SWUG Newspaper Awards 2012
The team from North Richmond celebrate their double shield-winning performance in 2011 (l-r) Matt Kent, Michael Vankka, Sean Tait and Lon Moore.
Bob Lockley, SWUG president (left) and Anthony Payne (right) congratulate Mike Horler from Horton Media NZ on winning the award for best coldset commercial publication in 2011.
Anthony Payne (right) presented the runners-up prize in the Best Overall Print Quality category to Mark Dewar and Ray Dow of Davies Bros.
Leo Duncan (right) from the Examiner Print Centre in Launceston was pleased to be highly commended in the Best Overall Print Quality category.
Tony Krome and Kevin Barrett from Mandurah, WA, collected the highly commended prize in the Best Overall Four Colour Newspaper category.
Entries are now open for the 2012 SWUG Newspaper Awards recognising excellence in newspaper production in Australia and New Zealand.
This year, for the first time, a new category has been added allowing double width press users to enter the awards as well.
For full information on how to enter the awards, please read the Conditions of Entry.
Submit your entries by the closing date, 25th February 2012, with the completed entry form available here.
The award winners will be announced at the gala night dinner held during the 2012 SWUG conference.
SWUG Awards 2011
The winning entries in the 2011 SWUG Awards, including publication title and the print site, were as follows:
Best overall print quality
Highly commended: The Advocate, Examiner Print Centre (Goss Community)
Runner-up: Australian Financial Review, Davies Brothers (KBA Comet)
Winner of the Art Roller Shield: Illawarra Mercury, North Richmond (manroland Uniset 70)
Best overall four colour newspaper
Highly commended: Australian Financial Review, Mandurah (manroland Uniset)
Runner-up: Shepparton News, Newsprinters (Goss Community)
Winner of the Coates Australia Shield: The Land, North Richmond (manroland Uniset 70)
Best coldset commercial publication
Highly commended: Riverine Herald Real Estate, Newsprinters (Goss Community)
Runner-up: The Eagle Summer 2010, Print Leader Tamworth (Goss Community)
Winner of the Flint Ink shield: NZ Aviation, Horton Media NZ (Goss Community)
Paul Kelly and Angelo Cirillo from Newsprinters Shepparton were runners-up and highly commended in two categories.
Anthony Payne (left) presented the runners-up prize in the Best Coldset Commercial Publication to the Tamworth team (l-r) Dave Hedges, Steve McDougall and Terry Skews.