The winners have been announced for Cambridge Building Society’s Village & Community Magazine Awards 2007, at a special award ceremony held for all entrants. They were picked as the best from a total entry of 48 magazines and newsletters from all over the region, 10 of which entered for the first time this year.


Stephen Mitcham is joined by the 2007 award winners and judge Chris Elliott.

The winners in the two categories were as follows:

Award Winners

Small Community
Winner	The Orwell Bulletin	Highly Commended	Meldreth Matters
Runner Up	Great Staughton and Perry Life
Large Community
Winner	Melbourn Magazine	Highly Commended	Spectrum
Runner Up	Sawston Scene	Highly Commended	The Villager

Other Awards

Most Improved	Fen Drayton Magazine
Most Promising Newcomers	Ashdon Village Magazine
	Haverhill Life
Special Judges Award	Network

The winning magazines each received a £500 cash prize, a winner’s trophy, and will be able to use the award winner’s logo in their magazine. A second prize of £250 and a trophy was presented to each runner up. The ‘Most Improved Magazine’ and the ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ each received a trophy. All three of the ‘Highly Commended’ publications and the Judges Special Award received a certificate.

The final presentation was a special donation to celebrate our 10th awards and was donated not to a magazine, but to a local charity who we know supports many of the magazines. Burwell Community Print.

Commenting on the awards, Stephen Mitcham, Chief Executive, said:

“This is the tenth year that Cambridge Building Society has arranged and hosted these awards. Once again this year the judges have commented on the very high standards of editorial content and production.
We are especially pleased to have attracted a number of new entries this year, and for the first time we have made a special judges award’.”