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Magazine Covers Battle It Out For Top Spot
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
NZ rugby player, Sonny Bill Williams, stares out the competition while Shrek and
Donkey smile at you from the cover of Prime Times.
A glamourous Susan Sarandon and a suave looking Dan Carter battle it out for Best
Lifestyle Cover, and in an unusual twist, a hen has a fighting chance to come out on
top in a fight with a falcon!
These are just some of the images that are in the running to win the Best Magazine
Cover in their respective categories, plus the coveted Magazine Cover of the Year
Award in this year's inaugural 2010 consumer awards, The Maggies.
The Awards, initiated by New Zealand's leading online magazine subscription
newsagent iSUBSCRiBE, and sponsored by New Zealand Post, today announced the
shortlist. This national poll celebrates and awards the best covers of the past year.
A panel of industry heavyweights gathered to select a shortlist of 5 covers per
category from the nominated entries. This panel included:
. Andrew Burge, CEO of iSUBSCRiBE
. Lindsey Dawson, creator of three major women's titles in New Zealand More, Grace
& Next and winner of the MPA Lifetime Achievement Award 2009
. Peter Fenton, Chief Executive Postal Services of New Zealand Post
. Sharon Grace, books and magazines designer
. Gideon Keith, Creative Director of Seven Ltd
. John McClintock, Management Executive Director of the MPA & Chair of the judging
panel
. Debra Millar, former Group Publisher of ACP Magazines
. Paula Ryan, founder of Fashion Quarterly and Simply You and winner of the MPA
Lifetime Achievement Award 2010
The general public will now vote for their favourite covers over the next five
Andrew Burge, CEO of iSUBSCRiBE, who initiated the annual awards, said, "I am
absolutely thrilled with the response from publishers in this, our first year of The
Maggies. The range is fantastic, and the calibre absolutely second to none. Whilst the
competition was extremely tough, in judging the shortlist I think we've come up with a
really good selection and it'll be fascinating to know what the public make of it."
The overall winner and individual category winners will be announced late October
2010.
The public will be incentivised to vote for their favourite magazine cover with a
reward of a $5 iSUBSCRiBE gift voucher. The voucher may be redeemed against
iSUBSCRiBE's entire range of over 200 magazine subscriptions. In addition, $1 from
every subscription sold using the iSUBSCRiBE gift vouchers will be donated by
iSUBSCRiBE to children's charity, Cure Kids.
The short list consists of:
Business & Trade
Co. (Oct 2009)
Unlimited (Apr/May 2010)
Unlimited (Jun/Jul 2010)
NZ Property Investor (June 2010)
New Zealand Retail (Oct 2009)
Food & Wine
Healthy Food Guide (Aug 2009)
The Foodtown Magazine (Jun/Jul 2009)
Dish (Aug/Sep 2009)
Cuisine (Jan 2010)
Cuisine (May 2010)
Lifestyle
MINDFOOD (Jan/Feb 2010)
NZ Life & Leisure (Mar/Apr 2010)
M2 Magazine (Mar 2010)
PILOT Magazine (Dec 2009)
OH Baby (Autumn 2010)
Specialist
NZ Geographic (Jul/Aug 2009)
NetGuide (Jul 2009)
M2 Tech (Apr 2010)
NZ Autocar (Dec 2009)
NZ Lifestyle Block (Jun 2010)
Sports
NZ Rugby World (Feb 2010)
NZ Rugby World (June 2010)
Curl Magazine (Jan 2010)
Ski & Snow Magazine (Jun 2010)
The Cut (Feb/Mar 2010)
Youth & Pop Culture
The Groove Guide (18th Nov 2009)
Real Groove (May 2010)
Pulp (March 2010)
Pulp (June 2010)
Prime Times (Jun 2010)
ENDS.
For more information please contact:
Paula Vinogradov, iSUBSCRiBE Ltd
telephone +612 9251 3500
mobile +614 0486 2933
email paula@themaggies.com.au
or Gemma Owen
telephone +44 20 7199 0162
email gemma.owen@themaggies.co.uk
Sponsored by New Zealand Post and iSUBSCRiBE
SOURCE: iSUBSCRiBE
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