BSME Talent Awards 2026 shortlist
Shortlisted entries are listed in brand order.
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BEST SUBBING/PRODUCTION TEAM
Robert Banino, Holly Spanner, Tilda Howard - BBC Science Focus
Andrew Saxton, Nathalie Kernot - British GQ
Fabulous Subs Team: Claire Frost, Kirsty Spence, Danielle Woodward, Milcah Fajardo - Fabulous
Production team: Jon Squire, Lucy Brown, Naeemah Miah, Clementine Scott - Inside Housing, Social Housing, Inside Housing Management, Inside Housing Living
MOJO Subbing Team: Simon McEwen, Keith Cameron - Mojo
Saga Magazine subbing team: Jennie Buist Brown, Tracey Nightingale, Ceri Thomas - Saga Magazine
Jenny Tregoning, Steven Cowan - Stylist, Stylist.co.uk, Stylist Extra
Sheralyn Bone, Hannah Krol, Devon Marshall, Charlotte Gurr - The Pharmaceutical Journal
TV and Real Life Production Team: Andy Rollé, Joe Bridal, Emma Murphy, James McAuley, Polly Ledger, Ann Scanlon, Duncan Bolt, Richard Newson, Jo Embleton, Tom Hedley, Farhat Siddiqui, Mark Peters - TV Choice, Total TV Guide, Take a Break, That's Life!, That's Life! Monthly, Take a Break Monthly, That's Life! Crime Scene, Take a Break Fiction Feast, Take a Break Fate & Fortune
BEST SECTION EDITOR/TEAM - CONSUMER
Kelly Allen - Fabulous
Ali Pantony - GLAMOUR UK
Celebrity News Content Team: Jennifer Kyte, Katie Holloway, Georgia Trevitt, Millie Payne, Olivia Powell, Shereen Low, Sophie Cockerham, Samuel McManus - heat, Closer, Yours, Bella, Grazia
Lifestyle team: Michelle Darlow, Zoe Cripps, Laura Mulley, Faith Richardson, Grace Salmon, Lauren Gordon - Ok.co.uk, The Mirror, OK! Magazine, NEW! Magazine, S Mag, Notebook
Rachel Carlyle - Saga Magazine
Holly Bullock - Stylist
Hannah Keegan - Stylist Extra
Lauren Geall - Stylist.co.uk
Which? team supplements: Shefalee Loth, Jess Carson, Kate Carter, Megan Thomas, Daniella Delaney Mendes, Dave Greenfield - Which? Online, Which? magazine
BEST SECTION EDITOR/TEAM - B2B
Beau Jackson, Shauna Lewis - Campaign
Gurjit Degun, Charlotte Rawlings, Eszter Gurbicz - Campaign
Nat Barker - Dezeen
Harriet Fitch Little - FT Magazine
The Planning Insights team: Samantha Eckford, Carolyn Avery, Felicity McDonald,
Natasha Norris, Riya Spreadbury - Planning
Pulse news team: Anna Colivicchi, Maya Dhillon, Harry Hetherington - Pulse
David Stubbings - RAIL
Jennifer Richardson - The BMJ
The PIE News editorial team: Kim Martin, Polly Nash, Abhishek Nair, Nick Cuthbert, Hannah Merchant - The PIE News
BEST ART TEAM
British GQ Art Team: Kevin Fay, Mike Cathro - British GQ
Laura Sheppard, Geri Dempsey - Esquire
Glamour Art Team: Amelia Trevette, EIlidh Williamson, Ben Neale - GLAMOUR UK
Immediate Media food group design team: Rachel Bayly, Gillian McNeill, Gabby Harrington, Freddie Stewart,
Laurie Newman, Jordan Edmonds-Moore - Good Food, olive
Molly Saunders - H! Fashion
Vanessa Champion, Mike Payne - Journal of Biophilic Design
Design Team, National Geographic Traveller (UK): Becky Redman, Lauren Atkinson-Smith, Lauren Gamp, Kelly Markwell,
Dean Reynolds, Rosie Klein, Tully D'Souza, Ben Rowe, Aisha Nazar - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Kate Kusztal, Vas Kuchumova, Ariana Marrin-Cleal, Rosie Dean, Dan Wilkinson - Pitch - Modern Stories
Stylist Art Team: Jessica Andrews-Lockett, Chloe Sharp, Esme Marsh, Natalie Cooper, Cherry Fermor - Stylist
What on Earth! Magazine Art Team: Mark Hickling, Susanna Hickling, Espe Hickling, Dan Knight - What on Earth! Magazine
BEST PICTURE TEAM
Lily Watts - BBC Wildlife, BBC Science Focus, BBC Countryfile Magazine
