Shortlist announced for Scottish Magazine Awards

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