The 2013 British Society of Magazine Editors Awards were held at the Grand Ballroom of the London Hilton.
Diane Kenwood, 2013 BSME Chair and Editor, Woman’s Weekly said: “The award categories were changed this year to reflect the enormous changes in the way editors deliver content. The innovation, ingenuity, skill and determination to provide the best possible content demonstrated by the winners shows the depth and bredth of fantastic talent in our industry.”
2013 BSME AWARDS WINNERS & SHORTLIST
LIFESTYLE BRAND
WINNER: Paul McNamee
– The Big Issue, published by The Big Issue
Gillian Carter – BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide / Immediate Media
Michelle Ogundehin – ELLE Decoration, Hearst Magazines UK
Guy Woodward – Food and Travel, Green Pea Publishing
Tim de Lisle – Intelligent Life, The Economist
Tony Chambers – Wallpaper*, IPC Media
Mandie Gower – Zest, Hearst Magazines UK
BRANDED CONTENT
– BUSINESS
WINNER: Richard Cree
– economia (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales), Progressive Customer Publishing
James Pallister – AJ, Emap
Andrew Geekie – Business Agenda (RBS), John Brown Media
Tim Hulse – Business Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Oliver Parsons – Modus (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), Sunday
WEB EDITOR OF THE YEAR
– BUSINESS
WINNER: Marcus Fairs
– dezeen.com, Dezeen Limited
Niall Hunt – chemistanddruggist.co.uk, UBM
Karen Day – estatesgazette.com, RBI
Tom Lloyd – insidehousing.co.uk, Ocean Media Group
Lisa Glancy – propertyweek.com, UBM
Adam Legge – pulse-learning.co.uk, Briefing Media
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR CONSUMER
– PAID FOR
WINNER: Andrew Diprose
– Wired, Condé Nast Publications
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Graham Black
– Intelligent Life, The Economist
Shaun Craig Parkinson – Attitude, Attitude Media
Chris Lupton – Empire, Bauer Media
David McKendrick – Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK
Sarah Douglas & Lee Belcher – Wallpaper*, IPC Media
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
– CONSUMER
WINNER: Caitlin Moran
– The Saturday Times Magazine, News UK
Simon Kuper – FT Weekend Magazine, Financial Times
Giles Coren – Mother & Baby, Bauer Media
Danny Wallace – ShortList, ShortList Media
Lucy Mangan – Stylist, ShortList Media
Rory Sutherland – The Spectator, The Spectator (1828)
NEWSPAPER & FREE CIRCULATION CONSUMER BRAND
WINNER: Merope Mills
– Guardian Weekend, Guardian News & Media
Rachel Richardson – Fabulous, News UK
Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, Financial Times
Gillian de Bono - How To Spend It, Financial Times
Nicola Jeal – The Saturday Times Magazine, News UK
Sue Peart – YOU Magazine, DMG Media
MEN’S BRAND
WINNER: Dylan Jones
– GQ, Condé Nast Publications
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Matthew Todd
– Attitude, Attitude Media
Alex Bilmes – Esquire, Hearst Magazines UK
Toby Wiseman – Men's Health, Hearst Rodale
Dan Crowe – Port, Port Publishing
BUSINESS BRAND
– PAID FOR
WINNER: Damian Wild
– Estates Gazette, RBI
Christine Murray – Architects' Journal, Emap
Emma Penny – Farmers Guardian, Briefing Media
Chris Brook-Carter – Retail Week, Emap
Catherine Slessor - The Architectural Review, Emap
Adam Leyland – The Grocer, William Reed Business Media
EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Fraser Nelson
–The Spectator, The Spectator (1828) Ltd
Sally Eyden – Now, IPC Media
Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media
Toby Wiseman – Men's Health, Hearst Rodale
ENTERTAINMENT BRAND
WINNER: Mark Dinning
– Empire, Bauer Media
Steven Murphy – Inside Soap, Hearst Magazines UK
Sally Eyden – Now, IPC Media
Ben Preston – Radio Times, Immediate Media
Tim Arthur – Time Out, Time Out Digital
SPECIAL INTEREST & HOBBIES BRAND
WINNER: Jade Beer
– Brides, Condé Nast Publications
HIGHLY COMMENDED: David Rowan
– Wired, Condé Nast Publications
Charlie Turner – BBC TopGear, BBC Worldwide / Immediate Media
Claire Irvin – Mother & Baby, Bauer Media
Jason Cowley – New Statesman, Progressive Media
Andy Dixon – Runner's World, Hearst Rodale
Elise Wells – Slimming World, Slimming World
WEB EDITOR OF THE YEAR
– CONSUMER
WINNER: David Moynihan
– digitalspy.co.uk, Hearst Magazines UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED: James Dyer
– empireonline.com, Bauer Media
Stuart Milne – autocar.co.uk, Haymarket Media Group
Natasha McNamara – glamour.com, Condé Nast Publications
Jodie Harrison – mrporter.com, The Net-A-Porter Group
Nate Lanxon – wired.co.uk, Condé Nast Publications
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
– CONSUMER – FREE CIRCULATION
WINNER: Chris Deacon
– Metropolitan (Eurostar), Ink
Richard Murray – Completely London (Kinleigh, Folkard and Hayward), August Media
Joanne Curran – Event, DMG Media
