Guests from all sectors of the magazine industry, gathered at Emperors Palace on Thursday evening, 14 November 2013, for the annual “Magazine Oscars” – PICA Awards of 2013, hosted by MPASA. You can view last years winners and evening details, right here. For this years feedback report, I’m not going to be including the pages … Continue reading
South African magazine industry getting ready for 2013 MPASA PICA Awards The Who’s who and the crème de la crème of the South African magazine industry is getting ready for one of the annual highlights on the calendar, with the “Oscars” of SA magazine publishing taking placetomorrow night [Thursday, 14 November 2013]. The MPASA PICA Awards, … Continue reading
Final chance to secure your booking for this year’s prestigious MPASA PICA Awards on 14 November 2013 Interested parties have until Thursday, 31 October 2013 to secure their attendance at the prestigious 2013 MPASA PICA Awards, known as the “Oscars” of the South African magazine industry, whereafter no further bookings will be accepted. The PICA Awards are … Continue reading
2012 MPASA PICA AWARDS CATEGORY WINNER EXPLAINS WHAT MAKES FOR A GREAT FEATURE ARTICLE After TIP Africa Publishing’s Wild magazine walked away with the prestigious Feature Writer of the Year (Customer) award for Judy van der Walt’s The Cheetah Diaries at last year’s PICA Awards, deputy editor Magriet Kruger (pictured above) and Van der Walt explain what they believe … Continue reading
Bookings now open for prestigious 2013 MPASA PICA Awards on 14 November (closing date for bookings: 25 October 2013) Bookings for the prestigious 2013 MPASA PICA Awards, known as the “Oscars” of the South African magazine industry, are now open and interested parties have until 25 October to secure their attendance at this year’s event. Conveniently … Continue reading
MPASA PICA AWARDS WINNER MEN’S HEALTH REVEALS SOME SECRETS ON HOW TO PRODUCE A WINNING DESIGN AND LAYOUT After dominating the Designer of the Year category at the 2012 MPASA PICA Awards, Men’s Health magazine reveals some secrets on how to produce an award winning design for a feature article. After winning the category in 2012 with “Can you … Continue reading
Press release: Cutoff date for 2013 MPASA PICA Awards has been extended to 11 September 2013 after numerous requests. Melony Boucher, PICA Project Manager, says: “I’m in awe of the standard of excellence that’s been set by the entries we’ve already received, and grateful not to be a judge as the task that lies before them is … Continue reading
If you’re the publisher of a title for the “Youth Market” (Children’s and/or Teen’s magazines), then take note that the MPASA has introduced a new category for this years PICA Awards! (For all general PICA Information for 2013, you can find it all here). Find all the details below: NEW CATEGORY – ANOTHER FIRST FOR … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again! TIME TO ENTER YOUR TITLES FOR THE ANNUAL MPASA PICA AWARDS! And you will be able to get all the latest PICA Awards details, info and press releases, right here on my blog! Either just click on the PICA Awards button on the homepage, and you’ll get all … Continue reading
Last night, Thursday 15 November, publishers, editors, journalists, art director and people from all circles of the Magazine industry got together for the annual PICA Awards, where MPASA celebrates all of the great work that is done in the magazine and publishing industry, that sometimes goes unrecognized. This years PICA Awards was held at the … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: The PICA awards allow us time to reflect on the year that has passed: to assess and celebrate the achievement of our peers in the magazine publishing arena. There is no question that the media landscape is changing: however, you would need to look far and wide to find more vibrant, creative and … Continue reading
The 48 judges and 4 chief judges recently finished wading their way through all the thrilling entries, and behind the scene, the PICA team is busy preparing for this year’s PICA Awards Gala dinner. This premier event will take place at the Las Vegas of Africa, the extraordinary and timeless Emperors Palace, on the 15th … Continue reading
That’s right, only 1 day left for magazines to get their entries to the PICA offices. All entries have to be received by tomorrow 12:00pm. So if you haven’t started with your entries yet, it might be too late. But for those that have been slaving away getting all your entries ready, and sent in … Continue reading
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