PPA awards: Hearst Magazines UK leads consumer shortlist

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The Professional Publishers Association (PPA) has announced the shortlist for its latest awards event, which includes for the first time an online public poll for the new front cover of the year category.

Hearst Magazines UK leads the consumer-side of the shortlist with 24 nominations, followed by IPC Media with 15 and ShortList Media and Condé Nast at 10 nominations each.

According to the PPA it received more than 700 entries from a total of 77 companies, which were whittled down to a shortlist .

The awards cover 22 categories in total, including writer of the year, digital product of the year and editor of the year, with separate awards for business and consumer titles.

This year sees two new categories introduced, including front cover of the year and the PPA diversity award which will go to a title which has "demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting diversity in their pages over the last year".

The winning front cover will be chosen by the public with an online poll being run by PPA for the first time, with a choice of 15 shortlisted magazines. Voting will run until Thursday 31 May.

The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday 20 June in London.

CEO of the PPA Barry McIlheney said in a press release that he is "delighted to involve the great British public for the first time ever in the vote for front cover of the year".

"Covers are the face of a magazine brand. They are able to excite, tease, and talk to readers in a uniquely powerful way, and this eclectic shortlist is a showcase of the vibrant creativity within our industry right now."

Last year's awards saw womens' lifestyle magazine Red, published by Hachette Filipacchi, named Consumer Magazine of the Year. The full shortlist for the PPA awards 2012 is below:

Consumer Magazine of the Year

Attitude, Attitude Media

ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Men's Health, Hearst Rodale

Prospect Magazine, Prospect Publishing

Radio Times, Immediate Media Co

Stylist, ShortList Media

The Week, Dennis Publishing

Wired, The Condé Nast Publications

Woman & Home, IPC Media

Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year

CBeebies Special Magazine, Immediate Media Co

Country Homes & Interiors, IPC Media

ELLE Collections, Hearst Magazines UK

Flipside, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media

Healthy for Men, The River Group

Mollie Makes, Future Publishing

T3, Future Publishing

Weight Watchers, The River Group

Which?, Which?

International Consumer Magazine of the Year

Lonely Planet, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co

T3, Future Publishing

Time Out, Time Out Group

Top Gear, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co

The PPA Diversity Award

Company, Hearst Magazines UK

Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK

ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Essentials, IPC Media

Grazia, Bauer Media

Look, IPC Media

Nursing Standard, RCN Publishing

Prima, Hearst Magazines UK

Psychologies, Hearst Magazines UK

Reveal, Hearst Magazines UK

Something Special, Immediate Media Co

Stylist, ShortList Media

The Lawyer, Centaur Media

Front Cover of the Year

BBC Good Food, Christmas Turkey Cover, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co

Cosmopolitan, Jessie J Cover, Hearst Magazines UK

ELLE, Michelle Williams Cover, Hearst Magazines UK

GQ, Rihanna Cover, The Condé Nast Publications

Harper's Bazaar, The Supers VS Duran Duran Cover, Hearst Magazines UK

Hello!, Royal Wedding Cover, Hello!

John Lewis Edition, Christmas Issue, John Brown Media

Men's Health, Peter Griffin Cover, Hearst Rodale

Shortlist, Bothered Cover, ShortList Media

Sport, Gazza Cover, UTV Media

Stylist, Nigella Lawson Cover, ShortList Media

Tatler, Watch This Face Cover, The Condé Nast Publications

Wallpaper*, Kraftwerk Cover, IPC Media

What's Next, Elvis Cover, John Brown Media

Wired, Your Life Torn Open Cover, The Condé Nast Publications

Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)

Attitude Magazine Custom Build App, Magazine Cloner

Digital Spy, Hearst Magazines UK

FourFourTwo Stats Zone, Haymarket Consumer Media

goodtoknow.com, IPC Media

runnersworld.co.uk, Hearst Rodale

shortlist.com, ShortList Media

Sport, UTV Media

T3 Tablet Edition, Future Publishing

Digital Product of the Year (Business Media)

Architects' Journal, Emap

BDonline.co.uk, UBM Built Environment

Brandrepublic.com, Haymarket Business Media

Nursing Times, Emap

Property Week, UBM Built Environment

Pulse, Briefing Media

Pulse Learning, Briefing Media

TES.co.uk, TSL Education

Third Sector, Haymarket Business Media

Consumer Media Brand of the Year

Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK

Decanter, IPC Media

ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media

Look, IPC Media

Stylist, ShortList Media

T3, Future Publishing

Which?, Which?

