BSME Awards 2023 shortlist (text only)
Shortlisted entries are listed in brand order. See graphic version.
Editor of the Year - Branded Content
Warren Manger - Core
Maxine Briggs - Kew Magazine
Ashley Stewart-Noble - Modus
Sophie-Marie Odum - Motability Lifestyle Magazine
Jessie Lear - Ocadolife
John L. Walters - Pulp
Lauren Rose-Smith - Tesco Magazine
Jessica Prupas - Vera
Lydia Polzer - Wings
Editor of the Year - Culture
Nick de Semlyen - Empire
Dan Crowe - Inque Magazine
Dan Crowe - PORT Magazine
Benjamin Secher - Review
Mike Williams - Sight & Sound
Editor of the Year - Current Affairs & Politics
Jason Cowley - New Statesman
Jonathan Beckman - The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Fraser Nelson - The Spectator
Editor of the Year - B2B
Emily Booth - AJ (Architects’ Journal)
Beth Kennedy - C+D
Sarah Speirs - CA
Tom Ravenscroft - Dezeen
Jamie Carpenter - ENDS Report
Steve Ford - Nursing Times
Jaimie Kaffash - Pulse
Sarah Richardson - Research Professional News
Sarah Williams - Social Housing
Editor of the Year - TV, Entertainment & Celebrity
Nick de Semlyen - Empire
Tom Loxley, Shem Law - Radio Times
Steve Corbett - TV Mag
Editor of the Year - Food & Drink
Keith Kendrick - BBC Good Food
Henry Coldstream - Great British Chefs
Glen Mutel - National Geographic Traveller Food
Jessie Lear - Ocadolife
Jessica Gunn - Waitrose & Partners Food
Editor of the Year - Homes, Gardens & Country
Mark Hedges - Country Life
Loma-Ann Marks - Reclaim
Tom Howard - The Garden
Ceri Thomas - Which? Gardening
Editor of the Year - Independent
Tom Ravenscroft - Dezeen
Dan Crowe - Inque Magazine
Gamzat Biyarov - OYLA
Alex Mead - Rugby Journal
Dan Jolin - Senet
Sara Ward - Slimming World
Michelle Johnson - Tempus
Editor of the Year - Men’s & Women’s
Adam Baidawi - GQ
Louise Robinson - Saga Magazine
Hannah Almassi - Who What Wear UK
Editor of the Year - Motoring
Jack Rix - BBC TopGear
David Simister - Classic Car Weekly
Keith Adams - Parkers.co.uk
Editor of the Year - Newspaper Magazine
Sinead McIntyre - Fabulous
Matt Vella - FT Magazine
Merope Mills - Guardian Saturday Magazine
Jo Ellison - HTSI
Harriet Green - The Observer Magazine
Lisa Markwell - The Telegraph Magazine
Nicola Jeal - The Times Magazine
Kate Reardon - Times Luxx
Jackie Annesley - You Magazine
Editor of the Year - Specialist
Daniel Bennett - BBC Science Focus
Tom Ravenscroft - Dezeen
Jemimah Steinfeld - Index on Censorship
Lora Murphy - Professional
Louise Robinson - Saga Magazine
Sara Ward - Slimming World
Michelle Johnson - Tempus
Harry Rose - Which? magazine
Jenny Ross - Which? Money
Greg Williams - Wired
Editor of the Year - Sport, Health & Fitness
Sophie-Marie Odum - Mobility Lifestyle
Alex Mead - Rugby Journal
Sara Ward - Slimming World
Tim de Lisle - United Writing
Editor of the Year - Travel
Jessica Way - British Travel Journal
Divia Thani - Conde Nast Traveller UK
Pat Riddell - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Amy Hopkins - Rough Guides
Rory Boland - Which? Travel
Editor of the Year - Youth
Mark Parry - BBC Match of the Day
Andrea Turton - Bluey Magazine
Claire Norman - Girl Talk
Gamzat Biyarov - OYLA
Joe Brady - The Phoenix Comic
Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Director of the Year
Gideon Spanier - Campaign, PodPod
Lucy Cleland - Country & Town House
Dan Crowe - Inque Magazine
Gemma Collins - Pulse, Pulse PCN, Nursing in Practice, Healthcare Leader , The Pharmacist, Management in Practice, Hospital Healthcare Europe, Hospital Pharmacy Europe
Lisa Smosarski - Stylist, Stylist.co.uk, Strong Women
Tom Howard - The Garden, The Plant Review, The Orchid Review, RHS Show Guides, RHS Books, RHS Annual Report, RHS.org.uk, Gardening With The RHS
Tom Fickling - The Phoenix Comic
Edward Enninful OBE - Vogue
New Editor (NEW)
Kevin Smith - BBC Gardeners' World
Roxy Bourdillon - DIVA magazine
Adam Shepherd - PodPod
Alix Walker - Stylist
Jonathan Beckman - The Economist's 1843 Magazine
Daisy Meager - The Infatuation London
Lisa Barber - Which? Computing
Art Director of the Year - B2B
Basia Paczesna-Vercueil - BII News
Chris Barker - Campaign
Nigel Peters - EG (Estates Gazette)
Sonny Dhamu - Inside Housing, Social Housing
Art Director of the Year - Consumer
Andy Franklin - BBC TopGear
Mal Bailey - CAR
Jocelyn Bowerman - delicious. Magazine
Chris Lupton - Empire
Carolyn Roberts - Grazia, Grazia Daily, The Juggle by Grazia
Becky Redman - National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Isabella Fernandes - Ocadolife
Jess Hibbert - Saga Magazine
Art Director of the Year - Branded Content
Jamie McPherson - High Life (British Airways)
Rob Hearn - Modus
Isabella Fernandes - Ocadolife
Holly Catford - Pulp
Pete Allison - Vera
Kerry Wakefield - Waitrose & Partners Food
Stephanie Willing - Wings
Aubrey Smith - Work.
