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Vote Big Issue to support us in the PPA Scotland Magazine Awards

Help us win the Cover of the Year gong for our brilliant Ralph Steadman-designed Boris Johnson cover while our editor Paul McNamee and art director Ross Lesley-Bayne are also up for awards

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The Big Issue is up for a whole host of awards at the PPA Scotland Magazine Awards – and you can vote help us come out on top in the Cover of the Year category.

Our incredible team-up with iconic political artist and satirist Ralph Steadman for our “Fear and Proroguing” Boris Johnson cover has been nominated for that particular gong, which will be decided in a public vote.

Vote for The Big Issue to win Cover of the Year here!

Additionally, Big Issue editor Paul McNamee is nominated in Editor of the Year – Consumer Magazines category, and our art director Ross Lesley-Bayne is up for the Designer of the Year prize.

We are also in the running for the Consumer Magazine of the Year, with a 16-strong judging panel making the decisions. The winners will be announced at a glamorous awards ceremony at Edinburgh’s The Hub on November 28.

Cast your vote for The Big Issue here before November 17 and tell your friends and family (and pets) to get voting too – it’s the most important vote you’ll participate in before the end of 2019 (possibly).

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