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PPA Awards – shortlist announced

The PPA has announced the shortlist for its annual awards, which this year celebrate its 40th anniversary.

PPA Awards – shortlist announced

The winners will be announced on June 30 at a virtual ceremony. The winner of the Cover of the Year award will be chosen by a public vote.

The shortlist:

PPA BUSINESS INFORMATION PRODUCT OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by Grant Thornton

  • Computer Reseller News, Incisive Media
  • Edie, Faversham House
  • Holistic Data Platform, TI Media
  • Influencer Intelligence, Xeim/Centaur Media
  • Insider Publishing Group, Euromoney PLC
  • The Festival Of Marketing, Xeim/Centaur Media
  • The Lawyer, Centaur Media
  • The Legal 500, Legalease Ltd.

PPA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by dsb.net

  • 365 Steps To A Healthier Fitter & Happier Year, John Brown Media
  • A New Data-Driven Model For A Historic Brand, TI Media
  • BBC Gardeners' World Spring Campaign 2019, Immediate Media
  • British Airways 100, Cedar Communications
  • End Our Cladding Scandal, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
  • Medicine Shortages Campaign, Chemist+Druggist, Informa
  • New Scientist 6th Form Subscription Campaign, New Scientist
  • P&O Cruises With Gary Barlow, Sunday
  • PF 150, DC Thomson Media
  • Project Body Love, Hearst UK
  • The Week Junior Christmas, Dennis Publishing
  • Your Mind Matters, Immediate Media

PPA COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by NLA Media Access

  • Monty Don, BBC Gardeners' World, Immediate Media
  • Helen Edwards, Marketing Week, Xeim/Centaur Media
  • Alison Graham, Radio Times, Immediate Media
  • Chris Harris, TopGear, BBC Studios Distribution
  • David Lindo, RSPB Nature's Home, Immediate Media
  • Caitlin Moran, The Times Magazine, News UK
  • Mandy Rhodes, Holyrood Magazine, Holyrood Communications
  • Mark Ritson, Marketing Week, Xeim/Centaur Media
  • Nigel Taylor, Vet Record, BMJ
  • David Thomas, Telegraph Magazine, Telegraph Media Group

PPA COMMERCIAL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Publishers’ Licensing Services

  • Dare Magazine Commercial Team, The River Group
  • Healthy And Healthy For Men Magazine Advertising Teams, The River Group
  • Hearst Purpose, Hearst UK
  • Heart Of Britain, TI Media
  • JD Williams/TI Media 2019 Partnership, TI Media
  • PinkNews’ Ugly Christmas Jumpers, PinkNews
  • Tortoise Media Powered By Pugpig

PPA COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Beauty Of Bespoke, TI Media/Thomas Sanderson
  • Discover Australia, John Brown Media/Waitrose
  • Great British Dogs, Immediate Media/Winalot/Zenith
  • Hearst/Very, Hearst UK
  • Immediate Media/Mars, Immediate Media
  • Mode Shift, Time Out/TFL
  • Mother & Baby/Asda, Bauer Media
  • National Trust For Scotland/Lidl, Think
  • Vogue/L’Oreal, The Condé Nast Publications
  • What Car? TrueMPG/Nissan, Haymarket Media

PPA CONTENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Cedar Communications
  • Haymarket Automotive Studio
  • IM Content
  • Immediate Media
  • John Brown Media
  • Sunday

PPA DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Peter Allen, Magneto, Hothouse Media
  • Chris Barker, Work, Haymarket Media
  • Andrew Diprose, WIRED, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Joe Eden, BBC Science Focus, Immediate Media
  • Andy Franklin, TopGear, BBC Studios Distribution
  • Jess Hibbert, Saga Magazine, Saga
  • Ella Mackinnon, Architects' Journal, emap/Metropolis
  • Paul Solomons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Kerry Wakefield, Waitrose & Partners Food, John Brown Media
  • Sam Walker, RICS, Sunday
  • Harry Winfield, Vera, Ink

PPA DIVERSITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Belong At Bauer, Bauer Media
  • DARE, The River Group
  • New Scientist, New Scientist
  • Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Newschain, Not A Newspaper Limited

PPA EDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by Air Business

  • Edward Enninful, Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Sophie Griffiths, TTG, TTG Media
  • Liz Hamson, Property Week, emap/Metropolis
  • Claire Hodgson, Cosmopolitan, Hearst UK
  • Dylan Jones, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Jaimie Kaffash, Pulse, Cogora
  • Paul McNamee, The Big Issue, The Big Issue
  • James Murray, Business Green, Incisive Media
  • Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, The Stylist Group
  • Charlie Turner, TopGear, BBC Studios Distribution
  • Claire Warren, Work, Haymarket Media
  • Toby Wiseman, Men's Health, Hearst UK

PPA EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by Evessio

  • AV Awards, emap/Metropolis
  • Cyclist Track Days 2019, Dennis Publishing
  • Drapers Sustainable Fashion, emap/Metropolis
  • Guidelines Live, MGP
  • House Tours, TI Media
  • New Scientist Live, New Scientist
  • Student Accommodation Conference and Awards, emap/Metropolis
  • Stylist Live Luxe, The Stylist Group
  • The Festival Of New Masculinity, The Book of Man
  • The London Dentistry Show, Finlayson Media Communications
  • The Negotiator Conference Expo/The Negotiator Awards 2019, Propertydrum
  • Your Horse Live, Bauer Media

PPA FRONT COVER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Shutterstock Editorial

Vote for your favourite cover here.

