The finalists of The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Awards 2026 have been announced. 

Who is shortlisted for the BSME Awards 2026?

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Lauren Laverne – Good Housekeeping
• Annalisa Barbieri – Guardian Saturday Magazine
• Matt Rudd – The Sunday Times Magazine

Launch of the Year

• 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 critics 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*

For more information, visit bsme.com.