UPDATE ON PPC QUARTERLY AWARDS 2021
With the 2020 awards completed, it’s time to turn out attention to the 2021 awards. There’s a few changes this year, including a new submission email address and a slightly re-worked form so do please read the details below:
- After the success of digital submissions last year, we’re going to stick to this format going forward. This should hopefully make the process easier for everyone and is considerably better for the environment.
- We have a new awards email address, so do please send all submissions and queries to publicitycircleawards@gmail.com.
- The 2021 forms have been updated with a new set of do’s and don’ts, which are now at the very beginning of the form. Please do take your time to read these before you start your submission. We have also added an ‘Author Bio’ and ‘Book Blurb’ section to help give context to those judging the forms.
- 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 2021 awards are as follows:
Q1 (Dec 20 – Feb 21) – Friday 16th April download the form here
Q2 (Mar 21 – May 21) – Friday 25th June download the form here
Q3 (Jun 21 – Aug 21) – Friday 24th September download the form here
Q4 (Sep 21 – Nov 21) – Friday 10th December download the form here
Annuals (Dec 20 – Nov 21) – Friday 17th December download the form here
PPC ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
HUGE congratulations to the winners of the Annual PPC Awards! And thank you to everyone who joined for our virtual award ceremony!
The PPC Award for Best Sports Book Campaign
Winner: My Life in Red and White by Arsene Wenger – Maura Wilding and Alexandra Layt, Orion
The PPC Cookery Book Award
Winner: The Batch Lady by Suzanne Mulholland – Lucy Richardson, HQ
Highly Commended: The Hairy Bikers Veggie Feasts by The Hairy Bikers – Virginia Woolstencroft and Alainna Hadjigeogiou, Orion
Edinburgh International Book Festival Award for Best Generic Campaign
Winner: A Year of Bernardine Evaristo – Anna Ridley, Penguin General
Highly Commended: UK Launch of Bookshop.org – Edwina Boyd-Gibbons and Rhiannon Carroll, Midas PR
The Award for Best Lifestyle, Gift and Humour Campaign sponsored by Books Are My Bag
Winner: Word Perfect by Susie Dent – Alice Herbert, John Murray Press
Best Crime and Thriller Campaign sponsored by Bloody Scotland
Winner: The Guest List by Lucy Foley – Jennifer Harlow, HarperFiction
The YALC Award for Best YA Campaign
Winner: Punching the Air by Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi – Tina Mories, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Children’s Book Award sponsored by Daily Mail
Winner: While We Can’t Hug by Eoin McLaughlin – Bethany Carter, Faber & Faber
Highly Commended: Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright! by Fiona Waters – Rebecca Mason and Sian Taylor, Nosy Crow
The BBC Top of the Pops Magazine Award for Best Children’s and YA Celebrity Campaign
Winner: Break the Mould by Sinead Burke – Emily Thomas, Hachette Children’s Group and Elaine Egan, Hachette Ireland
The NetGalley Award for Paperback Original
Winner: Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami – Alice Dewing, Pan Macmillan
The Mo Siewcharran Award for Best Debut Campaign sponsored by Nielsen
Winner: Poor by Calab Femi – Emma Draude and Annabelle Wright, ed public relations and Thi Dinh and Sarah Wright, Penguin Press
Highly Commended: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart – Camilla Elworthy, Pan Macmillan
Best Celebrity Campaign sponsored by Connell MPA
Winner: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – Olivia Mead and Chloe Davies, Penguin General
The Bookseller Award for Hardback Non-Fiction
Winner: Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad – Ella Patel, Quercus
The Waterstones Award for Hardback Fiction
Winner: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell – Georgina Moore, Midas PR for Headline
Highly Commended: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – Millie Seaward, Little, Brown
Best Newcomer Award sponsored by Jo James
JOINT winners:
Bread Therapy by Pauline Beaumont – Niamh Anderson, Hodder & Stoughton
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad – Ella Patel, Quercus