News Corp's lifestyle publishing division NewsLifeMedia heads up the list of finalists for this year's Australian Magazine Awards (AMAs).
NewsLifeMedia has a total of 22 finalists in the 17 categories, including four out of the five magazines up for the coveted Magazine Brand of the Year title.
Established in 2009, the AMAs have evolved to include the best digital media brand of the year and designer of the year, among other new categories. The entries were judged last week in Sydney by a panel of industry experts and the winners will be announced at the Ivy in Sydney on Friday 11 November. Here's the full list of finalists in this year’s AMAs:
Magazine Brand of the Year
delicious, NewsLifeMedia
Girlfriend, Pacific Magazine
GQ Australia, NewsLifeMedia
taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Fashion Magazine Brand of the Year
GQ Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Food Magazine Brand of the Year
COLES, Medium Rare Content Agency
delicious, NewsLifeMedia
Gourmet Traveller, Bauer Media
General Interest Magazine Brand of the Year
R.M. Williams OUTBACK magazine, R.M. Williams Publishing
Take 5 magazine, Bauer Media
Home & Garden Magazine Brand of the Year
Australian House & Garden, Bauer Media
Country Style, NewsLifeMedia
Home Beautiful, Pacific Magazine
Newspaper Inserted
Good Weekend, Fairfax Media
The Australian Financial Review Magazine, Fairfax Media
The Weekend Australian Magazine, News Corp Australia
Special Interest Magazine Brand of the Year
Australian Geographic, Bauer Media
Duck and Whale Magazine, Gas Publishing
Digital Magazine Brand of the Year - NEW
delicious, NewsLifeMedia
taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Event of the Year
GQ Australia, NewsLifeMedia
TV Week, Bauer Media
Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Cover of the Year
donna hay, NewsLifeMedia
ELLE, Bauer Media
The Monthly, Schwartz Media
Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Custom Media Brand of the Year
COLES, Medium Rare Content Agency
QANTAS, Medium Rare Content Agency
Woolworths Fresh, NewsLifeMedia
Editor of the Year
Kerrie McCallum, delicious, NewsLifeMedia
Donna Hay, donna hay, NewsLifeMedia
Victoria Carey, Country Style, NewsLifeMedia
Paul Merrill, Take 5 magazine, Bauer Media
Brodee Myers-Cooke, taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Sales Team of the Year
Fairfax Media, Brand & Audience, Prestige Team
Medium Rare Content Agency, QANTAS
Designer of the Year - NEW
Aimee Carruthers, frankie magazine, frankie press
Tim Beor, Good Weekend, Fairfax Media
Mia Daminato, Inside Out, NewsLifeMedia
Tony Rice, QANTAS, Medium Rare Content Agency
Marketing Campaign of the Year
Better Homes and Gardens, Doughnuts, a 'hole' new world of baking, Pacific Magazines
marie claire, marie claire 20th birthday marketing campaign, Pacific Magazines
Vogue Australia, Vogue Golden Ticket to Taylor Swift, NewsLifeMedia
Best use of Multi Media
No finalists selected
Best Content Marketing Campaign of the Year
No finalists selected
Sponsors of the event include Procter and Gamble, BlueStarWeb, Gordon and Gotch, Magazine Networks and Royal Auto.