Magazine covers of the year: November

The tree is up, the Christmas music is playing, and we’re powering on through to Christmas Eve. (Incidentally, if you still need to buy presents, we can help you out with our email gift cards. Check the details to pick the subscription that’s right for your nearest and dearest.)

But I’m getting distracted. Friday’s vote was another incredibly close contest, but in the end Mood magazine won it by just one vote. Art directors take note: putting a pie on the cover is powerful stuff, inducing denial…

@StackMagazines ill go for @moodmusicfood! despite what you might think i am not doing it for the pie! it is an excelent desing #cover2014

— Andres Larrazabal (@andrslarrazabal) December 19, 2014

…lust…

@StackMagazines Yep. I'm voting @MOODmusicfood because I haven't had breakfast today and I'mreallyhungrycanIhavethatpieplease. #cover2014

— Alex Vissaridis (@vizzee) December 19, 2014

…and abstraction…

@stackmagazines I vote for the brilliant abstract pie face of Mood #cover2014

— jakob rosenbak (@jakobrosenbak) December 19, 2014

But my favourite pie vote of them all was from Purples, who gets straight to the point of getting to the point. Good work Purples – I’ll be in touch today to organise your free subscription.

@StackMagazines I love how Mood just gets straight to the point, a pie, what else do you need on a cover? #cover2014

— purples (@ieatmidnight) December 19, 2014

Would you like to win like Purples? Well you can. Take a look at the covers below, pick your favourite and tweet it with the hashtag #cover2014 before midnight tonight. We’ll count the votes up and will announce the winner first thing tomorrow morning.

Fresh out of Latvia, @benjiknewman is a brilliant piece of enigmatic publishing. But who exactly is Benji Knewman? Check our behind the scenes interview on the Stack blog this morning for the bizarre back story…

A photo posted by Steven Watson (@stackmagazines) on Nov 11, 2014 at 12:50am PST

Ink on headlines is just so 20th century. After Monday's picture of the embossed white cover on Kiblind, today we have the debossed loveliness of @anewtypeofimprint – a magazine to celebrate Norway's creative community.

A photo posted by Steven Watson (@stackmagazines) on Nov 11, 2014 at 1:12am PST

"A celebration of food and ideas", @eatdrinktoast explores modern British food culture.

A photo posted by Steven Watson (@stackmagazines) on Nov 11, 2014 at 12:46am PST

Have you chosen a favourite? Tweet your vote to @stackmagazines with the hashtag #cover2014 and you could win a year of independent magazines in 2015.

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