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And the winner is . . . announcing the top campaigns of Q4 2021!

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A NOTE FROM THE CHAIR OF JUDGES, MIRIAM ROBINSON:

‘Your submissions this quarter were, as they always are, just a joy to read. What’s exciting is that, as we see a diversification of publishing propositions, we are also seeing this amazing diversification of campaign strategies to match – or maybe we are able to publish more bravely because we know that we have incredible marketers who get savvier and savvier all the time with how to bring complicated, harder-to-categorise titles to readers.

In Q4 we always, of course, see the mega, blockbuster campaigns but I think we all agreed that they were particularly mega and blockbustery! But also that they combined the weight and punch and graft of the biggest campaigns with subtlety, nuance, empathy and social consciousness, in a way that felt really exciting. Creative angles felt more unexpected, and we loved the way that multiple campaigns acknowledged when they didn’t fully know their audience – and sought the right help to make sure they fully understood who they were speaking to and how.

Overall, really inspiring, really creative and really impressive.’

Q4 – October to December 2021

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Entries rolled to Q1 2022

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

Marketer: Laura Bartholomew / Hodder & Stoughton

WINNER: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Marketer: Casey Davoren / Little, Brown

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: What is racism? by Katie Daynes and Jordan Akpojaro

Marketer: Sarah Connell / Usborne

WINNER: Greg the Sausage Roll by Mark and Roxanne Hoyle

Marketers: Lauren Floodgate, Jannine Saunders / Penguin Children’s

YOUNG ADULT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix

Marketer: Emma Quick / Hot Key (Bonnier)

WINNER: Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

Marketers: Beth McWilliams, Aashfaria Anwar / Hachette Children’s

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Slimming Eats by Siobhan Wightman

Marketer: Sahina Bibi / Hodder & Stoughton

WINNER: Free by Lea Ypi

Marketer: Ania Gordon / Penguin Press

ADULT NON-FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Will by Will Smith

Marketers: Rebecca Ikin, Claire Bush, Lydia Weigel / Cornerstone

WINNER: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

Marketers: Hayley McMullan, Richard Vlietstra / Simon & Schuster

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Keisha the Sket by Jade LB

Marketers: Lydia Weigel, Emma Wallace / Merky Books

WINNER: The Haunting Season by various

Marketer: Emily Moran / Little Brown

Q4 Spotlight Award Winners

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT:

Black Skin by Dija Ayodele

Marketers: Vicki Watson, Katrina Smedley / HQ

INNOVATION:

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai WeiWei

Marketers: Rosanna Boscawen, Chloe Healy / Vintage

CREATIVITY:

A Class Act by Rob Beckett

Marketer: Julie MacBrayne / Harper NonFiction

GRAFT:

Windswept and Interesting by Billy Connolly

Marketer: Sarah Arratoon / John Murray

Announcing the winners of the Q3 2021 BMS Awards!

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Q3 – July to September 2021

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HIGHLY COMMENDED: Big Bright Feelings by Tom Percival

Marketer: Mattea Barnes / Bloomsbury Children’s

WINNER: The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien

Marketer: Fleur Clarke / HarperFiction

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Consumed by Aja Barber

Marketer: Charlotte Sanders / Octopus

WINNER: And It Was Beautiful by Phil Hay

Marketer: Tom Noble / Orion

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre by Clare Povey, illus. by Heloise Mab

Marketer: Hannah Reardon Steward / Usborne

WINNER: The Amazing Edie Eckhart by Rosie Jones

Marketer: Naomi Berwin / Hachette Children’s

YOUNG ADULT

Entries rolled to Q4

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Marketers: Aimee Oliver-Powell, Jamie Forrest, Sophie Walker / Atlantic

WINNER: The Upper World by Femi Fadugba

Marketer: Evelyn Opoku-Agyeman / PRH Children’s

ADULT NON-FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: And Away…  by Bob Mortimer

Marketer: Amy Fulwood / Simon & Schuster

WINNER: The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye

Marketer: Dahmicca Wright / Penguin Press

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney

Marketers: Niriksha Bharadia, Jess Kim / Faber

WINNER: Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Marketer: Fleur Clarke / HarperFiction

Q3 Spotlight Award Winners

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Marketer: Lindsay Terrell / 4th Estate

INNOVATION: 

Penguin Classics Green Ideas

Marketers: Ania Gordon & Sam Voulters / Penguin Press

CREATIVITY:

 Love Unfiltered

Marketer: Natasha Collie / Ladybird (PRH Children’s)

GRAFT: 

The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

Marketers: Maddy Marshall, Jeannelle Brew / HarperFiction

We’ve announced the Q2 BMS Award winners!