Joanna Moran - Empire
Fabulous Picture Team: Alan Gittos, Jenny Hodges, Antoinette Cumberbatch, Ruth Greatrex - Fabulous
Glamour Picture Team: Amelia Trevette, Lauren Brown, Louisa Bryant - GLAMOUR UK
Aisha Nazar, Ben Rowe - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
British Vogue Visuals Team: Jamie Spence, Diana Eastman, Nicole Holcroft-Emmess - Vogue
BEST DESIGNER
Mike Cathro - British GQ
Ben Neale - GLAMOUR UK
Kelly Markwell - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Jordan Edmonds-Moore - olive magazine, Good Food
Steve Herbert-Mattick - RiDE, Classic Bike, Bike, Motorcycle News
Eleanor Bradley - Rugby Journal
Susanna Hickling - What on Earth! Magazine
OUTSTANDING PIECE OF DIGITAL ART & DESIGN
Kevin Fay, Mike Cathro - British GQ
Charlotte Gurr - The Pharmaceutical Journal
Niall Wilson - Vogue Business
BEST DEPUTY EDITOR - CONSUMER
Hanna Woodside - Grazia
Amanda Canning - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Jasmine Phillips - Ocadolife
Kirsty Tyler - Saga Magazine
Susanne Norris - Stylist
Tom Gormer - Stylist
Frances Ambler - The Simple Things
Alison Eldridge - What on Earth! Magazine
BEST DEPUTY EDITOR - B2B
John Geoghegan - Planning
John Morgan - Research Professional News
Mark Williams - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Kim Martin - The PIE News
BEST WRITER – HEALTH & WELLNESS
supported by Yakult
Hatty Willmoth - BBC Science Focus
Annabelle Collins - Health Service Journal
Zoe Tidman - Health Service Journal
Ally Head - Marie Claire
Shefalee Loth - Which? magazine
BEST WRITER – NEWS
Samuel McManus - Bella, Closer, Yours, heat, Heatworld.com, Grazia, Grazia Daily
Molly Bowcott - C+D
Pippa Neill - ENDS Report
Kimberley Hackett - GPonline
Nick Bostock - GPonline
Alex King - Planning
Anna Colivicchi - Pulse
BEST WRITER – SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Tom Howarth - BBC Science Focus
Bill Goodwin - Computer Weekly
Michael Le Page - New Scientist
Frances Jones - Research Professional News
BEST WRITER – SPECIALIST CONSUMER
Nessa Humayun - Marie Claire
Charlotte Wigram-Evans - National Geographic Traveller (UK), National Geographic Traveller (UK) Collection
James Price - Rugby Journal
Charlotte Bitmead - Stylist, Stylist.co.uk
Michael Passingham - Which? magazine
BEST WRITER – FEATURES
Oliver Franklin-Wallis - British GQ
Alex Godfrey - Empire
Henry Wong - Esquire, esquire.co.uk
Nikki Peach - Grazia, Grazia Daily
Tania Leslau - H! Fashion
Mischa Anouk Smith - Marie Claire
Farida Zeynalova - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Amy Beecham - Stylist, Stylist.co.uk
Olivia Petter - The Independent
BEST WRITER – SPECIALIST B2B
Jane Englefield - Dezeen
Emma Finamore - Drapers
Tess Colley - ENDS Report
James Riding - Inside Housing
Katharine Swindells - Inside Housing
Anna Highfield - Inside Housing Management
Mark Williams - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Abhishek Nair - The PIE News
Bella Webb - Vogue Business
BEST NEW WRITER
Rebecca Dolan - British GQ
Charlotte Rawlings - Campaign
Evie Nichols - Live for the Outdoors
Lucie Rhodes - Motability Lifestyle Magazine
Harry Hetherington - Pulse
Scott Duke-Giles - Rugby Journal
Soraya Gaied Chortane - Stylist.co.uk, Stylist, Stylist Extra
Emily Warner - The Pharmacist
BEST NEWSLETTER
Ben Allen, Murray Clark - British GQ
Berkok Yüksel, Karlina Valeiko - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Phillipa Cherryson - Saga Magazine
The Guardian Filter: Monica Horridge, Lily Smith, Emily Goddard, Ella Jinadu - The Guardian Filter
