UPDATE ON PPC QUARTERLY AWARDS 2022
- We’ll be continuing with the digital submissions format going forward, after its success the past two years.
- Our awards email address for submissions and any queries is publicitycircleawards@gmail.
com. - PLEASE NOTE, the word count for the campaign statement has been extended to 1000-1500 words. Anything over 1500 words will not be considered by the judges, so please do keep tightly to the new word count.
- The forms have been updated both to reflect the longer campaign statement and to add a section for defining areas of responsibilities on campaigns with more than one publicist.
- We’ve also created a set of category definitions to help you work out the best category to submit your campaigns. These can be seen here, and are also linked on the form.
- We’re planning to hold a digital info session on best practice for awards submissions and campaign statements in due course – please watch this space for more information.
With all that said, the deadlines for the 2022 awards are as follows:
Q1 (Dec 21 – Feb 22) – Friday 29th April Download the Q1 form here
Q2 (Mar 22 – May 22) – Friday 1st July Download the Q2 form here
Q3 (Jun 22 – Aug 22) – Friday 30th September Download the Q3 form here
Q4 (Sep 22 – Nov 22) – Friday 16th December Download the Q4 form here
Annuals (Dec 21 – Nov 22) – Friday 6th January 2023 Download the Annual Awards form here
PPC ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
HUGE congratulations to the winners of the Annual PPC Awards!
The PPC Award for Best Sports Book Campaign
Winner: Why We Kneel, How We Rise by Michael Holding – Sabah Khan, Simon & Schuster
The PPC Cookery Book Award
Winner: Jane’s Patisserie by Jane Dunn – Alice King, Ebury
Edinburgh International Book Festival Award for Best Generic Campaign
Winner: Elmer Pride by David McKee – Paul Black, Andersen Press
Highly Commended: Bookshop Day, Booksellers Association – Anna Zanetti and Ashley Baugh, Midas
The Award for Best Lifestyle, Gift and Humour Campaign sponsored by Books Are My Bag
Winner: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman – Aidan O’Neill and Mia Quibell-Smith, Vintage
The PPC Award for Best Academic Campaign
Winner: John Craxton: A Life of Gifts by Ian Collins – Chloe Foster, Yale University Press
Best Crime and Thriller Campaign sponsored by Bloody Scotland
Winner: The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward – Drew Jerrison, Profile
The PPC Award for Best YA Campaign
Winner: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna – Katarina Jovanovic, Usborne
The Children’s Book Award sponsored by Daily Mail
Winner: The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter – Harriet Dunlea, Scholastic
Highly Commended: The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold – Tina Mories, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The PPC Award for Best Children’s and YA Celebrity Campaign
You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford with Carl Anka – Jo Hardacre and Amber Ivatt, MacMillan Children’s Books
The NetGalley Award for Paperback Original
Winner: The Cancer Ladies Running Club by Josie Lloyd – Joe Thomas, HQ
The Mo Siewcharran Award for Best Debut Campaign
Winner: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters – Drew Jerrison, Profile
Highly Commended: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson – Jane Gentle, Anna Ridley and Rosie Safaty, Penguin General
The PPC Award for Best Celebrity Campaign
Winner: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – Jessica Barratt and Rebecca McCarthy, Simon & Schuster
Highly Commended: Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox – Elizabeth Masters and Ana McLaughlin, Quercus
The Bookseller Award for Hardback Non-Fiction
Winner: Vaxxers by Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green – Eleni Lawrence, Hodder & Stoughton
The Waterstones Award for Hardback Fiction
Winner: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason – Virginia Woolstencroft, Orion
Best Newcomer Award sponsored by Jo James
Winner: The Lost Storyteller by Amanda Block – Niamh Anderson, Hodder & Stoughton