BSME Awards 2026 shortlist
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Shortlisted entries are listed in brand order. See graphic version.
Editor of the Year - Branded Content
Jessica Way, Dream Escape Magazine
Andy Morris, easyJet Traveller
Lucy Ryan, English Heritage
Bonnie McCracken, Microsoft Signal Magazine
Ashley Stewart-Noble, Modus
Tom Howard, The Garden
Lydia Polzer, Wings
Editor of the Year - Culture
Dan Crowe, PORT Magazine
Shem Law, Radio Times
Mike Williams, Sight & Sound
Editor of the Year - Current Affairs & Politics
Marcus Webb and Rob Orchard, Delayed Gratification
Tom McTague, New Statesman
Jonathan Beckman, The Economist's 1843
Graham Snowdon, The Guardian Weekly
Editor of the Year - B2B
Emily Booth, AJ (Architects’ Journal)
Maisie McCabe, Campaign
Bryan Glick, Computer Weekly
Jamie Carpenter, ENDS Report
Ashley Stewart-Noble, Modus
Dickon Ross, RAIL
Silvia Pavoni, The Banker
Adam Leyland, The Grocer
Beth Kennedy, The PIE News
Editor of the Year - Weeklies and Bi-weeklies
Katie Banks, Closer
Katie Jones, Farmers Guardian
Caroline Robb, heat
Lauren Cumming, Take a Break
Gary Gillatt, TV Choice, Total TV Guide
Georgina Ventre, Yours Magazine
Editor of the Year - Homes, Gardens & Country
Mark Hedges, Country Life
Stephanie Mahon, Gardens Illustrated
Tom Howard, The Garden
Editor of the Year - Independent
Supported by Bob Bob Ricard City
Jessica Way, British Travel Journal
Marcus Webb, Rob Orchard, Delayed Gratification
Roxy Bourdillon, DIVA magazine
Dan Crowe, Inque Magazine
David McKendrick, Paperboy Magazine
Dan Crowe, PORT Magazine
Tom Pattinson, Positive News
Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine
Dan Jolin, Senet
Sara Ward, Slimming World Magazine
Editor of the Year - Men’s & Women’s
Jane Bruton, Good Housekeeping
Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine
Richard Dennen, Tatler
Jackie Annesley, You Magazine
Editor of the Year - Motoring
David Simister, Classic Car Weekly
Ginny Buckley, Electrifying.com
David Lillywhite, Magneto
Matt Wildee, RiDE
Editor of the Year - Newspaper Magazine
Supported by Gould
Sinead McIntyre, Fabulous
Merope Mills, Guardian Saturday Magazine
Jonathan Beckman, The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Martin Hemming, The Sunday Times Magazine
Laura Atkinson, The Sunday Times Style
Nicola Jeal, The Times Magazine
Jackie Annesley, You Magazine
Editor of the Year - Specialist
Supported by Warners Circulation Solutions
Nick de Semlyen, Empire
Andrew Van Sickle, MoneyWeek
Catherine de Lange, New Scientist
Janine Ratcliffe, olive magazine
Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine
Sara Ward, Slimming World Magazine
Harry Rose, Which? magazine
Jenny Ross, Which? Money
Editor of the Year - Travel
Jessica Way, British Travel Journal
Divia Thani, Condé Nast Traveller
Rory Boland, Which? Travel
Editor of the Year - Youth
Freya Hardy, AQUILA Children's Magazine
Claire Norman, Girl Talk
Bonita Turner, Junior Magazine
Andrew Pettie, What on Earth! Magazine
New Editor of the Year
Megan Ford, Nursing in Practice
Rachel Walker, TasteBound Magazine
Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Director of the Year
Supported by marfeel
Cliff Joannou, Attitude, Rolling Stone UK
Teo van den Broeke, Esquire, esquire.co.uk
Jessica Way, Great West Way Travel Magazine, British Travel Journal, Dream Escape Magazine, The Handle
Maria Pieri, National Geographic Traveller (UK), National Geographic Traveller (UK) Collection, National Geographic Traveller (UK) Masterclasses, National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography Competition, Living360
Dan Crowe, PORT Magazine
Tom Howard, Royal Horticultural Society
Alix Walker, Stylist
Adrian Barrick, The Banker
Art Director of the Year - B2B
Paul Frost, Campaign
Chris Barker, ENDS Report
David Robinson, Haymarket Studio - Market Reports
Rob Hearn, Modus
Emma Austin, Planning
Art Director of the Year - Consumer
