Consumer Magazine of the Year (less than 15,000 circulation)

Criteria

This Award is for the consumer magazine with a circulation of less than 15,000 that most clearly demonstrates excellence in its market.

The winning magazine will demonstrate audience retention or growth, robust market share and competitive positioning, as well as sound commercial results. This will all be built on a foundation of outstanding editorial and design, together with a sure understanding of the needs of the audience.

Judges will assess overall performance during the past year, including circulation and readership figures and achievement within the magazine’s competitive set, and commercial performance during the past year, including relevant financial and yield data. Judges will also take into account how each entrant has dealt with the challenges faced during the past year.

Requirements

Tell us in a few bullet points, why you should win this award. Ensure you answer the individual
category criteria, as that’s what the judges will be marking against. (Guide word count – 200 words)

The judges find the following information useful when judging. Please include, if relevant and available:

> Circulation by size and type (free, controlled, newstrade, subscription)

> Audit method (if applicable)

> Relevant revenue / profit figures

> Growth statistics

> Other performance statistics and results / evidence of success

> Website data: page impressions (monthly / yearly), monthly unique users

Any additional online data

> Each submission must consist of three sets of the following:

> One entry form

> Three separate issues of the magazine (these may be consecutive), each carrying a cover date within the last 12 months

> Each submission should contain a high resolution print quality scan (300 dpi jpeg) of the magazine cover from one of the three issues submitted.

Please submit the magazine cover or relevant image to represent this entry (min. 300 dpi, max. 5Mb) along with a copy of your company logo to: https://www.wetransfer.com/

Once the online entry form has been completed please make sure you send us all the hard copy material relevant to the category entered (including magazines, examples of work) to Grace Aungier, Magazines Ireland, 63 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Queries should be directed to Grace Aungier on 01 667 55 79 or grace@magazinesireland.ie

IMA Consumer Magazine of the Year (less than 15,000 circulation) Nomination Form