Mumbrella Publish Awards shortlist revealed, winners to be announced virtually with Dan Ilic as MC

The shortlist for the 2021 Mumbrella Publish Awards has been announced, with Medium Rare scoring an impressive 19 nominations.

The business received shortlist placement across awards including three in Designer of the Year, two in Editor of the Year – Business, and all four shortlisted titles in Custom Publication of the Year.

Elsewhere, Are Media and Man of Many each scored eight nominations. Are Media’s Jess Hill and Juliet Rieden both featured in the Single Article of the Year category, while Man of Many’s Nick Hall, Tim Fernandes and Scott Purcell earned individual nominations respectively in Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom, Salesperson/Team of the Year and Publish Leader of the Year.

Pedestrian Group also featured prominently with seven nominations, including entries in Branded Content Studio of the Year, Best Sustained COVID-19 Initiative, and Best Publisher-Led Advertising Campaign.

Comedian Dan Ilic will host the Mumbrella Publish Awards virtual event.

The winners of the Mumbrella Publish Awards will be announced in a live virtual event on Thursday 9 September. Originally scheduled to be a gala dinner, the current COVID-19 situation in Sydney has necessitated a shift to virtual like the Mumbrella Awards, held last week virtually. Hosted by media personality and comedian Dan Ilic, the Mumbrella Publish Awards ceremony will be a free-to-view stream.

Register to watch here.

The full Mumbrella Publish Award shortlist is below.

Magazine Cover of the Year – Business

• Acuity – Medium Rare Content Agency for Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency for Australian Institute of Company Directors
• HRM – Mahlab for The Australian HR Institute
• LSJ – The Law Society of NSW

Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom

• MOTOR Magazine – Are Media Automotive
• Rolling Stone Australia – The Brag Media
• The Monthly – Schwartz Media
• Women’s Health – Paragon Media

Designer of the Year

• Donald Lindsay – Artist/Illustrator, The West Australian – Seven West Media
• Giota Letsios – Creative Director, Galah – Galah Press
• Kate Barnett – Creative Director, Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency
• Sophia Park – Creative Director, Coles, Coles Content – Medium Rare Content Agency
• Tony Rice – Creative Director, Qantas magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency
• Victoria Nelson – Graphic Designer, The Medical Republic – The Moose Republic

Best Use of Video

• Australian EV Challenge, Chasing Cars – Auto & General with Budget Direct
• First Look: Chae, a Tiny Six-Seat Korean Restaurant in a One-Bedroom Brunswick Apartment – Broadsheet Media with Chae
• Skinnovation – Medium Rare Content Agency for David Jones

Best Publisher-Led Advertising Campaign

• frankie – Nextmedia for Xero
• DMARGE – DMARGE with Pernod Ricard for Martell Cognac
• PEDESTRIAN.TV – Pedestrian Group with Initiative for Absolut
• Snapchat – Snap Inc for U By Kotex
• Time Out Melbourne – Time Out Australia for Visit Victoria

 Best Sustained COVID-19 Initiative

• Eat Well – Universal Media Co with Toffee Studios for Eat Well TV
• Pedestrian Group and Openair Cinemas – Pedestrian Group with Publicis Group for Disney+, DoorDash, Volkswagen, SEEK
• Qantas Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Qantas

Best Podcast (Single Episode)

• Extraordinary Stories: Magazine Queens Episode 1 – Mamamia Podcasts, Mamamia
• I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin – True Crime Australia for News Corp Australia
• Life’s Booming: Grey Nomads – DARE Magazine, Medium Rare Content Agency for Australian Seniors
• Radio Today: What’s really stopping radio’s #metoo moment? – Take 2 Media
• Something To Talk About with Samantha Armytage – Stellar, News Corp Australia
• The Night Driver – The Australian, News Corp Australia

Best Podcast (Series)

• Claremont: The Trial – The West Australian
• I Swear I Never – news.com.au, News Corp Australia
• Mamamia Out Loud – Mamamia
• The Growth Manifesto Podcast – Webprofits
• The West Live – The West Australian

Single Article of the Year

• Annabel Hennessy – ‘Annaliesse Ugle: How housing insecurity and a lack of support contributed to 11-year-old girl’s despair’ – The West Australian/The Sunday Times for Seven West Media
• Jess Hill, Sarah Grant, Kathryn Madden, Courtney Thompson – ‘It’s time to make it a crime’ – Marie Claire for Are Media
• Juliet Rieden – ‘Family always came first’ – The Australian Women’s Weekly for Are Media
• Samantha Maiden – ‘Young staffer Brittany Higgins says she was raped at Parliament House’ – news.com.au for News Corp Australia
• Vivienne Kelly – ‘Will Aussie radio have its #metoo moment?’ – Radio Today for Take 2 Media

Newsletter of the Year

• Cannabiz
• Crikey – Private Media
• Gourmet Traveller – Are Media
• Man of Many

