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PPA Awards 2016: Shortlist Announced

The PPA has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Awards.

The winners of the PPA Awards 2016 will be revealed at a glittering ceremony on June 30 at The Grosvenor House Hotel.

The Cover of the Year award will be decided by public vote. Voting closes on Friday 3 June.

The shortlist:

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

EG Rising Stars, RBI

Mr Porter #Shoegame, The Net-A-Porter Group

Radio Times TV Champion, Immediate Media Co

Smart Woman Week, Hearst Magazines UK

Stylist Live, Shortlist Media

The Economist Independence Social Media Campaign, The Economist Group

Ultimate Woman, Hearst Magazines UK

Vogue Video On YouTube, The Condé Nast Publications

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Eric Campbell, Hot Rum Cow, White Light Media

Kevin Fay, ShortList, Shortlist Media

Simon Freeborough, NME, Time Inc. UK

Joanna Goodby, Harper's Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK

Andrew Jackson, Jamie Magazine, Jamie Magazine

Katie Johnson, Reader’s Digest, Reader’s Digest

Chris Lupton, Empire, Bauer Media

Suzanne Sykes, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Natasha Tomalin, Stylist, Shortlist Media

Dale Walker, Woman, Time Inc. UK

Clare Watters, John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Carlo Apostoli, onoffice, Media 10

Chris Barker, People Management, Haymarket Media Group

Sonny Dhamu, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Christie Ferdinando, Modus, Sunday

Judy Kenney, Lighting, Revo Media Partners

Toby Lea, NFU Poultry, National Farmers' Union

Chris Rowe, Director, Director Publications

WRITER OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Chris Ayres, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Andrew Dickens, ShortList, Shortlist Media

Chris Hewitt, Empire, Bauer Media

Lotte Jeffs, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Alexandra Jones, Stylist, Shortlist Media

Tim Lewis, Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK

Corinne Redfern, Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK

Will Self, Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK

WRITER OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Tom Banks, Design Week, Centaur Media

Sarah Calkin, Local Government Chronicle, Plexus, Ascential Group

Joe Curtis, IT Pro, Dennis Publishing

Sarah Dawood, Design Week, Centaur Media

Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Gareth Iacobucci, The BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group

Ike Ijeh, Building, UBM

Seb Joseph, The Drum, Carnyx Group

Kate Magee, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Maisie McCabe, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Jane McCallion, IT Pro, Dennis Publishing

Alexander Peace, Estates Gazette, RBI

Amber Rolt, Estates Gazette, RBI

Emily Wright, Estates Gazette, RBI

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Monty Don, Gardeners' World, Immediate Media Co

AA Gill, Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK

Sali Hughes, The Pool, The Pool

Lucy Mangan, Stylist, Shortlist Media

Tony Parsons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveller, The Condé Nast Publications

Polly Vernon, Grazia, Bauer Media

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Clem Chamber, E&T Magazine, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

Ashley Friedlein, Econsultancy, Centaur Media

Max Gosney, Works Management, MA Business

Liz Hamson, Property Week, Metropolis International Group

Maisie McCabe, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Dr Margaret McCartney, The BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group

Mark Ritson, Marketing Week, Centaur Media

Vitali Vitaliev, E&T Magazine, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR (Consumer & Business Media)

Mariam Ahmed, Shortlist Media

James Burnay, Dennis Publishing

Ed Craig, Haymarket Media Group

Julian Lloyd Evans, Dennis Publishing

Glenda Marchant, Shortlist Media

Jess McCabe, Ocean Media Group

Dharmesh Mistry, Dennis Publishing

Kerin O’Connor, Dennis Publishing

Amanda Williams, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

PUBLISHING INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR (Annual Turnover Under £10m)

Jonathan Bolton, Bromleigh House

Julia Carrick, Country & Town House

Open Door Media, Open Door Media Publishing

The Drum, Carnyx Group

Ken Finlayson, Finlayson Media Communications

Elise Wells, Slimming World

DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Boat International, Boat International Media

Car, Bauer Media

The Economist Films, The Economist Group

Powder, Time Inc. UK

The Pool, The Pool

Waitrose Food Magazine App, John Brown Media

DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Equo, Time Inc. UK

Glenigan, Plexus, Ascential Group

Incisive's Realtime Socially-Enhanced Lead Generation And Content Syndication, Incisive Media

Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Nursing Times, Plexus, Ascential Group

Portfolio Advisor, Last Word Media

Retail Week Prospect, Plexus, Ascential Group

Student BMJ/Medical School Selector, BMJ Publishing Group

The Lawyer Market Intelligence, Centaur Media

EVENT OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Classic & Sports Car: The London Show, Haymarket Media Group

Cosmopolitan #FashFest, Hearst Magazines UK

Men's Health Survival Of The Fittest, Hearst-Rodale

Motorcycle News Festival 2015, Bauer Media

Radio Times Festival, Immediate Media Co

Stylist Live, Shortlist Media

The LRO Show 2015, Bauer Media

The Photography Show 2015, Future Publishing

The WallpaperArcade, Time Inc. UK

Your Horse Live, Bauer Media

EVENT OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Citywealth Power Women Awards 2015, Jones Publishing

