THE Scots editor of a farming title has emerged a winner at a UK-wide magazine awards ceremony.
Emma Penny, from Clola in Aberdeenshire, last night won the Editor of the Year prize in the business and professional magazines (weekly) section at the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards.
Penny is the editor of the Preston-based Farmers Guardian, which is owned by UBM.
The Farmers Guardian was also highly commended in the innovation and brand-building initiative section at the awards, where it was runner-up to Cosmopolitan.
The winners of the 2011 BSME Awards are as follows:
EDITORS OF THE YEAR
Sport, Leisure & Health Magazines
Andy Dixon, Runner’s World – Natmag-Rodale Ltd
Youth Magazines
Dickon Ross, Flipside – The Institute of Engineering and Technology
Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Ben Preston, Radio Times – BBC Magazines (now Immediate Media Company London Ltd)
Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
Dickon Ross, E&T – The Institute of Engineering and Technology
Highly Commended: Matthew Gwyther, Management Today – Haymarket
Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian – UBM
Highly Commended: Fiona Godlee, British Medical Journal (BMJ) – BMJ Group
Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
Martyn Hocking, Which? – Which? Ltd
Newspaper Magazines & Current Affairs Magazines
Jason Cowley, New Statesman – New Statesman Ltd
Highly Commended: Rachel Richardson, Fabulous – News International
Men’s Magazines
Matthew Todd, Attitude – Vitality Publishing (now Attitude Media Ltd)
Women’s Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Ali Hall, Look – IPC Media
Highly Commended: Chantelle Horton, more! – Bauer Media
Women’s Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Jules Barton-Breck, Essentials – IPC Media
Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Donna Hardie, Completely London – August Media
Highly Commended: Mark Jones, Do Not Disturb – Cedar Communications
Customer Magazines (business readership)
Kenny MacIver, I – Redwood
Lifestyle Magazines
Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* – IPC Media
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER
Jon Bernstein, NewStatesman.com – New Statesman Ltd
WEBSITE EDITOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Anna Winston, bdonline – UBM Built Environment
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Jane Wright, Metropolitan – Ink
Highly Commended: Charlie Watson, Norwich Magazine – East Publishing Ltd
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Rachel Richardson, Fabulous – News International
Highly Commended: Kate Stephens, Look.co.uk – IPC Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – BUSINESS
Simon Esterson, Eye – Eye Magazine Ltd
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY)
Mark Hayman, Fabulous – News International
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – CONSUMER (MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT)
Andrew Diprose, Wired – The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
INNOVATION/BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Louise Court, Cosmopolitan – The National Magazine Company (now Hearst Magazines UK) for Cosmo on Campus, a free spin-off title distributed to a quarter of a million female university students
Highly Commended: Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian – UBM for Tractor Factor – farming’s X-Factor – a campaign championing the talent and ability of younger readers
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times – Emap for A Seat on the Board, a campaign for nurses to have a say on commissioning boards post-NHS reforms
Highly Commended: Beverley Cuddy, Dogs Today – Pet Subjects Ltd for Don’t Cook Your Dog, a global campaign to educate dog owners not to leave dogs in hot cars
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (NEW CATEGORY)
Caitlin Moran, The Times Magazine – News International
Highly Commended: Julie Fawcett for Inside Housing – Ocean Media Group
THE MARK BOXER AWARD
Gill Hudson. Editor-in-Chief, Reader’s Digest – Vivat Direct
2011 BSME EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Mark Ellen, Editor, The Word – Development Hell Ltd
