The lead judges panel will be chaired by Digital Magazine Awards founder Bruce Hudson and includes CNN International Digital’s Vice President and General Manager, Peter Bale; The New York Times’ Multimedia Producer, Tanzina Vega; Thomson Reuters’ (China) Chairman, David Schlesinger; and Quark’s Vice President of Marketing, Gavin Drake.
The Digital Magazine Awards Chairman Bruce Hudson commented: “To secure such a diverse panel of industry experts in our second year not only adds kudos to the competition, but it demonstrates how seriously this burgeoning industry is valued.”
Gavin Drake, Vice President of Marketing at Quark, said: “It’s fantastic to be a part of the second annual Digital Magazine Awards, especially because now with App StudioTM designers are able to create digital magazines and content for the iPad from within QuarkXPress. Many have already been producing digital publications with Quark technology, so it’s great to give them a bit more time to create and submit their work for consideration in the competition.”
Entries for the awards are open till 21st October. Finalists will be announced in November with the winners announced on 30th November.
Full list of Digital Magazine Awards 2011 lead judges:
• David Schlesinger: Chairman, Thomson Reuters China
• Tanzina Vega: Multimedia Producer, The New York Times
• Gavin Drake: Vice President of Marketing, Quark Software Inc.
• Sarah Locke: Chief Executive, Braben PR
• Peter Bale: Vice President and General Manager, CNN International Digital
• Ivan Fernandes: Global Director of Social Media, MediaCom
• Rishi Khiani: CEO, Times Internet Limited
• Richard Ayers: Head of Digital, Manchester City Football Club
• Peter Houston: Editor, FlippingPages.org.uk
• Russell Clark: Editor, MagDesigner.net
• Bruce Hudson: Chairman, Digital Magazine Awards
The Digital Magazine Awards 2011 are an international awards celebrating the best of the digital publishing industry with categories ranging from Magazine of the Year and individual awards for Editor, Designer, and Writer of the Year to award categories for outstanding advertisements.
The entry fee is GBP£50 per category entered. Award winners will be announced on 30th November 2011.