Wired, The Condé Nast Publications

Woman & Home, IPC Media

Business Media Brand of the Year

Conference & Incentive Travel, Haymarket Business Media

Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information

Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information

Marketing Week, Centaur Media

Property Week, UBM Built Environment

Pulse, Briefing Media

Third Sector, Haymarket Business Media

Times Educational Supplement, TSL Education

Business Magazine of the Year

Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information

Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information

Health Service Journal, Emap

Procurement Leaders, Sigaria

Property Week, UBM Built Environment

Pulse, Briefing Media

Restaurant, William Reed Business Media

The Publican's Morning Advertiser, William Reed Business Media

Times Educational Supplement, TSL Education

Customer Magazine of the Year

ASDA Magazine, Publicis Blueprint

ASOS Magazine, ASOS

BEER, Think Publishing

British Airways High Life, Cedar Communications

Business Strategy Review, Mosaic

John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media

Live for IKEA Family, August Media

Waitrose, John Brown Media

What's Next, John Brown Media

Your M&S, Redwood

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Consumer Media)

Nial Ferguson, T3, Future Publishing

Sandy Gale, Woman's Weekly, IPC Media

Alfie Lewis, BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co

Kerin O'Connor, The Week, Dennis Publishing

Glenda Marchant, Stylist, ShortList Media

Matthew Pierce, Digital Camera, Future Publishing

Gord Ray, Wallpaper*, IPC Media

Rupert Turnbull, Wired, The Condé Nast Publications

Alun Williams, Men's Health, Hearst Rodale

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media)

Tim Brooke-Webb, The Publican's Morning Advertiser, William Reed Business Media

Shan Millie, Insurance Times, Newsquest Specialist Media

Publisher/Manager of the Year (Annual Turnover Under £10 Million)

Alex Martinez, Procurement Leaders, Sigaria

Roy Rowlands, Rail Technology Magazine, Cognitive Publishing

Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)

Jules Barton-Breck, Essentials, IPC Media

Jane Bruton, Grazia, Bauer Media

Jason Cowley, New Statesman, New Statesman

David Hall, FourFourTwo, Haymarket Consumer Media

Jim Moore, Practical Sportsbikes, Bauer Media

Luke Peters, T3, Future Publishing

Susy Smith, Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK

Lisa Smosarski, Stylist, ShortList Media

Rob Spedding, Cycling Plus, Future Publishing

Matthew Todd, Attitude, Attitude Media

Editor of the Year (Business Media)

Tom Broughton, Building, UBM Built Environment

Max Gosney, Works Management, Findlay Media

Richard Hooey, Pulse, Briefing Media

Jane King, Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information

Kenny McIver, I: Global Intelligence for the CIO, Redwood

Emma Penny, Farmers Guardian, Briefing Media

Dickon Ross, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

Damian Wild, Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information

Writer of the Year (Consumer Media)

Carla Carlisle, Country Life, IPC Media

Jennifer Dickinson, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Ginny Dougray, Radio Times, Immediate Media Co

James Fair, BBC Wildlife, Immediate Media Co

Linda Geddes, New Scientist, Reed Business Information

Victoria Moss, InStyle, IPC Media

Joanna Pearl, Which?, Which?

Anthony Peregrine, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News International

Will Self, Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK

Alice Wignall, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Writer of the Year (Business Media)

Mike Abram, Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information

Chris Chapman, Chemist+Druggist, UBM Medica

Martin Hilditch, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, TSL Education

Joe Lutrario, Restaurant, William Reed Business Media

Charlotte Santry, Health Service Journal & Nursing Times, Emap

Zoe Smeaton, Chemist+ Druggist, UBM Medica

James Whitmore, Property Week, UBM Built Environment

Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)

Matt Allwright, Best, Hearst Magazines UK

David Baddiel, Psychologies, Hearst Magazines UK

Steve Cropley, Autocar, Haymarket Consumer Media

Rosie Green, Red, Hearst Magazines UK

Jameela Jamil, Company, Hearst Magazines UK

Stuart Maconie, Country Walking, Bauer Media

Lucy Mangan, Stylist, ShortList Media

Richard Morrison, BBC Music, Immediate Media

Tony Parsons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Columnist of the Year (Business Media)

Dr Anuradha Arasu, GPonline.com, Haymarket Business Media

Helen Edwards, Marketing, Haymarket Business Media

Julie Fawcett, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Roy Lilley, Primary Healthcare, RCN Publishing

Dr Phil Peverley, Pulse, Briefing Media

Justin Pollard, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

Jeremy Swain, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Ben Wright, Financial News, Dow Jones

William Wright, Financial News, Dow Jones

Designer of the Year (Consumer Media)

Marissa Bourke, ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK

Jonathan Clayton-Jones, Grazia, Bauer Media

Andrew Diprose, Wired, The Condé Nast Publications

Clare Ferguson, Stylist, ShortList Media

Adrienne Pitts, Jamie Magazine, Jamie Group

Meirion Pritchard, Wallpaper*, IPC Media

Stuart Selner, Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK

Paul Solomons, GQ, The Condé Nast Publications

Clare Watters, John Lewis Edition, John Brown Media

Designer of the Year (Business Media)

Simon Campbell, Financial Management, Seven

Tom Carpenter, AJ Specification, Emap

Finnie Finn, I: Global Intelligence for the CIO, Redwood

Jon Morgan & Simon Esterson, The Architectural Review, Emap

Chris Parker, What's Next, John Brown Media

John Rooney, E&T, The Institution of Engineering & Technology

Jeannine Saba, Diplomat Magazine, Diplomat

Brad Yendle, Architects' Journal, Emap