PICA AWARD FOR CLASSICFEEL

CLASSICFEEL wins a coveted PICA Award.

CLASSICFEEL Magazine is very proud to be the recipient of the 2009 PICA Award for Best Magazine Cover.

The arts and culture magazine beat 29 other popular and highly acclaimed publications to take this much-coveted prize, which was judged mainly on the effectiveness of the cover on a newsstand, and the role the cover played in increasing circulation for the month in question. The strength of the content of the cover story in relation to the cover itself was also assessed.

The PICA Awards are the most prestigious awards in South Africa's magazine publishing industry, aimed at recognising excellence in publishing and journalism and, considering the overall strength of the many publications that enter every year, the prize is truly a feather in CLASSICFEEL's cap.

It was CLASSICFEEL's May 2009 issue, adorned with a striking portrait of Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer, that won the award.
The PICA nod was a crowning achievement for an issue that was already very special. CLASSICFEEL Editor in Chief Lore Watterson said: “This was always going to be a wonderful issue considering the rare and exclusive interview granted to us by Nadine Gordimer. Both with the striking cover and the groundbreaking story that it represented, it marked a vital turning point in CLASSICFEEL's development as South Africa's prime arts and culture magazine. Winning the PICA was a much-appreciated recognition of our hard work in shaping the CLASSICFEEL brand, and a true honour.”