Editors of Emap's weeklies Closer and Grazia are to go head to head for the title of editor of the year (consumer magazines) at this year's PPA Magazine 2007 awards.
Jane Bruton of Grazia and Jane Johnson of Closer (pictured) will be up against six other editors, including BBC Magazines' Top Gear editor Michael Harvey and New Statesman editor John Kampfner.
B2B editors up for a gong this year include two CMP Information editors, Giles Barrie of Property Week and Denise Chevin of Building.
Other nominees include Karen Dempsey of Reed's Personnel Today and Gavin Hinks of IncisiveMedia published Accountancy Age.
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This year sees a record 59 nominations from 43 publishers that have been selected for the shortlist.
The winners will be announced during Magazines 2007, at a gala dinner on 9 May at Grosvenor House in London.
Shortlist
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Consumer magazine of the year
Grazia – Emap London Lifestyle
Harper's Bazaar – The National Magazine Company
Heat – Emap Entertainment
Psychologies – Hachette Filipacchi UK
Radio Times – BBC Magazines
Vogue – The Conde Nast Publications
Weekly business and professional magazine of the year
Accountancy Age – Incisive Media
Building – CMP Information
Drapers – Emap Retail
Estates Gazette – Reed Business Information
Inside Housing – Ocean Media Group
Legal Week – Incisive Media
Property Week – CMP Information
The Grocer – William Reed Publishing
Monthly business and professional magazine of the year
Business Life – Cedar Communications
Creative Head – Alfol
Financial Director – Incisive Media
Insurance Age – Incisive Media
Management Today – Haymarket Business Media
Real Business – Caspian Publishing
Safety Health Practitioner – CMP Information
Travolution – Reed Business Information
Customer magazine of the year
33 Thoughts – John Brown – BDO Stoy Hayward
Contact (Royal Mail) – Redwood – Royal Mail
Land Rover Onelife – Redwood – Land Rover
LighterLife – Square One Group – LighterLife
LIV: UK (Volvo) – Redwood – Volvo
Nikon Pro – Cedar Communications – Nikon
Sainsbury's Magazine – Seven Publishing Group – Sainsbury's
Waitrose Food Illustrated – John Brown – Waitrose
Consumer specialist magazine of the year
Computing Which? – Which?
Digital Camera – Future Publishing
Focus – Bristol Magazines
Match – Emap Active
New Scientist – Reed Business Information
Simply Knitting – Future Publishing
Sport – Sport Media & Strategy
WeightWatchers Magazine – River Publishing
Consumer lifestyle magazine of the year
BBC Good Food – BBC Magazines
Cond� Nast Traveller – The Conde Nast Publications
Country Living – The National Magazine Company
delicious. – Seven Publishing Group
Livingetc – IPC Media
Men's Health – NatMag Rodale
Olive – BBC Magazines
Wallpaper* – IPC Media
Interactive/online consumer magazine of the year
empireonline.com – Empire – Emap London Lifestyle
cnet.co.uk – CNET Networks UK
fhm.com – FHM – Emap London Lifestyle
nme.com – NME – IPC Media
runnersworld.co.uk – Runners World – Natmag Rodale
sugarmagazine.co.uk – Sugar – Hachette Filipacchi UK
topgear.com – Top Gear – BBC Magazines
whatcar.com – What Car – Haymarket Network
Interactive/online business and professional magazine of the year
accountancyage.com – Accountancy Age – Incisive Media
bmj.com – BMJ – BMJ Publishing Group
building.co.uk – Building – CMP Information
ifaonline.co.uk – Incisive Media
personneltoday.com – Personnel Today – Reed Business Information
searchmedica.co.uk – Pulse – CMP Medica
silicon.com – CNET Networks UK
tes.co.uk – The Times Educational Supplement – TSL Education
International consumer magazine of the year
Boat International – Boat International Group
Classic Rock – Future Publishing
Digital Camera – Future Publishing
Hair Ideas – Origin Publishing
Mojo – Emap London Lifestyle
Mother & Baby – Emap London Lifestyle
The Economist – The Economist Group
International business and professional magazine of the year
Energy Risk – Incisive Media
MEED – Emap Communications
Risk – Incisive Media
World Business – Haymarket Business Media
Publisher of the year (Consumer magazines)
Kathy Day – Radio Times – BBC Magazines
Fiona Dent – Wallpaper* – IPC Media
Sam Fitz-Gibbon – Yours – Emap Esprit
Sandy Gale – Pick Me Up – IPC Media
Liz Kershaw – Country Living – The National Magazine Company
Tess Macleod-Smith – Harper's Bazaar – The National Magazine Company
Jo Smalley – Nuts – IPC Media
Stuart Williams – Kerrang! – Emap Metro
Publisher of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Adrian Barrick – Building – CMP Information
