it's official - we're Britain's best music zine!

Yes! Beard has triumphed at the EMAP Fanzine Awards 2005, winning best music zine category. Whoop whoop!
Congrats to runners up Satan's Fish Tank and everyone else I drunkenly chatted with.
They've yet to post the pics, but here's all the info about the winners. I love the made up quote they've attributed to me. Hilarious!

A couple of news items about the win:

Scottish Music Centre

Nemis

Not from the awards, but here's one of Beard's indie celebrity readers:



And in further awards news, Beard snapper Kieran Dodds is up for young photographer of the year! Well done that man. I particularly like the scones...