Art Director of the Year - Digital (NEW)
David Robinson - ENDS Report
Dennis Lye - GLAMOUR UK
Rob Hearn - Modus
Emma Austin - Planning
Art Director of the Year - Newspaper supplements (NEW)
Mark Hayman - Fabulous
Shannon Gibson - FT Magazine
Maggie Murphy - Guardian Saturday Magazine
Rasha Kahil - HTSI
Jo Cochrane - The Observer Magazine
Harry Winfield - The Telegraph Magazine
Mark Evans - TV Mag
Art Director of the Year - Independent (NEW)
Mark Hickling - Britannica's What on Earth! Magazine
Parm Bhamra - Country & Town House
Peter Allen - Magneto
Alexander Fisher - OYLA
Sam Bowles - Pitch - Stories of Modern Sport
Simon Campbell - Rugby Journal
Jess Hibbert - Saga Magazine
James Hunter - Senet
David Dowding - Slimming World
Ross Forbes - Tempus
Columnist of the Year - B2B
Helen Edwards - Marketing Week
Mark Ritson - Marketing Week
Adam Shepherd - PodPod
Columnist of the Year - Consumer
Polly Vernon - Grazia
Hunter Davies - Saga Magazine
Jay Rayner - The Observer Magazine
Mary Wakefield - The Spectator
Kathleen Stock - UnHerd
Cover of the Year - B2B
Chris Barker - Summer 2023: The global creativity issue - Campaign
John L. Walters, Simon Esterson - Eye 104 - Eye Magazine
Sonny Dhamu - December 2022 - A defining moment - Inside Housing
Sonny Dhamu - March 2023 - Black Lives Matter What Happened Next? - Inside Housing
Jaimie Kaffash, James Depree - Five Stages of GP - Pulse
Joanna Cummings - The Don Quixote Issue - The Grub Street Journal
Cover of the Year - Consumer
Mark Hickling - Mind Games - Britannica's What on Earth! Magazine
Lucy Cleland - Wellbeing Special - Country & Town House
Chris Lupton - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania subsciber cover - Empire
Merope Mills, Maggie Murphy, Will Dean - The outrageous stories of people arrested for republicanism - Guardian Saturday Magazine
Sophie-Marie Odum, Sandra Marques - More than just pets - Motability Lifestyle Magazine
Shem Law, Tom Loxley - The Death of the Queen - Radio Times
Jess Hibbert - Lenny Henry - Thinking it through - Saga Magazine
Alix Walker - The Honesty Revolution - Stylist
Ross Forbes - Tempus 10-Year Anniversary Issue - Tempus
Harriet Green, Jo Cochrane - What if we let our kids eat what they want? A radical new take on the weight debate - The Observer Magazine
Fraser Nelson - The Starmtroopers - The Spectator
Daniel Biddulph - Bottoms up - From bustles to butt lifts: the evolution of the derriere - The Sunday Times Magazine
Lisa Markwell - Octopus farms - The Telegraph Magazine
Oliver Hazelwood - TIME - Wired
Jackie Annesley, Natasha Tomalin Hall - How to eat and drink if you have loadsamoney - You Magazine
Cover of the Year - Digital (NEW)
Andy Franklin - September 2022 – Ferrari - BBC TopGear
Andy Franklin - May 2023 – Electric Awards - BBC TopGear
Phil Tristram - April 2023 - Sustainability and the war on Greenwashing - CA
Dennis Lye - Trans pregnant and proud - GLAMOUR UK
Launch of the Year
Dan Crowe, Deyan Sudjic - Anima
Andrew Pettie - Britannica's What on Earth! Magazine
Nick de Semlyen - Empire
Denise Hamilton-Mace - Low No Drinker Magazine
Paul Geoghegan - Musicals magazine
Andy Afford - Pitch - Stories of Modern Sport
Adam Shepherd - PodPod
Lisa Smosarski - Stylist Extra
Louise Hoffman - The Sharp End
John Cofie - The Sybarite
Kate Reardon - Times Luxx
The DEI Leadership Award (NEW)
Divia Thani - Conde Nast Traveller UK
Claire Norman - Girl Talk
Editors’ Editor of the Year
Kate Oppenheim - BII News
Gideon Spanier - Campaign, PodPod
John L. Walters - Eye Magazine
Deborah Joseph - GLAMOUR UK
Charlie Baker - The Fence
Joanna Cummings - The Grub Street Journal
Nicola Jeal - The Times Magazine
