For 2013, a best
cookbook category sponsored by 1010 Printing Group will be added to the PANZ
Book Design Awards. “The support of 1010 Printing allows us to add a category
for food and wine books which we have wanted to do for some time,” says PANZ
councillor for the awards Sam Elworthy. “Given the strength of the category in
our publishing, it is great to recognise this with the 1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook.”
PANZ
is also pleased to announce that the shipping and freight company Oceanbridge,
which generously supported New Zealand’s Guest of Honour year at the Frankfurt
Book Fair, will now be a major sponsor of the design awards and principle
sponsor of the Book Design Workshop. Geared towards publishers and designers
alike, the workshop will be held on 19 July, the morning following awards
night.
Sam Elworthy comments, “The
Book Design Workshop began last year and was very well received by designers,
production managers and publishers, so it’s great to have the great Oceanbridge
team back this workshop with their sponsorship and expertise.”
Established categories in the
PANZ Book Design Awards are the Random House New Zealand Award for Best
Illustrated Book, the Hachette New Zealand Award for Best Non-illustrated Book,
Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's Book, Pearson Award for Best
Educational Book, HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover and the Mary
Egan Award for Best Typography.
The Gerard Reid Award for Best
Book, sponsored by Nielsen Book Services, will be chosen from the winners of
these seven categories.
A stand-alone award, the PANZ
Young Designer of the Year, will also be presented at the event to be held in
Auckland on 18 July. For this award, designers under the age of 35 submit a
small portfolio of their work.
Special attention has been
given to the judging format to ensure the judging process is fair and
transparent for all the awards made. As of this year there will be four judges
to cover all entries, and in line with a strict set of rules, judges who have a
conflict of interest in any particular category will remain silent and will not
submit a score for the book in conflict. Scores will then be based on their
average.
The final polish for the
refreshed PANZ Book Design Awards is a new logo – created by top graphic and
book designer Gideon Keith, Creative Partner at Strategy Design and
Advertising.
The PANZ Book Design Awards are
now open for entries, with a closing date of Friday 12 April 2013.
Contact Sophia Broom for details - sophia@publishers.org.nz
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