The shortlists for this year’s British Society of Magazine Editors’ Awards were announced today for the following categories: Editors of the Year; Digital Editors of the Year; Launch of the Year; The Fiona Macpherson New Editor of the Year; Art Directors of the Year; Columnists of the Year; and Scoop of the Year. Among the nominees include:

Women’s Brand – Monthly or Less Frequent Catherine Westwood – Essentials, Time Inc. UK Trish Halpin – Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK Lucy Yeomans – PORTER, Net-A-Porter.com Sue James – woman&home, Time Inc. UK Women’s Brand – Weekly / Fortnightly / More Frequent Sinead McIntyre – Fabulous, News UK Rosie Nixon & Ruth Sullivan – HELLO!, HELLO! Ali Hall – LOOK, Time Inc. UK Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media Ltd Karen Livermore – Woman, Time Inc. UK Diane Kenwood – Woman’s Weekly, Time Inc. UK

Men’s Brand Matthew Todd – Attitude, Attitude Media Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Limited Martin Robinson – ShortList, ShortList Media Ltd Mark Hedley – Square Mile, Square Up Media

Newspaper / Current Affairs Brand Andrew Barker – ES Magazine, London Evening Standard Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd Malik Meer – G2, Guardian Media Group Melissa Denes – Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group Gillian De Bono – How To Spend It, The Financial Times Ltd Nicola Jeal – The Times Magazine, News UK Sue Peart – YOU Magazine, DMG Media

The full shortlist can be viewed here. The shortlists for the final four Awards categories – Innovation/Brand-Building, Campaign of the Year and the two new Cover of the Year Awards – will be announced mid-October. These Awards, together with the Society’s Mark Boxer Award for exceptional contribution to the industry and the Editors’ Editor Award, voted on by members of the BSME, will be presented at The Brewery in London on 16 November.

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