ASBPE congratulates all the finalists of the Azbee Awards of Excellence competition! This year more than 1,000 entries were received and more than 100 experienced B2B editors and designers judged the 78 categories of entries.

The Azbees honor the best in business-to-business media, recognizing outstanding work by B2B, trade, association and professional publications. One of the most competitive award programs for trade media, the Azbees highlight editorial, online and design excellence within magazines, newsletters and digital media.

ASBPE has compiled this year’s finalists into an online photo gallery showcasing the finalists, including each entry’s submission essays and copies of each entry.

View the regional finalist gallery  View the national finalist gallery 

Awards are given both regionally and nationally in the Print, Online, and Design divisions and given nationally in the four Overall Excellence categories: Magazine of the Year, Website of the Year, Newsletter of the Year and Cross-Platform Package of the Year. The level of regional winners — gold, silver or bronze — will be announced at regional banquets across the United States starting in April. National gold, silver and bronze winners and the Overall Excellence winners will be announced at the National Azbee Awards of Excellence banquet, held in conjunction with the 2018 ASBPE National Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 10-11, 2018. Learn more and register now for the national conference and banquet.

The 2018 Azbee finalists

In addition to browsing through the print, online and design division finalists in the new online finalist galleries linked above, you can also download a PDF file listing the finalists here:

Download a PDF of the 2018 Finalist list

Overall Excellence finalists

The following publications are honored as finalists in the prestigious Azbee Award Overall Excellence categories:

Magazine of the Year, More Than $3 Million Revenue Division finalists (in alphabetical order)

Architect (Hanley Wood)
CSP (Winsight Media)
DTN/The Progressive Farmer (DTN/The Progressive Farmer)
Engineering News-Record (Engineering News-Record)
EXHIBITOR Magazine (EXHIBITOR Magazine)
Florida Trend (Florida Trend)
IEEE Spectrum (IEEE SPECTRUM)
Institutional Investor (Institutional Investor)
Professional Builder (SGC Horizon)
The Scientist (THE SCIENTIST)

Magazine of the Year, Less Than $3 Million Revenue Division finalists (in alphabetical order)

ABA Journal (ABA Journal)
Athletic Business (ATHLETIC BUSINESS MEDIA)
Business Jet Traveler (AIN Publications)
Cannabis Business Times (GIE Media)
design:retail (design:retail)
Insurance Business America (Key Media)
Pragmatic Marketer (Pragmatic Marketing)
Security Management (Security Management magazine)
tED magazine (tED magazine)
Workforce Magazine (Human Capital Media)

Website of the Year finalists (in alphabetical order)

Big Law (BusinessBloomberg BNA) biglawbusiness.com
CIO (IDG) cio.com
Craft Brewing Business (CBB Media Inc.) craftbrewingbusiness.com
Engineering News-Record (Engineering News-Record) ENR.com
Financial Planning (Financial Planning/SourceMedia) financial-planning.com
Insurance Business America (Key Media) insurancebusinessmag.com
Law360 (Law360) law360.com
StateScoop (Scoop News Group) statescoop.com
TechRepublic (CBS Interactive) techrepublic.com
tED magazine (tED magazine) tedmag.com

Cross-Platform Package of the Year finalists (in alphabetical order)

“CSP’s Top 202” CSP (Winsight Media)
“Pet pain and death: A dvm360 Leadership Challenge” dvm360.com, Fetch dvm360 conference, dvm360 magazine, Vetted and Firstline (UBM)
“ENR’s Top 20 Under 40” Engineering News-Record (Engineering News-Record)
“Power Tools” Financial Planning (Financial Planning/SourceMedia)
“Can We Copy the Brain?” IEEE Spectrum (IEEE SPECTRUM)
“The 2017 MFE Concept Community” Multifamily Executive (Hanley Wood)
“Tour the Design Trends” restaurant development + design (Zoomba Group)
“Training Industry Magazine: Sept/Oct 2017 Strategic Alignment Training Industry, Inc.” Training Industry Magazine (Training Industry, Inc.)
“Hounded by Harvey” Water & Wastes Digest (Scranton Gillette Communications)
“IT jobs in 2020: A leader’s guide” ZDNet (CBS Interactive)

Newsletter of the Year finalists (in alphabetical order)

CEO Update (CEO Update—Leading Authorities)