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2008 AWARDS – CALL FOR ENTRIES

July 2008

The Garden Media Guild (formerly Garden Writers' Guild) is inviting entries from authors, journalists, publishers, broadcasters and photographers for its 2008 Awards.

To be announced and presented at the Guild's annual Awards Lunch on November 20 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, the 19 garden media 'Oscars' will spotlight the highest standards of creative communications in books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, television, radio and digital media categories.

Three new Awards will recognise the year's best news story, best local radio broadcast and the best young gardener initiative.

Every new gardening article, book, programme, image, DVD and website published or broadcast since September 8, 2007 is eligible to win and entrants do not need to be members of the Guild. The closing date for all Award nominations is September 5, 2008 and entry forms can be found online at www.gardenmediaguild.co.uk.

Guild chairman, Valerie McBride-Munro said: "The Awards scheme celebrates the best in technical and creative gardening communications. We are pleased that we have a record number of Award categories this year with three additional Awards to extend the scheme to new specialisms.

"It is particularly gratifying to have the support of the RHS in launching the Young Gardener Initiative Award which will encourage the media to seek out and promote projects which develop and nurture horticultural talent within the educational system or wider community."

The full list of Awards for 2008 is:

BOOKS
Practical Book of the Year
Reference Book of the Year
Inspirational Book of the Year

PRESS
Newspaper of the Year
News Story of the Year
Magazine of the Year
Journalist of the Year
Practical Journalist of the Year
Trade Journalist of the Year

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer of the Year
Features Photographer of the Year
Single Image of the Year

BROADCASTING
Television Broadcast of the Year
Radio Broadcasts of the Year
(a) National Radio
(b) Local Radio

MULTIMEDIA
Environmental Award
New Writer Award
Digital Media Award
Young Gardener Initiative

A special accolade, the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, recognises outstanding achievement in the fields of horticultural writing, journalism, broadcasting, photography and lecturing. Past winners have included Fred Whitsey, Peter Seabrook, Rosemary Verey, Graham Stuart-Thomas, Christopher Lloyd, Beth Chatto, Penelope Hobhouse, Geoff Amos, Jerry Harpur, Roy Lancaster, Joy Larkcom, Alan Titchmarsh, David Hessayon, Geoffrey Smith and Ken Muir.

For further information, contact Gill Hinton of The Garden Media Guild at admin@gardenmediaguild.co.uk or on 01989 567393.

The Guild is also now taking bookings for its Awards Lunch which is one of the most popular events in the garden media calendar. Tickets cost £135 for a Champagne reception, three-course lunch with wine and afternoon tea and can be ordered online at www.gardenmediaguild.co.uk/awards/awardslunch.html.

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FURTHER PRESS INFORMATION: Simon Chapman
tel: 0118 940 3785; e-mail: awards@gardenmediaguild.co.uk

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Join the Guild

Anyone who makes a significant part of their income from communicating about gardening – in whatever form – can become a member of The Garden Media Guild and benefit from briefing days, publishing days, a bi-monthly newsletter, the Guild Year Book and reduced prices for Awards Lunch tickets.

Gardening and horticultural organisations and companies, PR companies and anyone related to the gardening and horticultural industry shouldn't feel excluded as they can become associate members.

The Guild's objectives are: to encourage, nurture and reward excellence in gardening communications, whether writing, photography, broadcasting or lecturing, across all media; to help members operate efficiently and profitably; to improve communication between members; and to improve liaisons between garden writers, photographers, publishers, broadcasters and the horticultural industry.