ACP Magazines Shine in Magazine Publishers’ Award

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ACP Magazines Shine in Magazine Publishers’ Awards

ACP Magazines staff scooped three Supreme Awards at the annual Magazine Publishers’ Awards announced in Auckland tonight. In addition, Your Home & Garden magazine was named joint winner of the Launch/Re-launch of the Year Award.

North & South Editor Robyn Langwell was named Supreme Columnist of the Year and winner of the Current Affairs columnist category. The judges commented “Robyn delivers emotional pull, shows clear passion and skill, and makes her point while respecting her readers’ intelligence."

Writer Margot Butcher won the Supreme Journalist of the Year award for her contribution to North & South magazine. The judges said Butcher, who also won the Current Affairs category, carries the reader with her “vivid, opinionated, highly informative writing that makes complex subjects accessible”.

Metro magazine designer Jed Tallo won the Supreme Designer of the Year award and was winner of the Current Affairs category for an entry the judges said showed “clever use of illustration, wonderful detailing and solid typography”.

Monthly home title Your Home & Garden was named joint winner of the Launch/Relaunch of the Year Award for a May 2006 re-launch which saw the magazine repackaged with a new masthead, paper stock and design encompassing fresh editorial features.

Cleo magazine’s innovative Bachelor of the Year campaign was Highly Commended in the Circulation Promotion of the Year.

Founding Metro Editor and North & South writer Warwick Roger received a special Magazine Publishers’ Association Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the New Zealand magazine publishing industry spanning more than 25 years. Roger was the inaugural recipient of the award.

In total, ACP Magazines collected 23 awards:

Editor of the Year
Lifestyle Susannah Walker, Next
Contract Rosemary Barraclough, Little Treasures

Magazine of the Year
Lifestyle Next
Current Affairs Metro
Contract Little Treasures

Designer of the Year
Supreme Winner Jed Tallo, Metro
Current Affairs Jed Tallo, Metro
Mass Market Kelly Lim, Woman’s Day
Lifestyle Rachel Morton, Fashion Quarterly

Cover of the Year
Current Affairs North & South
Mass Market Woman’s Day
Lifestyle Fashion Quarterly
Contract Little Treasures

Journalist of the Year
Supreme Winner Margot Bucher, North & South
Current Affairs Margot Butcher, North & South
Lifestyle Margie Thomson, Next

Columnist of the Year
Supreme Winner Robyn Langwell, North & South
Current Affairs Robyn Langwell, North & South
Lifestyle Helen Brown, Next
Special Interest/Contract Karyn Henger, Little Treasures
Home/Food Allyson Gofton, Taste

Launch/Relaunch of the Year
Your Home & Garden

Circulation Promotion of the Year – Highly Commended
Cleo

ENDS

ACP Media

ACP Media is New Zealand's leading magazine publisher. The company's ACP Magazines division publishes some of the country's most popular magazines, including Woman's Day, The Australian Women's Weekly and Next, newer titles Taste and FQMen, and iconic titles such as Metro and North & South. ACP Media's Trader Group includes Auto Trader, Deals On Wheels, Motorcycle Trader & News, Trade-A-Boat and Buy Sell & Exchange. ACP Media’s Property Magazines division publishes a range of real estate advertising titles including Property Press and Real Estate magazines. ACP Media operates a national distribution network through its division Netlink Distribution Company, which distributes publications to retailers across the country. ACP Digital includes a number of websites including taste.co.nz, netguide.co.nz, cleo.co.nz, sellmefree.co.nz, autotrader.co.nz and runwayreporter.co.nz. ACP Media is a subsidiary of ACP Magazines Limited in Australia, a division of PBL Media Limited.
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