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Q2 – April to June 2021

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HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley

Marketers: Elle Gibbons, Andy Joannou / Pan Macmillan

WINNER: Penguin Modern Classics in Audio

Marketer: Laura Ingate / PRH Audio

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Marketer: Elizabeth Hitti / Viper (Profile)

WINNER: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

Marketers: Katrina Northern, Hannah Shorten / Vintage (PRH)

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

Marketers: Alison Ruane, Katie Roden, Andy Joannou / Macmillan Children’s Books

WINNER: When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle

Marketer: Sarah Kimmelman / Andersen Press

YOUNG ADULT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Heartstopper vol. 4 by Alice Oseman

Marketer: Flic Highet / Hachette Children’s

WINNER: Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

Marketers: Fleur Clarke, Rachel Quin, Maddy Marshall / HarperFiction

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

Marketers: Vicky Beddow, Lucie Sharpe / Headline

WINNER: Careless by Kirsty Capes

Marketer: Helena Fouracre / Orion

ADULT NON-FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn

Marketers: Sophie Shaw, Katie Williams / Michael Joseph

WINNER: Slug by Hollie McNish

Marketer: Emily Moran / Fleet (Little, Brown)

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Marketer: Fergus Edmondson / Tinder Press (Headline)

WINNER: The Serial Killer’s Wife by Alice Hunter

Marketers: Ellie Pilcher, Eleanor Slater / Avon (HarperCollins)

Q2 SPOTLIGHT AWARD WINNERS

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Marketer: Hannah Reardon Steward / Usborne

INNOVATION: Genie and Teeny by Steven Lenton

Marketer: Beth Maher / HarperCollins Children’s

CREATIVITY: Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

Marketer: Gemma Shelley, Brionee Fenlon / Little, Brown

GRAFT: Still Life by Sarah Winman

Marketer: Liv Marsden / 4th Estate (HarperCollins)

We’ve announced the winners of the Q1 2021 Awards!

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Q1 – January to March 2021

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HIGHLY COMMENDED: #BloomsburyNightIn

Marketers: Amy Donegan, Rachel Wilkie & Ella Harold / Bloomsbury

WINNER: 2000AD in Audio

Marketers: Carmen Byers, Helena Sheffield & Laura Ingate / PRH Audio

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Marlowe Murder Club

Marketer: Becca Joyce / HQ

WINNER: Detransition, Baby

Marketer: Flora Willis / Serpent’s Tail (Profile)

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Valley of Lost Secrets

Marketer: Jade Westwood / Bloomsbury Children’s

WINNER: How To Grow Up and Feel Amazing!

Marketer: James McParland / Hachette Children’s

YOUNG ADULT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Rule of Wolves

Marketer: Naomi Berwin / Hachette Children’s

WINNER: The Gilded Ones

Marketers: Hannah Reardon Steward & Stevie Hopwood / Usborne

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Sanatorium

Marketers: Emma Burton & Holly Minter / Transworld

WINNER: Open Water

Marketers: Alexia Thomaidis & Zoe Coxon / Penguin General

ADULT NON-FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Tap to Tidy

Marketers: Abby Watson & Stephenie Naulls / Ebury

WINNER: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Marketers: Julie Woon & Ania Gordon / Penguin Press

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Memorial

Marketers: Jamie Forrest & Sophie Walker / Atlantic Books

WINNER: Klara and the Sun

Marketers: Katie Hall, Niriksha Bharadia & Kiri Inglis / Faber

Q1 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: The Muslim Problem

Marketer: Aimee Oliver Powell / Atlantic Books

INNOVATION: Maxwell’s Demon

Marketer: Jamie Norman / Canongate

CREATIVITY: VI Spy: Licence to Chill

Marketer: Jazz Bartlett Love / Chicken House

GRAFT: The Absolute Book

Marketer: Jen Breslin / Penguin Michael Joseph

A huge thank you to everyone for submitting their campaigns, and to the judges for their careful considerations.

We’ve announced the winners of the Q4 2020 Awards!

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Q4 – October to December 2020

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HIGHLY COMMENDED: Quercus Word of Mouth Bestsellers Evening

Marketer: Hannah Winter / Quercus

WINNER: The Year of Dilly Court

Marketers: Katy Blott / HarperFiction

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Accidentally Wes Anderson

Marketer: Cait Davies / Trapeze (Orion)

WINNER: Sleepless

Marketers: Joanna Kite, Becca Joyce / HQ

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Night Bus Hero

Marketer: James McParland / Hachette Children’s

WINNER: The Book of Hopes

Marketers: Mattea Barnes / Bloomsbury Children’s

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Firewatching

Marketers: Sarah Jeffcoate / Simon & Schuster

WINNER: Poor

Marketer: Dahmicca Wright / Penguin Press

ADULT NON-FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: A Life on Our Planet

Marketers: Stephenie Naulls, Morgana Chess, Helena Sheffield / Ebury

WINNER: A Promised Land

Marketer: Amelia Fairney, Rose Poole, Indira Birnie, Helena Sheffield / Viking

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Betrayals

Marketers: Sarah Shea, Katy Blott / HarperFiction

WINNER: A Song for the Dark Times

Marketer: Tom Noble, Lucy Cameron / Orion

Q4 SPOTLIGHT AWARDS

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: What A Flanker

Marketer: Orlando Mowbray / Harper Non-Fiction

INNOVATION: Home Body

Marketers: Justine Gold, Genevieve Barratt / Simon & Schuster

CREATIVITY: A Cheesemonger’s History of the British Isles

Marketers: Flora Willis / Profile

A huge thank you to everyone for submitting their campaigns, and to the judges for their careful considerations.