media Group

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ann Thrope – Times Educational Supplement (TES) – TSL Education

Designer of the Year (Consumer Media)

WINNER – Marissa Bourke – ELLE Collections – Hachette Filipacchi UK

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Andrew Diprose – Wired – The Condé Nast Publications

Designer of the Year (Business Media)

WINNER – Finnie Finn – Fujitsu I – Redwood