An online poll has been launched today by the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) to decide the winner of the Front Cover of the Year category at the PPA Awards 2012 from a shortlist of 15 titles.
Voting is open until May 31 at www.ppa.co.uk/coveroftheyear, and voters are encouraged to share and debate their choices on Facebook and on Twitter using the hashtag #coveroftheyear.
The covers in contention are:
• BBC Good Food, Christmas Turkey Cover, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co
• Cosmopolitan, Jessie J Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
• ELLE, Michelle Williams Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
• GQ, Rihanna Cover, The Condé Nast Publications
• Harper’s Bazaar, The Supers VS Duran Duran Cover, Hearst Magazines UK
• Hello!, Royal Wedding Cover, Hello!
• John Lewis Edition, Christmas Issue, John Brown Media
• Men’s Health, Peter Griffin Cover, Hearst Rodale
• ShortList, Bothered Cover, ShortList Media
• Sport, Gazza Cover, UTV Media
• Stylist, Nigella Lawson Cover, ShortList Media
• Tatler, Watch This Face Cover, The Condé Nast Publications
• Wallpaper*, Kraftwerk Cover, IPC Media
• What’s Next, Elvis Cover, John Brown Media
• Wired, Your Life Torn Open Cover, The Condé Nast Publications
The winner will be revealed at the prestigious PPA Awards ceremony at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Mayfair on June 20, where publishers from consumer and business media will compete in a total of 22 awards.
Barry McIlheney, CEO of the PPA, said: “The PPA Awards are the ultimate accolade within the magazine world, and I am delighted to involve the great British public for the first time ever in the vote for Front Cover of the Year.
“Covers are the face of a magazine brand. They are able to excite, tease, and talk to readers in a uniquely powerful way, and this eclectic shortlist is a showcase of the vibrant creativity within our industry right now."
Front Cover of the Year is one of two new categories introduced by the PPA in 2012. The other, the PPA Diversity Award, is supported by the Home Office as part of its Body Confidence Campaign, and the shortlist features 11 different titles who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting diversity in their pages over the last year.
For all the shortlists and for full details of the event, please visit www.theppaawards.com.