Jenny Ross, Sam Richardson - Which? Money
BEST PODCAST - B2B
Nana Ofori-Atta - C+D
Campaign: Lucy Shelley, Jude Owen - Campaign
Boy Wasted: Tess Colley, Pippa Neill, Jamie Carpenter, Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor, Adnan Khan, Jarek Zaba - ENDS Report
HSJ Health Check: Annabelle Collins, Seb Drew - Health Service Journal
Inside Housing Management: Anna Highfield, Kath Swindells, Lucy Brown - Inside Housing Management
MIMS Learning editorial team: Pat Anderson, Rhiannon Ashman, Sangeeta Krishnan, Dawn Powell, Hayley Taylor - MIMS Learning
Planning podcast team: John Geoghegan, Joey Gardiner, Samantha Eckford, Alex King, Toby Porter, David Dewar, Natasha Norris - Planning
The Pharmaceutical Journal: Alex Clabburn, Caitlin Killen, Katherine Sole, Dawn Connelly, Geoff Marsh: The Pharmaceutical Journal
Third Sector podcast team: Lucinda Rouse, Nav Pal, Ollie Peart, David Robinson - Third Sector
BEST PODCAST - CONSUMER
Ghislain Pascal - BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!
Samuel Goldsmith, Brittany Collie, Samuel Leale-Green - Good Food
Experience is Everything brought to you by Saga: Louise Robinson, Kate Randall, Kirsty Tyler - Saga Magazine
The Weekend Intelligence: Barclay Bram, Georgia Banjo, Gemma Newby, Hannah Varrall, Imogen Serwotka, Nicolas Raufast, Rosie Blau - The Weekend Intelligence
Just Buy This: James Rowe, Paul Lester, Rob Lilley-Jones - Which? video
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Robyn Eugene - GLAMOUR UK
Good Health by Good Food: Natalie Hardwick, Emma Hartfield, Lily Barclay, Isabella Keeling, Melissa Kuman - Good Food
Grazia's Instagram re-design: Rebecca Holman, Jada Walters, Carolyn Roberts, Kristine Romano, Hattie Brett - Grazia Daily, Grazia
Charlotte King - Motorcycle News
Design & Digital Teams: Berkok Yüksel, Karlina Valeiko, Lena Müller, Becky Redman, Tully D'Souza, Kelly Markwell - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Elli Weir - Stylist
BEST VIDEO PRODUCER/TEAM
Dezeen Studio: Oliver Manzi, Sonia Singh, Amina Amber, Francesca Tesler, Simon Volt, Vivian Fan - Dezeen
Harry Stainer - Empire
Charlotte Warwick - GLAMOUR UK
Food Group Video: Rachel Gunter, Natalie Hardwick, Anna Glover, René Lorraine, Oliver Bentley-Jones, Sophia Miller, Helena Busiakiewicz - Good Food
David Stock, Obomate Briggs, Isabel Baldwin - New Scientist
Video team: Joshua Reeves, Lucia Ariano, Emma Gray, Erica McKoy, James Rowe, Kat Cereda, Matthew Harms, Oliver Auguste, Rob Lilley-Jones - Which? video
UNSUNG HERO
Philippa Swanborough - Bauer Media
Melanie Falconer - Haymarket Business Content Labs
Rebecca Norris - Saga Magazine
BEST CAMPAIGN
MIMS Learning Editorial Team: Pat Anderson, Rhiannon Ashman, Sangeeta Krishnan, Hayley Taylor, Dawn Powell - MIMS Learning
Berkok Yüksel, Karlina Valeiko, Amanda Canning - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Scams Editorial: Lauren Deitz, Poppy Gaunt, Tali Ramsey, Chiara Cavaglieri, Faye Lipson - Which? magazine
THE READLY AWARD
Supported by Readly
Natalie Bass - Good Food - “5 of the Best Gadgets for Gifting”
Tracey Schaverien - HELLO! - “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
Pete Paphides - Radio Times - “Close to Home”
Craig Grannell - Stuff - “Tips + Tricks iCloud”
Jon Bentley - T3 - “Innovation or indulgence?”
Winners will be announced on Wednesday 13 May 2026. The event will be hosted at a reception ceremony and party at Quaglino’s in St James’s, London.
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