Mark Leeds & Paul Tansley – FT Weekend Magazine, Financial Times
Jamie McPherson – High Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Tim Scott – Jaguar, Haymarket Network
Linda Boyle – YOU Magazine, DMG Media
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Toby Skinner
– n by Norwegian, Ink
Duncan Edwards – ASOS Fashion Up, ASOS
Gordon Thomson – Event, DMG Media
Jonathan Pile – Mr Hyde, ShortList Media
Lucy Yeomans – The Edit, The Net-A-Porter Group
Gill Morgan – Town, Brave New World
EXCLUSIVE / SCOOP OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Nick Whitten
– Estates Gazette, RBI – for Estates Gazette Question Time
HIGHLY COMMENED: Raymond Bonner & Christine Spolar
– FT Weekend, Financial Times – for Death in Singapore
Tom Ford – BBC TopGear, BBC Worldwide / Immediate Media – for the Aston Martin One-77 (Ghost Rider) world exclusive
Annabel Brog – ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK – for the Victoria Beckham exclusive
Mark Dinning – Empire, Bauer Media – for the J.J. Abrams Empire Special
Jaimie Kaffash – Pulse, Briefing Media – for their NHS 111 report
WOMEN’S BRAND
– WEEKLY OR FORTNIGHTLY
WINNER: Matt Warren
– The Lady, The Lady Ltd
Rosie Nixon & Ruth Sullivan – Hello!, Hello! Ltd
Ali Hall – Look, IPC Media
Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media
Rebecca Fleming – Take A Break, H Bauer Publishing
Karen Livermore – Woman, IPC Media
BUSINESS BRAND
– FREE CIRCULATION
WINNER: William Drew
– Restaurant, William Reed Business Media
Marcus Fairs – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Robert Jeffery – People Management, Haymarket Network
Steve Nowottny – Pulse, Briefing Media
THE MARK BOXER AWARD
Nicola Jeal - The Saturday Times Magazine, News UK
BRANDED CONTENT
– CONSUMER
WINNER: Melissa Dick
– ASOS, ASOS
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Donna Hardie
– Completely London (Kinleigh, Folkard and Hayward), August Media
Kitty Finstad – Christie's International Real Estate, August Media
Simon Kurs – easyJet Traveller, Ink
Deborah Bee – Harrods Magazine, Harrods Publishing
Kerry Smith – High Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Derek Harbinson – Land Rover Onelife, Redwood
YOUTH BRAND
WINNER: Ian Foster
– BBC Match of the Day, Immediate Media
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Andrea Turton
– CBeebies Special Magazine, Immediate Media
Steph Cooper – CBeebies Art, Immediate Media
Max Gosney – Engineering Careers, Findlay Media
Emma Munro Smith and Jen Anstruther – Moshi Monsters, Mind Candy & SkyJack Publishing
Frank Tennyson – Toxic, Egmont UK
ART DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
– BUSINESS
WINNER: Christie Ferdinando
– Modus (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Sunday
John Rooney – E&T, IET
Chris Gardner – EuroProperty Trends, RBI
Sonny Dhamu – Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Chris Barker – People Management (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development), Haymarket Network
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
– BUSINESS
WINNER: Sally Donovan
– Community Care, RBI
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Dr Phil Peverley
– Pulse, Briefing Media
Sam Jacob – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Iqbal Wahhab – Director, Director Publications
Jeremy Swain – Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
INNOVATION / BRAND-BUILDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Emma Pritchard,
Country Living, for Start Your Dream Business
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mandie Gower,
for the Zest Challenge
Mark Dinning, Empire, for The Hobbit: 3D Covers
Steve Nowottny, for Pulse Live
Kate Reardon, for the Tatler Bystander Ball
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Fiona Cowood, Suzy Cox, Jacqui Meddings, & Joan Tinney,
Cosmopolitan, for Coppafeel! Breast Cancer Awareness
Stuart Macdonald, Inside Housing, for Grant Britain Homes
Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times for Speak Out Safely
Simon Creasey, The Grocer, for Bring Back A Brand
Fraser Nelson, The Spectator, for The 'No' Campaign
Alice Rickman, Which?, for Price is Right
WOMEN’S BRAND MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT
WINNER: Trish Halpin
– Marie Claire, IPC Media
Victoria White – Company, Hearst Magazines UK
Louise Court – Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Lorraine Candy – ELLE, Hearst Magazines UK
Sue James – Woman&Home, IPC Media
Farrah Storr – Women's Health, Hearst Rodale
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Melinda Stevens
– Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Publications
Rob Attar– BBC History, Immediate Media
Toby Wiseman – Men's Health, Hearst Rodale
Edward Vanstone – menshealth.co.uk, Hearst Rodale
Jonathan Pile – Mr Hyde, ShortList Media
