Mumbrella Publish Award winners 2021
Australian men’s lifestyle publication Man of Many has picked up four awards at the 2021 Mumbrella Publish Awards including Brand of the Year, while Publishing Company of the Year has been won by DMARGE in the small category and Pedestrian Group in the large category.
The event was hosted by investigative humourist Dan Ilic at a virtual event this afternoon.
Content agency Medium Rare scooped five wins; among them, Kate Barnett for Designer of the Year, and Qantas Magazine for Best Sustained COVID-19 Initiative. Two Highly Commended nods were also awarded to it, recognising Donal Curtain (Columnist of the Year) and Coles Magazine (Custom Publication of the Year).
News Corp Australia’s Samantha Maiden received considerable recognition, winning Single Article of the Year and Journalist of the year, following the impact of her reports on former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins. Crikey’s Amber Schultz received the win for Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under) while Schwartz Media’s Rachel Withers received Columnist of the Year.
See the full list of winners below:
Magazine Cover of the Year – Business
WINNER: HRM – Mahlab for The Australian HR Institute
HC: LSJ – The Law Society of NSW
Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom
WINNER: Women’s Health – Paragon Media
HC: Rolling Stone Australia – The Brag Media
Designer of the Year
WINNER: Kate Barnett – Creative Director, Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency
HC: Donald Lindsay – Artist/Illustrator, The West Australian – Seven West Media
Best Use of Video
WINNER: First Look: Chae, a Tiny Six-Seat Korean Restaurant in a One-Bedroom Brunswick Apartment – Broadsheet Media with Chae
Best Publisher-Led Advertising Campaign
WINNER: frankie – Nextmedia for Xero
HC: DMARGE – DMARGE with Pernod Ricard for Martell Cognac
Best Sustained COVID-19 Initiative
WINNER: Qantas Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Qantas
Best Podcast (Single Episode)
WINNER: The Night Driver – The Australian, News Corp Australia
Best Podcast (Series)
WINNER: Mamamia Out Loud – Mamamia
Single Article of the Year
WINNER: Samantha Maiden – ‘Young staffer Brittany Higgins says she was raped at Parliament House’ – news.com.au for News Corp Australia
Newsletter of the Year
WINNER: Man of Many
Event or Virtual Event of the Year
WINNER: Openair Cinemas Disney+ Drive-In – Pedestrian Group for Disney+, DoorDash, SEEK, Volkswagen
HC: CarExpert Experience Centre – CarExpert.com.au
Special Edition of the Year
WINNER: Mental Health and Wellbeing – INTHEBLACK, CPA Australia
HC: A Dossier of Lies and Falsehoods – Crikey, Private Media
Launch/Relaunch of the Year
WINNER: Galah – Galah Press
HC: CarExpert.com.au – Expert Media Pty Ltd
Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under)
WINNER: Amber Schultz – Crikey, Private Media
HC: Dan Van Boom – CNET
Journalist of the Year
WINNER: Samantha Maiden – news.com.au, News Corp Australia
Columnist of the Year
WINNER: Rachel Withers – Schwartz Media for The Monthly
HC: Donal Curtin – Medium Rare Content Agency with Chartered Accountants
Editor of the Year – Business
WINNER: Narelle Hooper – Company Director, Medium Rare Content Agency with Australian Institute of Company Directors
Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom
WINNER: Annabelle Hickson – Galah, Galah Press
Salesperson/Team of the Year
WINNER: Tim Fernandes – Man of Many
HC: Pedestrian Group Sales Team – Pedestrian Group
Publish Leader of the Year
WINNER: Matt Rowley – CEO, Pedestrian Group
HC: Luke Girgis – CEO, The Brag Media
Brand of the Year
WINNER: Man of Many
HC: Time Out Australia
Branded Content Studio of the Year
WINNER: DMARGE Content Studio – DMARGE
HC: Broadsheet Studio – Broadsheet Media
Website of the Year – Consumer/Custom
WINNER: CarExpert.com.au – Car Expert Pty Ltd with Expert Media Pty Ltd
Association or Member Organisation Publication of the Year
WINNER: Australian Pharmacist – Mahlab for Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Business Publication of the Year
WINNER: Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency with Australian Institute of Company Directors
Custom Publication of the Year
WINNER: JONES – Medium Rare Content Agency for David Jones
HC: Coles Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Coles Supermarkets
Consumer Publication of the Year – Small/Large
WINNER (SMALL): Man of Many
WINNER (LARGE): Marie Claire – Are Media
HC: Urban List
Publishing Company of the Year – Small/Large
WINNER (SMALL): DMARGE
WINNER (LARGE): Pedestrian Group