Cotswold Life Engineering, Manufacturing & Innovation Awards, Archant

Do It Day, The Drum, Carnyx Group

The Festival of Marketing, Centaur Media

Fundraising Week, Haymarket Media Group

Funds Society Fund Selector Summit Miami 2015, Open Door Media

Health Investor Awards, Investor Publishing

IFSEC International, UBM

Safety and Health Expo, UBM

Speaking Up: What's The Impact Of The Modern Workplace On Our Mental Health?, Haymarket Media Group

The Most Important 48 Hours in Retail, Retail Week, Plexus, Ascential Group

THE PPA GREAT LEAP FORWARD AWARD

Ann Shuttleworth and Kathryn Godfrey, Plexus, Ascential Group

Dennis Publishing, Dennis Publishing

Farrah Storr, Hearst Magazines UK

Jonathan Bolton, Bromleigh House

Kate Furey, Lions Festivals

Mike Williams, Time Inc. UK

EDITOR OF THE YEAR (Consumer Media)

Tony Chambers, Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK

Peter Hart, Top of the Pops Magazine, Immediate Media Co

Mark Hedges, Country Life, Time Inc. UK

Paul McNamee, The Big Issue, The Big Issue

Ben Preston, Radio Times, Immediate Media Co

Alexandra Shulman, Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications

Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, Shortlist Media

Farrah Storr, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK

Elise Wells, Slimming World, Slimming World

Mike Williams, NME, Time Inc. UK

Lucy Yeomans, PORTER, The Net-A-Porter Group

EDITOR OF THE YEAR (Business Media)

Matthew Billingsley, Student BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group

Stefan Chomka, Restaurant Magazine, William Reed

Lysanne Currie, Director, Director Publications

Robert Jeffery, People Management, Haymarket Media Group

Stephen Lepitak, The Drum, Carnyx Group

Emma Maier, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times, Plexus, Ascential Group

Angus Montgomery, Design Week, Centaur Media Media

Christine Murray, The Architectural Review, Plexus, Ascential Group

Nigel Praities, Pulse, Cogora

Sarah Richardson, Building, UBM

FRONT COVER OF THE YEAR

Country Life, Time Inc. UK

FourFourTwo, Haymarket Media Group

Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK

heat, Bauer Media

Hot Rum Cow, White Light Media

Kent Life, Archant Life

NME, Time Inc. UK

ShortList, Shortlist Media

Stylist, Shortlist Media

The Economist, The Economist Group

CUSTOMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

&London, Sunday

Club Life, CSMA Club

John Lewis Cook Edition, John Brown Media

John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media

Modus, Sunday

My VIP, John Brown Media

Sainsbury's Magazine, Seven

Slimming World, Slimming World

Walk, The River Group

Work, Haymarket Media Group

SPECIALIST CONSUMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

Cyclist, Dennis Publishing

First News, First News (UK)

Girl Talk, Immediate Media Co

Healthy, The River Group

MOJO, Bauer Media

Octane, Dennis Publishing

Practical Classics, Bauer Media

Slimming World, Slimming World

T3, Future Publishing

The Beano, DC Thomson & Co

BUSINESS MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

Architects' Journal, Plexus, Ascential Group

Architectural Review, Plexus, Ascential Group

Director, Director Publications

Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

onoffice, Media 10

People Management, Haymarket Media Group

Pulse, Cogora

Restaurant Magazine, William Reed

CONSUMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

The Big Issue, The Big Issue

Empire, Bauer Media

Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK

Good Homes, Media 10

Good Housekeeping, Hearst Magazines UK

Harper's Bazaar, Hearst Magazines UK

PORTER, The Net-A-Porter Group

Radio Times, Immediate Media Co

Stylist, Shortlist Media

The Week, Dennis Publishing

Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications

Women's Health, Hearst-Rodale

INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR

Cyclist, Dennis Publishing

FourFourTwo, Haymarket Media Group

Jamie Magazine, Jamie Magazine

Stylist, Shortlist Media

The World In, The Economist Group

Top Gear, Immediate Media Co

Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK

BUSINESS MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR

Architectural Review, Plexus, Ascential Group

The BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group

Building, UBM

Computing, Incisive Media

Fleet News, Bauer Media

Pulse, Cogora

Retail Week, Plexus, Ascential Group

The Drum, Carnyx Group

The Lawyer, Centaur Media

CONSUMER MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR

Auto Express, Dennis Publishing

Good Housekeeping, Hearst Magazines UK

Grazia, Bauer Media

Men's Health, Hearst-Rodale

Motorcycle News, Bauer Media

NME, Time Inc. UK

Radio Times, Immediate Media Co

Stylist, Shortlist Media

T3, Future Publishing

The Week, Dennis Publishing

Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications