The winners of the Best paper and reviewer awards for Journal of Service Theory and Practice for the year 2015 have now been determined. Thank you very much for your contribution to the evaluation process. We very much appreciate your effort in submitting nominations.

We are delighted to announce the following winners. Please join me in congratulating them for their excellent contributions to the journal as authors and reviewers. They are copied on this message.

Outstanding Paper of the Year Award

Jennifer Chandler, Steven Chen: Prosumer motivations in service experiences (Issue 2)

Highly Commended paper awards (in no particular order)

Tor W. Andreassen, Line Lervik-Olsen, and Giulia Calabretta: Trend spotting and service innovation (Issue 1)

Carolin Plewa, Jillian Sweeney, and David Michayluk: Determining value in a complex service setting (Issue 5)

Simon J. Pervan and Liliana L. Bove: Stigmatized service workers in crisis: Mitigating the effects of negative media (Issue 5)

Best Reviewer Awards

Dr Christopher Breidbach, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Jonas Holmqvist, Kedge Business School, Bordeaux, France

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