Australian Magazine Awards finalists announced

AdNews has this morning revealed the 2018 Australian Magazine Awards finalists. 

This year, as a nod to multi-channel publishing, a new category has been created for digital-only magazine brands; as well as expanding the Special Interest brand award to include Hobbyist brands. 

The full list of finalists is below:

Magazine Brand of the Year - sponsored by Nielsen

  • Take 5
  • Taste.com.au
  • Delicious
  • Vogue Australia
  • Home Beautiful

Fashion Magazine Brand of the Year -  sponsored by Gordon and Gotch

  • Elle Australia
  • Vogue Australia
  • Marie Claire Australia

Food Magazine Brand of the Year

  • Gourmet Traveller
  • Taste.com.au
  • Delicious

General Interest Magazine of the Year

  • Take 5
  • WHO
  • The Australian Women’s Weekly

Home, Garden, Architecture, Renovation Magazine Brand of the Year

  • Australian House & Garden
  • Country Style
  • Better Homes and Gardens

Special Interest/Hobbyist/Magazine

  • Crikey!
  • Halliday Wine Companion Magazine
  • Australian Geographic

Newspaper Inserted Magazine Brand of the Year

  • The Australian Financial Review Magazine
  • Good Weekend
  • Stellar
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine

Digital Only Magazine Brand of the Year

Best Launch/Innovation Brand Extension

  • Royal One-Shots, WHO
  • Executive Style
  • Home Beautiful
  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • Home Beautiful

Event of the Year

  • The Australian Women’s Weekly Qantas Women of the Future Awards 2017
  • Vogue Codes 2017, Vogue Australia
  • Vogue Fashion’s Night Out, Vogue Australia
  • Bowral Classic, Bicycling Australia

Custom Magazine of the Year

  • Coles Magazine
  • Company Director
  • Qantas Magazine Travel Insider
  • The Journal

Editor of the Year -  sponsored by Blue Star Web

  • Paul Merrill, Take 5
  • Kirsten Galliott, Qantas Magazine Travel Insider
  • Brodee Myers-Cooke, Taste.com.au
  • Nicky Briger, Marie Claire Australia
  • Kerrie McCallum, Delicious

Designer of the Year

  • Sophia Park, Coles Magazine 
  • Tony Rice, Qantas Magzine 
  • Hayley Incoll, Delicious

Best Branded Content Marketing Magazine Campaign of the Year

  • Qantas x AMEX Campaign, Qantas Magazine Travel Insider
  • Holden Equinox, Story54
  • Tourism NT & Voyages, Sophisticated Traveller

Cover of the Year

  • Harper's Bazaar, March Issue
  • The Monthly, June Issue
  • Wheels Magazine, November Issue