Magazine Cover of the Year Awards shortlist revealed

The Magazine Cover of the Year Awards shortlist was announced yesterday, with the general public now voting on their favourite covers over the next five weeks.

A panel of industry experts selected a shortlist of five covers per category from the nominated entries.

The judging panel consisted of Ita Buttrose, media personality Deborah Hutton, Life Styled editor Paula Joye, Fusion Strategy managing director Steve Allen, The Australian deputy editor Stephen Brook, iSUBSCRIBE founder and CEO Andrew Burge, media consultant Andrew Cowell, newsXpress CEO Mark Fletcher, Mornings executive producer Louisa Hatfield and FIPP president and CEO Chris Llewellyn.

It’s great to see quite a few new entrants competing for awards in The Maggies,” says Buttrose, who is chair of the judging panel. The standard of entries is excellent and it’s terrific to see so much diversity in what’s on offer. I can see a notable improvement in some of the magazine cover designs since last year’s Maggies and that’s really exciting.”

The winners of the Magazine Cover of the Year and individual Best Magazine Cover categories will be announced in the first week of December.

To vote, visit www.themaggies.com.au. Voters will receive a $5 iSUBSCRIBE gift voucher, with $1 from each subscription sold using the vouchers donated to Alzheimer’s Australia.

The shortlist includes:

Business & Trade

Australian Business Solutions Apr/May 2012

Money Magazine June 2012

Mortgage Professional Aust. (MPA)

Security Solutions Magazine May 2012

The Walkley Magazine May/Jun 2012

Fashion & Beauty

Harper’s BAZAAR Australia Jun/Jul 2012

madison November 2011

August 2011 Peppermint June 2012

RUSSH Dec/Jan 2012

Shelia Magazine March 2012

Food & Wine

Australian Good Taste April 2012

Australian Gourmet Traveller January 2012

Australian Gourmet Traveller June 2012

delicious November 2011

donna hay magazine Oct/Nov 2011

Health & Fitness

Australian Men’s Fitness May 2012

Australian Men’s Health Magazine Nov 2011

FITNESS MAG Apr/May 2012

Fitness Mag (ultrafit) Jun/Jul 2012

Women’s Health December 2011

House & Garden

ABC Organic Gardener Jan/Feb 2012

Australian House & Garden May 2012

Better Homes & Gardens December 2011

Country Style December 2011

real living June 2012

Lifestyle

Australian Geographic Outdoor Jan/Feb 2012

RoyalAuto March 2012

R.M.Williams OUTBACK Magazine Dec/Jan 2012

The Australian Women’s Weekly January 2012

The Week Magazine 2-8 March 2012

Science, Technology & Nature

Australian Geographic Mar/Apr 2012

COSMOS Magazine Jun/Jul 2012

ECOcar Magazine Dec/Jan 2012

Wild Life Autumn 2012

Wild Life Winter 2012

Specialist

Australian Guitar January 2012

BLUNT February 2012

CHOICE October 2011

Positive Living 5 Sept 2011

Qantas The Australian Way November 2011

Sports

Dirtcomp Magazine June 2012

Ocean September 2011

Rugby League Week May 16, 2012

Tracks June 2012

Waves September 2011

Weeklies

Grazia 30 January 2012

New Idea 18 June 2012

TV WEEK May 26, 2012

WHO Magazine April 16, 2012

Woman’s Day February 27, 2012

Youth & Pop Culture

DOLLY January 2012

Game Informer April 2012

Rolling Stone November 2011

Triple J Magazine September 2011

Total Girl June 2012