The shortlist of the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Talent Awards 2026 has been unveiled.

Shortlist: 

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 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 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

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 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 – 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 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

For the full shortlist, visit bsme.com.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 13 May 2026 at a reception ceremony and party at Quaglino’s in St James’s.