The Scottish Magazine Awards reward outstanding companies and individuals in the following categories (click here to see the 2009 shortlist):

  • Best Magazine Design: Business and Professional
  • Best Magazine Design: Consumer 
  • Brand Development of the Year
  • Best Online Magazine or Presence
  • Sales Performance of the Year
  • Editor of the Year: Business and Professional  
  • Feature Writer of the Year: Business and Professional
  • Editor of the Year: Consumer  
  • Feature Writer of the Year: Consumer  
  • Columnist of the Year
  • Publisher of the Year
  • Best Small Publishing Company Magazine
  • Member Magazine of the Year
  • Staff Magazine of the Year
  • Business and Professional Magazine of the Year
  • Customer Magazine of the Year
  • Consumer Magazine of the Year
  • Scottish Magazine of the Year (chosen by judges from other relevant category entries above)