  • Architects' Journal, emap/Metropolis
  • Campaign, Haymarket Media
  • Cosmopolitan, Hearst UK
  • Country Life, TI Media
  • Men's Health, Hearst UK
  • The Big Issue, The Big Issue
  • Time Out, Time Out
  • Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Waitrose & Partners Food, John Brown Media
  • WIRED, The Condé Nast Publications

PPA INDUSTRY PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Abacus
  • Citipost Mail
  • dsb.net
  • Jellyfish
  • Marketforce
  • NLA media access
  • Pugpig/Kaldor
  • Readly
  • Trackonomics

PPA INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by Sprylab

  • Boots Health & Beauty, WPP
  • Computing Delta, Incisive Media
  • Delish UK, Hearst UK
  • Digital Litigation Tracker, The Lawyer
  • Centaur Media, Drug Shortages Tracker
  • MIMS, Haymarket Media
  • Honk My Horn, Viz, Dennis Publishing
  • Platinum, DC Thomson Media
  • Reach Out and Touch, John Brown Media

PPA MAGAZINE BRAND OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Architects' Journal, emap/Metropolis
  • Campaign, Haymarket Media
  • Cosmopolitan, Hearst UK
  • Decanter, TI Media
  • Marketing Week, Xeim/Centaur Media
  • New Scientist, New Scientist
  • Property Week, emap/Metropolis
  • Radio Times, Immediate Media
  • Stylist, The Stylist Group
  • Vogue, The Condé Nast Publications

PPA MAGAZINE RETAILER OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Magazine Heaven
  • Newsstand
  • One Stop Stores
  • Readly
  • Sainsbury's
  • Tesco

PPA PODCAST OF THE YEAR

  • BBC Countryfile Magazine Podcast, Immediate Media
  • BBC Good Food Podcast With Tom Kerridge, Immediate Media
  • Healthy For Men, River Sounds, The River Group
  • History Extra, Immediate Media
  • I Am. I Have, Happiful
  • The Empire Film Podcast, Bauer Media
  • The Engineers Collective, emap/Metropolis
  • The English Heritage Podcast, Immediate Media
  • The olive magazine Podcast, Immediate Media
  • The Week Unwrapped, Dennis Publishing

PPA SPECIAL INTEREST MAGAZINE BRAND OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by ESco

  • BBC Good Food, Immediate Media
  • BBC History Magazine, Immediate Media
  • Breathe, GMC Publications
  • Country Life, TI Media
  • Cyclist, Dennis Publishing
  • ELLE Decoration, Hearst UK
  • Garden Answers, Bauer Media
  • Local Government Chronicle, emap/Metropolis
  • The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News UK
  • The Week Junior, Dennis Publishing
  • Third Sector, Haymarket Media
  • Wanderlust, Wanderlust

PPA SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Denmaur Paper Media

  • Condé Nast’s Global Sustainability Approach, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Green City, Time Out
  • Haymarket Sustain, Haymarket Media
  • Sustainability Initiative, Incisive Media
  • Sustainability Strategy & Leadership Group, Immediate Media
  • Sustainability Strategy 2019, TI Media
  • The Week Junior Goes Plastic-Free, Dennis Publishing

PPA TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Betsy Fast, Chief Content Development Officer, Hearst UK
  • Pippa Jacks, Group Editor, TTG Media
  • Dharmesh Mistry, Managing Director, Specialist Division, Dennis Publishing
  • Luke Nicholls, Content Director, edie, Faversham House
  • Mark Summerton, Publisher, Apps & Digital Editions, Immediate Media
  • Felicity Thistlethwaite, Digital Executive Editor, The Stylist Group

PPA TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Audience Development Team, Immediate Media
  • Consumer Marketing Team, TI Media
  • Digital Spy Team, Hearst UK
  • Haymarket Automotive Studio, Haymarket Media
  • Holland & Barrett Content Team, The River Group
  • Imagine Team, Immediate Media
  • Lifestyle Team, Hearst UK
  • Marketing Team, New Scientist
  • Slimming World Magazine Team, Slimming World
  • Specialist Advertising Team, TI Media
  • Subscriptions Marketing Team, Immediate Media
  • Waitrose & Partners Food App Team, John Brown Media

PPA UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR AWARD

  • Charlie Atkin, Head Of Video, Hearst UK
  • Nadine Brown, Food Editor, WW Magazine, The River Group
  • Janet Dombrandt, Editorial Secretary/PA/Office Manager, emap/Metropolis
  • David Kenning, Chief Sub-Editor, The River Group
  • Emillie Ruston, Head Of Customer Success, Pugpig/Kaldor
  • Annie Whitfield, Editorial Assistant, The River Group

PPA WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Sponsored by Copyright Licensing Agency

  • Mick Brown, Telegraph Magazine, Telegraph Media Group
  • Jessamy Calkin, Telegraph Magazine, Telegraph Media Group
  • Frances Hedges, Town & Country UK/Harpers Bazaar, Hearst UK
  • Michael Hodges, Radio Times, Immediate Media
  • Ella Jessel, Architects' Journal, emap/Metropolis
  • Guy Kelly, Telegraph Magazine, Telegraph Media Group
  • Graham Lawton, New Scientist, New Scientist
  • Stuart McGurk, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications
  • Hugo Rifkind, The Times Magazine, News UK
  • Tom Rowley, The Economist/1843, The Economist
  • Gideon Spanier, Campaign, Haymarket Media