Mike Bokaie – Real Business – Caspian Publishing
Natasha Christie-Miller – Drapers – Emap Retail
Ken Finlayson – Dentistry – FMC
Bernard Gray – The Times Educational Supplement – TSL Education
Kumaran Ramanathan – Accountancy Age � Incisive Media
Richard Watts – Third Sector – Haymarket Business Media
Editor of the year (Consumer magazines)
Jane Bruton – Grazia – Emap London Lifestyle
Louise Chunn – Good Housekeeping – The National Magazine Company
Susie Forbes – Easy Living – The Cond� Nast Publications
Michael Harvey – Top Gear – BBC Magazines
Jane Johnson – Closer – Emap Entertainment
Dylan Jones – GQ – The Cond� Nast Publications
John Kampfner – New Statesman – New Statesman
Morgan Rees – Men's Health – Natmag Rodale
Editor of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Giles Barrie – Property Week – CMP Information
Denise Chevin – Building – CMP Information
Stephen Cook – Third Sector – Haymarket Business Media
Karen Dempsey – Personnel Today – Reed Business Information
Gavin Hinks – Accountancy Age – IncisiveMedia
Andrew Pring – Morning Advertiser – William Reed Publishing
Vicky Richardson – Blueprint – Wilmington Media
Richard Vize – Local Government Chronicle – Emap Communications
Writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Lisa Armstrong – Vogue – The Conde Nast Publications
Alex Bilmes – GQ – The Conde Nast Publications
Kevin Braddock – GQ – The Conde Nast Publications
E. Jane Dickson – Radio Times – BBC Magazines
Jeff Maysh – Loaded – IPC Media
Alice O'Keeffe – New Statesman – New Statesman
Ellie O'Mahoney – Good Housekeeping – The National Magazine Company
Ben Wilson – Arena – Emap East
Writer of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Emma De Vita – Management Today – Haymarket Business Media
Thomas Lane – Building – CMP Information
Royston Martis – Police Review – Jane's Information Group
Helen Mooney – Health Service Journal – Emap Public Sector
Michelle Perrett – The Publican – CMP Information
Adele Waters – Nursing Standard – RCN Publishing Company
James Whitmore – Property Week – CMP Information
Emily Wright – Building – CMP Information
Designer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Martin Barry – Sport – Sport Media & Strategy
Marissa Bourke – Elle – Hachette Filipacchi UK
Dan Delaney – Land Rover Onelife – Redwood
Stuart Selner – Marie Claire – IPC Media
Paul Solomons – GQ – The Cond� Nast Publications
Suzanne Sykes – Grazia – Emap London Lifestyle
Andy Thomas – Car – Emap Automotive
Designer of the year (Business and professional magazines)
James Grubb – 33 Thoughts – John Brown
Sam Jenkins – Building – CMP Information
Richard Murray – Contact (Royal Mail) – Redwood
Patrick Myles – Blueprint – Wilmington Media
Andrea Pemberton – World Business – Haymarket Business Media
Publisher of the year (For companies with fewer than 50 employees)
Danny Crouch – Golf Punk – JF Media
Ken Finlayson – Dentistry – FMC
Tony Harris – Boat International – Boat International Group
Lyn Hughes – Wanderlust – Wanderlust Publications
Gregor Rankin – Food and Travel – Green Pea Publishing
Robert Sutherland – Fun To Learn Friends – Redan Publishing
Editorial campaign of the year
Action on depression � Pulse – CMP Information
Campaign to secure a parliamentary inquiry into NHS IT programme – Computer Weekly – Reed Business Information
Challenging age discrimination – People Management – Redactive Media Group
Charter for change – Nursing Standard – RCN Publishing Company
Just say know sex education campaign – CosmoGIRL! – Natmag Rodale
Local food is miles better – Farmers Weekly – Reed Business Information
Take retail crime seriously – Retail Week – Emap Retail
Time to care – The Times Educational Supplement – TSL Education
Specialist writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Peter Aldhous – New Scientist – Reed Business Information
Tom Cunliffe – Yachting Monthly – IPC Media
Chris Hewitt � Empire – Emap London Lifestyle
Michael Odell � Q – Emap London Lifestyle
Richard Porter – Top Gear – BBC Magazines
Nigel Slater – Sainsbury's Magazine – Seven Publishing Group
Columnist of the year (Business and professional magazines)
John Bullock – Lighting – Emap Maclaren
Stephen Carr � Crops – Reed Business Information
Viv Groskop – Business Life – Cedar Communications
Phil Peverley – Pulse – CMP Information
David Rae – Financial Director � Incisive Media
John Timpson – Real Business – Caspian Publishing
Emile Woolf – Accountancy – Wolters Kluwer (UK)
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