BMS Awards: Jan-Sep 2020

POSTED ON: 11/12/20 TAGS: BMS Awards

by Lucy Upton

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.