Event or Virtual Event of the Year

• CarExpert Experience Centre – CarExpert.com.au
• Openair Cinemas Disney+ Drive-In – Pedestrian Group for Disney+, DoorDash, SEEK, Volkswagen
• The Sailor Jerry Rolling Stone Australia Awards – The Brag Media for Sailor Jerry, MINI, JMC Academy, Canna, Cash Converters & Yamaha
• Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night In 2020 – News Corp Australia for Vogue Australia
• Vogue Codes 2020 – News Corp Australia for Vogue Australia

Special Edition of the Year

• A Dossier of Lies and Falsehoods – Crikey, Private Media
• Federal Budget Wrap – The West Australian, Seven West Media
• International Women’s Day (IWD) – Mamamia
• Mental Health and Wellbeing – INTHEBLACK, CPA Australia
• The Australian Women’s Weekly Icons 8 – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Are Media
• The Blakout Edition – The Law Society of NSW Journal for The Law Society of NSW

Launch/Relaunch of the Year

• Body+Soul – News Corp Australia
• CarExpert.com.au – Expert Media Pty Ltd
• Galah – Galah Press
• Inside Retail – Octomedia
• T Australia: The New York Times Style Magazine – KK Press Pty Ltd

Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under)

• Amber Schultz – Crikey, Private Media
• Bianka Farmakis – 9Honey with Nine.com.au
• Caitlyn Rintoul – The West Australian, Seven West Media
• Dan Van Boom – CNET
• Denham Sadler – InnovationAus
• Jessica Yun – Yahoo Finance Australia, Verizon Media

Journalist of the Year

• Annabel Hennessy – The West Australian/The Sunday Times
• Genevieve Gannon – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Are Media
• Samantha Maiden – news.com.au, News Corp Australia
• Sue Smethurst for The Weekend Australian magazine, The Australian Women’s Weekly, RM Williams Outback

Columnist of the Year

• Donal Curtin – Medium Rare Content Agency with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand for Acuity
• Rachel Withers – Schwartz Media for The Monthly
• Rangi Hirini – The West Australian

Editor of the Year – Business

• Hannah Tattersall – Acuity, Medium Rare Content Agency with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Narelle Hooper – Company Director, Medium Rare Content Agency with Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Vivienne Kelly – Radio Today, Take 2 Media

Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom

• Annabelle Hickson – Galah, Galah Press
• Anthony De Ceglie – The West Australian, West Australian Newspapers
• Kirsten Galliott – Qantas Magazine, Medium Rare Content Agency with Qantas
• Nick Hall – Man of Many
• Paul Maric – CarExpert.com.au, Car Expert Pty Ltd
• Poppy Reid – Rolling Stone Australia, Variety, The Brag, The Industry Observer, Tone Deaf & more, The Brag Media

Salesperson/Team of the Year

• Broadsheet Media – Broadsheet
• Mamamia Commercial Team – Mamamia
• National Sales Team Melbourne – Australian Community Media
• Pedestrian Group Sales Team – Pedestrian Group
• Tim Fernandes – Man of Many

Publish Leader of the Year

• Kerri Elstub – Editorial Director, Nine.com.au
• Luke Girgis – CEO, The Brag Media
• Matt Rowley – CEO, Pedestrian Group
• Scott Purcell – Co-Founder, Man of Many

Brand of the Year

• Man of Many
• The West Australian
• Time Out Australia
• Urban List
• Yahoo

Branded Content Studio of the Year

• Broadsheet Studio – Broadsheet Media
• BuzzFeed Content Studio – BuzzFeed Australia
• DMARGE Content Studio – DMARGE
• Man of Many Media – Man of Many
• Pedestrian Studio – Pedestrian Group

Website of the Year – Consumer/Custom

• CarExpert.com.au – Car Expert Pty Ltd with Expert Media Pty Ltd
• Man of Many
• news.com.au – news.com.au, News Corp Australia
• Noteworthy – Medium Rare Content Agency for Officeworks

Association or Member Organisation Publication of the Year

• Australian Pharmacist – Mahlab for Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
• INTHEBLACK – CPA Australia
• LSJ – The Law Society of NSW
• The Road Ahead – RACQ

Business Publication of the Year

• Acuity – Medium Rare Content Agency for Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Australian Baking Business – The Magazine Publishing Company
• Company Director – Medium Rare Content Agency with Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Inside Retail – Octomedia
• INTHEBLACK – CPA Australia with Friends Love Design

Custom Publication of the Year

• Bunnings Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Bunnings
• Coles Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Coles Supermarkets
• JONES – Medium Rare Content Agency for David Jones
• Qantas Magazine – Medium Rare Content Agency for Qantas

Consumer Publication of the Year

• Gourmet Traveller – Are Media
• Man of Many
• Marie Claire – Are Media
• Stellar – News Corp Australia
• Urban List

Publishing Company of the Year

• Broadsheet Media
• DMARGE
• Grin Creative
• Pedestrian Group
• The Brag Media
• Time Out Australia