Jonathan Sargent, Bella, Yours Magazine, Crime Monthly, Yours Retro
Karen Nunn, Classic Cars, CAR, Classic Car Weekly, Practical Classics
Chris Lupton, Empire
David Grenham, Gardens Illustrated
Marion Reilly, Good Housekeeping
Ryan Wills, New Scientist
Jessica Andrews-Lockett, Stylist
Andrew Stocks, The Guardian Weekly
Mark Hickling, What on Earth! Magazine
Natasha Tomalin-Hall, You Magazine
Art Director of the Year - Branded Content
Stephanie Atkinson, C&IT (Conference & Incentive Travel)
Samantha Scott, easyJet Traveller
Rob Hearn, English Heritage
Christian Tate, Microsoft Signal Magazine
Rob Hearn, Modus
Kay Emery, Ocadolife
Mark Timothy, The Garden
Art Director of the Year - Newspaper supplements
Mark Hayman, Fabulous
Maggie Murphy, Guardian Saturday Magazine
Daniel Biddulph, The Sunday Times Magazine
Mark Evans, TV Mag
Art Director of the Year - Independent
Richard Burn, Attitude, Rolling Stone UK
Peter Allen, Magneto
Becky Redman, National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Ed Seymour, PORT Magazine
Mark Hickling, What on Earth! Magazine
Columnist of the Year - Specialist
Cliff Saran, Computer Weekly
Helen Edwards, Marketing Week
Helen Thomson, New Scientist
Christian Wolmar, RAIL
Anne Robinson, Saga Magazine
Helen Salisbury, The BMJ
Columnist of the Year - Consumer
Sponsored by Readly UK
Lauren Laverne, Good Housekeeping
Annalisa Barbieri, Guardian Saturday Magazine
Matt Rudd, The Sunday Times Magazine
Launch of the Year
Supported by Rosewood London
Cliff Joannou, Attitude Uncut
Catherine de Lange, Helen Thomson, Emily Bird, Change Your Mind with New Scientist
Louise Robinson, Experience is Everything podcast by Saga
Tim Lusher, Guardian Food Quarterly
James Riding, Inside Housing Living
Lucy Halfhead, Perspectives
Bill Prince, Wallpaper* Travel Guide
The DEI Leadership Award
Cliff Joannou, Attitude
Sophie-Marie Odum, Motability Lifestyle Magazine
Cover of the Year - B2B
Claire Cormack, Computer Weekly, “HMRC is watching”
Aubrey Smith, Jenny Roper, Work. (for the CIPD), “The future of work is manual. Discuss”
Cover of the Year - Consumer
Pete Winterbottom, Condé Nast Traveller, “Into the blue”
Chris Lupton, Empire, “Mandalorian & Grogu subscriber cover”
Maggie Murphy, Guardian Saturday Magazine, “Back in bed with Tracey Emin”
Holly Bulbrook, Ilana Harris, Motability Lifestyle Magazine, “The joy of the great outdoors”
Ryan Wills, New Scientist, “The New Rules of Ageing”
Erica Weathers, New Statesman, “Northern Conquest”
Erica Weathers, New Statesman, “The Race”
Matt Curtis, PORT Magazine, “Kate Winslet”
Alix Walker, Stylist, “Simone Biles”
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, “Extract The Juice”
Andrew Stocks, The Guardian Weekly, “Blocked!”
Andrew Stocks, The Guardian Weekly, “The Squeeze”
Daniel Biddulph, The Sunday Times Magazine, “Being Gazza: Inside the restless mind of a football genius”
Steven Corbett, Mark Evans, TV Mag, “Big Deal”
Bill Prince, Wallpaper*, “Design Awards”
Natasha Tomalin-Hall, You Magazine, “Post Office Scandal”
Cover of the Year - Independent
Cliff Joannou, Attitude, “Alan Cumming on Tip Toe, the brutal new drama from Russell T Davies”
John L. Walters, Eye Magazine, “Eye 110”
Becky Redman, National Geographic Traveller (UK), “Japan”
David McKendrick, Paperboy Magazine, “The Scottish Issue”
Matt Curtis, PORT Magazine, “Kate Winslet”
Cliff Joannou, Rolling Stone UK, “DANNY DYER - Silencing crticis hoping for a Great British reset and intense new one-hander, One Last Deal”
Mark Hickling, What on Earth! Magazine, “Can You See Me?”
Kathryn Armstrong, Yorkshire Life, “Wild about Wuthering Heights”
Editors’ Editor of the Year
Ian Farrell, Circular
Louise Parfitt, EDGE
Kenya Hunt, ELLE UK
Sean Boyle, EMJ
Donna Sharpe, Flood Industry Magazine
Max Baker, Kew Magazine
Amy Bennett, Quality World
Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine
Nicola Jeal, The Times Magazine
Bill Prince, Wallpaper*
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