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Today’s shortlist celebrates the editors doing exceptional work across men’s & women’s publishing.

A huge congratulations to everyone shortlisted:
Jane Bruton - Good Housekeeping UK
Louise Robinson - Saga Magazine
Richard Dennen - Tatler
Jackie Annesley - YOU Magazine

Next up in our shortlist announcements: Editor of the Year - Independent, celebrating standout editorial leadership.

Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted nominees:
Jessica Way - British Travel Journal
Marcus Webb, Rob Orchard - Delayed Gratification magazine
Roxy Bourdillon - DIVA Magazine UK
- INQUE Editions
David McKendrick Studio - PAPERBOY MAGAZINE
- Port Magazine
Tom Pattinson - Positive News
Louise Robinson - Saga Magazine
Dan Jolin - Senet Magazine
Sara Ward - Slimming World

Today’s shortlist celebrates the editors doing exceptional work across homes, gardens & country publishing.

Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist:

Mark Hedges - Country Life Magazine
Stephanie Mahon - Gardens Illustrated
Tom Howard - The RHS

We’re continuing our shortlist announcements with Editor of the Year - B2B - recognising editors whose work has stood out over the past year.

Meet this year’s brilliant shortlist:
Emily Booth - Architects' Journal
maisiemccabe - Campaign Magazine
Bryan Glick - ComputerWeekly
Jamie Carpenter - The ENDS Report
Ashley Stewart-Noble -
Dickon Ross - Model Rail magazine
Silvia Pavoni - The Banker
Adam Leyland - The Grocer
Beth Kennedy - The PIE

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Next up in our shortlist announcements: Editor of the Year - Culture, celebrating standout editorial leadership, ideas and impact.

Congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted nominees:
Dan Crowe - Port Magazine Magazine
Mike Williams - Sight and Sound magazine
Shem Law - Radio Times

The first shortlist of our celebrates the editors doing exceptional work across branded content publishing ✨✨

A huge congratulations to everyone shortlisted:

Andy Morris - easyJet Traveller (Ink Global)
Ashley Stewart-Noble - Modus (Sunday)
Bonnie McCracken - Microsoft Signal Magazine (The Slow Journalism Company)
Jessica Way - Dream Escape Magazine (Contista Media)
Lucy Ryan - English Heritage (Sunday)
Lydia Polzer - Wings (Ink Global)
Tom Howard - The Garden (RHS)

The 2026 shortlist is here!

Across every category, we’re recognising the editors and teams who have been doing brilliant work this year. At a particularly challenging time for the media industry, it feels more important than ever to recognise the creativity, resilience and hard work behind these achievements.

It’s always one of our favourite days in the BSME calendar - seeing the names on the shortlists and celebrating the brilliant work being done across our industry.

Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist, and thank you to all who entered 👏

See the full shortlist via the link in our bio - we’ll be sharing each category over the coming days 🔗