The 2012 PICA winners were announced late last week at the annual awards ceremony held at Emperors Palace in Joburg. Hosted by MPASA, celebrating the achievements of the magazine and publishing industry, the emcee for the evening was SA celeb Katlego Maboe.
And the winners are...
Editorial Excellence
Columnist of the Year - Winner: Dan Nicholl for his column in Sports Illustrated (Media24)
Columnist of the Year - Highly Commended: Sam Growdon for "Fashion According to Sam", GraziaSA
Columnist of the Year - Highly Commended: Ian McNaught Davis for "Lump Sum of All Fears", Men's Health
Feature Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Winner: Nico van Burick for "Kongo se Niari-Vallei 'Praat met 'n Boer'", Landbou Weekblad (Media24)
Feature Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Highly Commended: Angus Powers for "To Hell & Back", Sports Illustrated
Feature Writer of the Year (Customer) - Winner: Judy van der Walt for "The Cheetah Diaries", Wild Magazine (TIP Publishing)
Feature Writer of the Year (B2B) - Winner: Liza Bohlmann for "Turn Comfort into Gold", The Diary Mail (Agri Connect)
Profile Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Winner: Erns Grundling for "Holy Roller", Weg! and Go! (Media24)
Profile Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Highly Commended: Elna van der Merwe for "Op 'n Skrywer se Spoor", Huisgenoot
Profile Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Highly Commended: Marida Fitzpatrick for "Onse Mimi", SARIE
Profile Writer of the Year (Customer) - Winner: Carryn-Ann Nel for "Die Onbekeerde Koos", Taalgenoot (ATKV)
Health & Wellness Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Winner: Gotlhokwang Angoma for "Do you see yourself as you really are?", Women's Health (Media24)
Health & Wellness Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Highly Commended: Janine Stephen for "The Transformers", Women's Health
Travel Writer of the Year - Winner: Toast Coetzer for "Zen and the Art of Dodging Donkeys", Weg! and Go!
Travel Writer of the Year - Highly Commended: Will Bendix for "Anarchy and A-Frames", ZigZag
Travel Writer of the Year - Highly Commended: Justin Fox for "In Search of the Impossible Five", Getaway
Non-professional Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Winner: Phindile Sithole-Spong for "HIV, Sex & me", ELLE
Non-professional Writer of the Year (Consumer) - Highly Commended: Nico Nel for "Nico Nel se Geheime Boerewors Resep", SARIE
Non-professional Writer of the Year (B2B) - Winner: Stewart Gibson for "Service Delivery Solutions for Water Services", Imiesa (3S Media)
Designer of the Year (Layout of the Year) - Winner: Clinton Jurgens for "Can you (really) break your penis?", Men's Health (Media24)
Designer of the Year (Layout of the Year) - Highly Commended: Mark Serra and the New Media Production team for "Pulling Strings", Woolworths Taste
Designer of the Year (Layout of the Year) - Highly Commended: Clinton Jurgens for "The Sum of a few fears", Men's Health
Designer of the Year (Layout of the Year) - Special Mention: MichELLE von Schlicht for "The Science Attraction", Women's Health
Photographer/Photo-journalist of the Year - Winner: Graham De Lacy for "Why God Made Teachers", Joburg Style
Photographer/Photo-journalist of the Year - Highly Commended: Jac Kritzinger for "Ready to rumble inside the African Wrestling Association", The Big Issue
Photographer/Photo-journalist of the Year - Highly Commended: Ross Garrett and Kendal Zoghby for "As time goes by", Woman & Home
Photographer/Photo-journalist of the Year - Special Mention: Alan van Gyse for "Through India", Zig Zag
Visual Production of the Year - Winner: Tina-Marié Malherbe & Christopher Evans for "A Sensual Season", Plascon Spaces, NMP
Visual Production of the Year- Highly Commended: Sean Laurenz and Robert Cilliers for "Your Perfect Summer", Men's Health
Customer Publishing Excellence
Retail and Consumer Goods - Winner: Fresh Living, John Brown Media
Retail and Consumer Goods - Highly Commended: Woolworths Taste, New Media
Leisure and Lifestyle - Winner: Equinox, Highbury Safika Media
Leisure and Lifestyle - Highly Commended: Mercedes Benz, New Media
Leisure and Lifestyle - Highly Commended: Privé, New Media