Announcing the 2025 Regional Azbee Awards of Excellence Winners

Posted on | by ASBPE Staff

2025 Azbee Regional Winners

ASBPE congratulates the regional winners of the 2025 Azbee Awards of Excellence competition! This year, we received more than 800 entries, which were judged by 83 experienced B2B editors, freelancers, designers and journalism professors. To see the full list of regional winners, visit the online gallery or view the PDF lists below.

The Azbee Awards honor the best in B2B media, recognizing outstanding work by business, trade, association and professional publications across 68 categories. One of the most competitive awards programs for B2B media, the Azbees highlight editorial, online, and design excellence within print media, email newsletters, and digital publishing.

Awards are given on both the regional and national levels in the All Content, Design, Online, and Print divisions and given nationally in seven Overall Excellence categories: Best Body of Work, Digital Magazine of the Year, Email Newsletter of the Year, Magazine of the Year, Project of the Year, Social Media Account of the Year, and Website of the Year.

Stay tuned to learn our national finalists on April 18. National winners will be honored during our National Azbee Awards of Excellence presentationThis off-site link opens in new tab or window. on May 27, followed by ASBPEvolve: The Biggest B2B Editorial Summit, ASBPE’s virtual conference, May 28-30. Conference and awards-only tickets are available. Learn more below.

Regional Award Winners Gallery

ASBPE has compiled this year’s winners into an online gallery, including each entry’s winner level, submission essay and entry images and/or links.

View the 2025 Regional Winners GalleryThis off-site link opens in new tab or window.

Regional Award Winners Lists

Regional winners can be viewed by region through the searchable PDF lists below. Search within each PDF list using Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command⌘+F (Mac).

2025 Central Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Heartland Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Mid Atlantic Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 New England Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Northeast Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Pacific Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Southeast Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

2025 Upper Midwest Region Winners by PublicationPDF file.

Publicizing Your Award and Ordering Duplicates

ASBPE provides custom award badges for winners to publicize their Azbee wins in print, online or on social media. The original entrant and alternate contacts for each winning submission will receive an email with additional information on accessing these badges. Winning publications have full permission to print or reuse the badges corresponding to their actual award level, without modification.

Winners may also order additional copies of award certificates for their team members and freelancers. Details will be sent via email to the original entrant and alternate contacts. Duplicate certificates must be ordered by June 30, 2025 and will be processed and mailed in July 2025.

2025 National and Overall Excellence Finalists

National finalists will be announced on April 18. We encourage all finalists and the entire B2B media community to join us on Zoom Tuesday, May 27, from 3:00 to 5:30 pm ET to celebrate and learn from top winners at the 2025 National Azbee Awards of Excellence presentation. Hear their tips, best practices and lessons learned, and gather the biggest takeaways for producing your own award-winning work. Plus, be among the first to learn the winners of our most coveted accolades.

There are two ways to join:

ASBPEvolve 2025

This year, our new and improved national conference, ASBPEvolve: The Biggest B2B Editorial Summit, will help B2B editorial professionals hone their skills and adapt to the evolution of the media landscape across three full days of programming from May 28-30. The conference will be entirely virtual, helping save you money and providing the opportunity to attend regardless of where you are located.

Register by our April 18 early-bird deadline for the biggest savings we’ve ever offered! The final registration deadline is May 26.