More awards news. The British Society Of Magazine Editors staged its annual awards this week, with Mark Ellen, the editor of The Word magazine, winning the top prize - the Editors' Editor Award. The award was in recognition of his 25 years in the industry working on titles like Q, Empire, Heat and Mojo, as well as the independently owned The Word.
Collecting his award, Ellen said: "The six of us at [The Word publisher] Development Hell have been lucky enough to have had some success in the past when we worked for Emap and to have picked up the odd award as well, but I simply can't tell you how it feels to win when you're out in the publishing world on your own. The Word went into profit in the summer and we bought Mixmag last week so, at last, our little empire is flying. And this award is the cherry on a cake that currently appears to be made almost entirely out of cherries."
The full list of winners from the awards look not altogether unlike this:
Editors' Editor Of The Year: Mark Ellen, The Word (Development Hell)
Editors Of The Year:
Business Magazines (Non-Weekly): Matthew Gwyther, Management Today (Haymarket)
Business Magazines (Weekly): Phil Johnson, Pulse (CMPI)
Entertainment Magazines: Conor McNicholas, NME (IPC)
Contract Magazines (Business Readership): Tim Hulse, Business Life (Cedar)
Contract Magazines (Consumer Readership): William Sitwell, Waitrose Food Illustrated (John Brown)
Current Affairs Magazines: Bill Emmott, The Economist
Lifestyle Magazines: Sarah Miller, Conde Nast Traveller (Conde Nast)
Men's Magazines: Adam Mattera, Attitude (Remnant)
Newspaper Magazines: Judy Mcguire, News Of The World's Sunday Magazine (News International) Special Interest Magazines: Michael Harvey, Top Gear (BBC Magazines)
Women's Magazines (Non-Weekly): Trish Halpin, Red (Hachette)
Women's Magazines (Weekly): Jane Johnson, Closer (Emap)
Youth & Children's Magazines, Comics Or Fanzines: Lisa Smosarski, Bliss (Emap)
Launch Of The Year: June Smith-Sheppard, Pick Me Up (IPC)
Magazine Website Of The Year: Damian Carrington, Newscientist.Com (RBI)
Innovation Of The Year: Colin Kennedy, Empire (Emap)
Brand Building Initiative Of The Year: Marcus Fairs, Icon (Media 10)
Fiona Macpherson New Editor Of The Year: Annabel Brog, Sugar