Front cover vote 2024
Attention-grabbing covers can spark conversations, be a piece of art, or simply capture a moment or theme that makes the reader want to discover more. This award celebrates standout front covers from 2023 that were simply unmissable by creating a magical magazine moment. Our judges have whittled it down, now it’s your turn to have your say.
Cover of the Year
Architects' Journal,
emap
About the cover:
AJ’s Power Out of Restriction cover packs a bold, bright punch. It signals a landmark issue of the AJ guest edited by POoR Collective, a socially-minded design group focused on getting young people’s voices – so often restricted – heard loud and clear. It’s a call to empower. It’s powerful.
Britannica's What on Earth! Magazine, What on Earth Magazines
About the cover:
This dramatic and beautiful cover catches the reader's attention and refuses to let it go. Just like an encounter with a real-life tiger…
Empire,
Bauer Media Group
About the cover:
Empire's glow-in-the-dark collectible Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire covers. Featuring a brand-new photoshoot with the stars of the movie, split across two covers and enhanced by ghosts added by the film's VFX team. Infused with special glow-in-the-dark ink to make it a spooky print spectacular that has to be seen to be believed.
GLAMOUR UK,
Condé Nast
About the cover:
As a women’s empowerment, digital-only title, GLAMOUR’s decision to celebrate a pregnant transgender man, author Logan Brown, on our Pride June 2023 cover showcases the meaningful allyship that can exist between women and transgender men when it comes to navigating pregnancy, childbirth and reproductive healthcare.
New Scientist,
Harmsworth Media
About the cover:
A cover to deliver the serious and scary subject of AI, and how it is changing our lives, in an approachable and appealing way. Our AI ‘robot’ and his friend have made repeat appearances on the cover as our own relationship with AI deepens.
Radio Times,
Immediate
About the cover:
When Deborah passed away, at just 40, we lost a bubbly, brilliant young woman. But the joy she gave us remains - in every podcast episode that gave hope, every penny towards a cure and every person touched by this glorious woman. We couldn’t not put her on the cover.
Saga Magazine,
Saga
About the cover:
When we knew our February issue would feature Prue Leith, we had to go bright and maximalist. Her style is all about being more fabulous in her 80s than ever before. This cover provided readers with a riot of colour, a perfect antidote to the winter blues.
The Garden,
The Royal Horticultural Society
About the cover:
Solitary wasps, unsung heroes of climate-friendly gardening, as you've never seen them before.
Women's Health,
Hearst UK
About the cover:
Women's Health's shot Amy Dowden during her cancer battle, with the star bravely posing without a headscarf or wig. The cover made an extraordinary impact, achieving record-breaking PR, an impressive newsstand lift, but more importantly, it had a significant societal influence highlighting the reality of fighting such a devastating disease.