BMS Awards: Jan-Sep 2020
POSTED ON: 11/12/20
We’ve announced the winners of the 2020 Q1, Q2 and Q3 Awards!
Click here for the presentation with judges comments
or see below for the full list…
Q1 – January to March 2020
GUERRILLA
HIGHLY COMMENDED: How to Break Up with Fast Fashion
Marketer: Ellie Morley / Headline
WINNER: Motherwell
Marketers: Anna Bowen, Tom Noble / Orion
DEBUT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Saving Missy
Marketers: Abbie Salter, Katy Blott / HarperFiction
WINNER: The Girl with the Louding Voice
Marketer: Helen Flood / Sceptre
ADULT NON-FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Invisible Women
Marketers: Rosanna Boscawen, Katrina Northern / Vintage
WINNER: The Future We Choose
Marketer: Felice McKeown / Manilla Press
ADULT FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Grown-Ups
Marketers: Claire Bush, Liz Smith, Fola Adebayo / Michael Joseph
WINNER: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Marketer: Amy Fulwood / Simon & Schuster
Q1 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Not A Diet Book
Marketer: Orlando Mowbray / Harper Non-Fiction
INNOVATION: The Mirror and The Light
Marketers: Matt Clacher, Lindsay Terrell, Liv Marsden / 4th Estate
CREATIVITY: Difficult Women
Marketers: Rosanna Boscawen, Sophie Painter / Vintage
Q2 – April to June 2020
MULTI-TITLE
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Play and Learn at Home
Marketers: Sarah Connell, Anna Howorth, Jacob Dow, Emma Baxter, Lisa Watts, Matt Bugler / Usborne
WINNER: eBook Lockdown Promotion
Marketer: Jessie Sullivan / Head of Zeus
GUERRILLA
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mind Over Mother
Marketer: Aimee Kitson / Little, Brown
WINNER: Lockdown
Marketer: Katie Sadler / Quercus
CHILDREN’S
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Marketers: Beth McWilliams, Aashfaria Anwar / Hachette Children’s
WINNER: The Worrysaurus
Marketer: Emily Finn / Hachette Children’s
YOUNG ADULT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Diary of a Confused Feminist
Marketer: Natasha Whearity / Hachette Children’s
WINNER: The Court of Miracles
Marketers: Fleur Clarke, Katy Blott / HarperFiction
ADULT NON-FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Humankind
Marketer: Genista Tate-Alexander / Bloomsbury
WINNER: Women Don’t Owe You Pretty
Marketers: Caro Parodi, Matthew Grindon / Octopus
ADULT FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Daughters of Cornwall
Marketers: Dawn Burnett, Sarah Shea / HarperFiction
WINNER: The Heatwave
Marketer: Ellie Pilcher / Avon
Q2 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Skincare
Marketers: Joanna Rose, Janet Aspey, Jen Callahan-Packer / HQ
INNOVATION: White Rabbit Launch
Marketer: Tom Noble / Orion
CREATIVITY: Ladybird Little Big Moments
Marketer: Natasha Collie, Beth O’Brien, Clemmie Turner / PRH Children’s
Q3 – July to September 2020
MULTI-TITLE
HIGHLY COMMENDED: One More Chapter Readalong
Marketers: Melanie Price, Claire Fenby / HarperCollins
WINNER: Go on an Adventure with Katherine Rundell
Marketers: Mattea Barnes, Lucy Upton / Bloomsbury Children’s
YOUNG ADULT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Midnight Sun
Marketers: Celeste Ward-Best, Maddy Hall / Atom
WINNER: Cinderella is Dead
Marketer: Namra Amir / Bloomsbury Children’s
DEBUT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Thursday Murder Club
Marketers: Georgia Taylor, Ellie Hudson / Penguin General
WINNER: The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Marketers: Joanna Olney, Stevie Hopwood / Usborne
ADULT NON-FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED:What Mummy Makes
Marketer: Natalie Wolfe / DK
WINNER: Gotta Get Theroux This
Marketers: Sarah Arratoon, Andy Joannou, Ellie Bailey, Elle Jones / Pan Macmillan
ADULT FICTION
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Love in Colour
Marketer: Lucie Sharpe / Headline
WINNER: The Midnight Library
Marketer: Alice Shortland / Canongate
Q3 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Mary Berry Simple Comforts
Marketer: Abby Watson / Ebury
INNOVATION: The Guest List
Marketers: Abbie Salter, Jeannelle Brew / HarperFiction
CREATIVITY: Ottolenghi Flavour
Marketers: Stephenie Naulls, Morgana Chess / Ebury
A huge thank you to everyone for submitting their campaigns, and to the judges for their careful considerations.
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