Medium Rare, The Local Project among winners at Mumbrella Publish Awards 2025
The team from The Local Project, who picked up four awards on the night
Mumbrella has officially unveiled the winners of this year’s Publish Awards.
After receiving 17 nominations, Medium Rare Content Agency snagged four awards.
They include Designer of the Year, which went to the company’s art director Dan Morley; Best Use of Video for Medium Rare’s work with Coles, “Curtis Stone Best Ever”; Single Article of the Year for company director Steph D’Souza’s work for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD); and Association or Member Organisation Publication of the Year for “Company Director” for AICD.
Another outlet that secured four trophies was design publication The Local Project.
The organisation’s “Habitats: City, Coast, Forest” set won Special Edition of the Year, while the business itself won Publication of the Year and Publishing Company of the Year – Small/Large. The Local Project’s editor-in-chief and chief executive officer Aidan Anderson was named as Publish Leader of the Year.
The event was held at Sydney’s South Eveleigh, with actor and comedian Dave Thornton hosting.
“ I personally feel a long connection to these awards,” Mumbrella publisher Tim Burrowes said in his welcome speech. “We love having the opportunity to celebrate the whole industry together, particularly when the industry is going through more challenges than ever before.”
Mc Dave Thornton
Future Women’s Sally Spicer — who won Journalist of the Year at the 2024 awards — was named Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under). Meanwhile, Spicer’s company’s won the Award for Innovation, thanks to its “Choose Her Own Adventure” finance-focused content series.
The night was also good to Are Media. The publishing giant’s lifestyle magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, gave it three awards this year: Best Engagement Strategy; Brand of the Year; and Editor of the Year, courtesy of Megan Osborne.
With the Publish Awards over, the agenda shifts to its corresponding event, the Mumbrella Publish conference.
Taking place on October 28 at the State Library of NSW, the Publish conference will gather the who’s who of the publishing industry to discuss the challenges facing the sector, inspire solutions to innovate, and network with peers. News Corp’s Nicholas Gray, the Guardian’s Rebecca Costello, Nine Publishing’s Tory Maguire and the Digital Publishers Alliance’s Tim Duggan are among the industry heavyweights on stage.
Tickets to the event are available now.
The full winners list for the 2025 Mumbrella Publish Awards can be found below:
Magazine Cover of the Year
WINNER: CityMag – Solstice Media
Designer of the Year
WINNER: Dan Morley – Art Director, Medium Rare Content Agency
Best Use of Video
WINNER: Curtis Stone Best Ever – Medium Rare Content Agency for Coles
Best Podcast (Single Episode)
WINNER: Episode 1: Hold The Moment Podcast – Dementia Australia & Deadset Studios for Dementia Australia
Best Podcast (Series)
WINNER: Hold The Moment Podcast – Dementia Australia & Deadset Studios for Dementia Australia
Single Article of the Year
WINNER: Steph D’Souza – Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency for Australian Institute of Company Directors
Newsletter of the Year
WINNER: The Energy
Event or Virtual Event of the Year
WINNER: ExplorerFest – We Are Explorers
Special Edition of the Year
WINNER: Habitats: City, Coast, Forest – The Local Project
Launch/Relaunch of the Year
WINNER: Create – Mahlab for Engineers Australia
Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under)
WINNER: Sally Spicer – Future Women
Columnist of the Year
WINNER: Luke Buckmaster – Flicks
Editor of the Year
WINNER: Megan Osborne, Better Homes & Gardens, Are Media
Salesperson/Team of the Year
WINNER: Sales & Partnerships – Broadsheet Media
Publish Leader of the Year
WINNER: Aidan Anderson – CEO & Editor in Chief, The Local Project
Brand of the Year
WINNER: Better Homes & Gardens – Are Media
Website of the Year
WINNER: Man of Many
Association or Member Organisation Publication of the Year
WINNER: Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency for Australian Institute of Company Directors
Publication of the Year
WINNER: The Local Project
Custom Publication of the Year
WINNER: Wildlife Matters – Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Publishing Company of the Year – Small/Large
WINNER: The Local Project
Best Engagement Strategy
WINNER: Better Homes & Gardens – Are Media
Educational Publication of the Year
WINNER: BusinessThink – UNSW Sydney
Emerging Publication of the Year
WINNER: Never Too Small Magazine – Never Too Small
Award for Innovation
WINNER: Choose Her Own Adventure – Future Women
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