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Rolling Stone, The Brag Media Nominated in Mumbrella Publish Awards Shortlist

The Brag Media is up for five awards, including Publishing Company of the Year, while Rolling Stone is nominated for Magazine Cover of the Year.

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(L-R) The Brag Media's Poppy Reid, Luke Girgis, and Joel King.

Rolling Stone Australia and its publisher, The Brag Media, are amongst a litany of big named gracing the Mumbrella Publish Awards shortlist, which was unveiled today.

Out of the 28 categories, The Brag Media is nominated for a total of five awards, including Publishing Company of the Year, while CEO Luke Girgis has been nominated for Publish Leader of the Year.

Elsewhere, Rolling Stone Australia has been named amongst Women’s HealthThe Monthly, and MOTOR Magazine for Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom, while the inaugural Sailor Jerry Rolling Stone Australia Awards has been nominated for Event or Virtual Event of the Year.

Poppy Reid, The Brag Media’s Managing Editor, is up for Editor of the Year in the Consumer category. The nomination follows Reid’s recent nod in the Shortlist for B&T’s Women In Media Awards, where she’s up for Journalist of the Year.

Reid is nominated alongside Annabelle Hickson (Galah, Galah Press), Anthony De Ceglie (The West Australian/The Sunday Times, The West Australian), Kirsten Galliott (Qantas Magazine, Medium Rare Content Agency with Qantas), Nick Hall (Man of Many) and Paul Maric (CarExpert.com.au).

The winners of the 2021 Mumbrella Publish Awards will be announced in a live virtual event on Thursday 9 September. Register to watch here and check out the full Shortlist over at Mumbrella.

The Brag Media’s Mumbrella Publish Awards nominations

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

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

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

Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom

Annabelle Hickson – Galah, Galah Press
Anthony De Ceglie – The West Australian/The Sunday Times, The West Australian
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

Publishing Company of the Year

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