ASBPE congratulates all regional and national winners of the 2025 Azbee Awards of Excellence competition! More than 800 entries were judged by 83 experienced B2B editors, freelancers, designers and journalism professors.
Overall Excellence winners are listed below, and all national winners can be found in our searchable PDF, shared below. National winners were be honored live during our National Azbee Awards of Excellence presentationThis off-site link opens in new tab or window.This off-site link opens in new tab or window. on May 27.
About the Azbee Awards
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.
Regional winners were announced in April and can be viewed in the regional winners galleryThis off-site link opens in new tab or window..
2025 National Azbee Award Winners
ASBPE has compiled this year’s national winners into an online gallery showcasing the award-winning work, each entry’s submission essay, and entry files and/or links.
View the 2024 National Winners Gallery
In addition to browsing through or searching entries in the winners gallery above, you can download a searchable PDF list of the winners. Search this PDF using Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command⌘+F (Mac).
All 2024 National Winners by Publication
2025 Overall Excellence Winners
The following individuals and publications are honored in the prestigious Azbee Awards Overall Excellence categories:
Best Body of Work by a Designer
Winner: Michael Annino, Pharma Manufacturing and Plant Services, Endeavor Business Media
Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist
Winner: Jeni Williams, hfm, HFMA
Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist
Winner: Molly Boigon, Automotive News, Crain Communications
Digital Magazine of the Year
Winner: tED magazine, National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED)
Honorable Mention: McKinsey Quarterly, McKinsey and Company
Email Newsletter of the Year
Winner: restaurant development + design‘s The Pulse, Zoomba Group
Honorable Mention: ACA Daily, ACA International
Honorable Mention: Hotel News Now‘s Daily Update, CoStar Group
Magazine of the Year, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year
Winner: ABA Journal, American Bar Association
Honorable Mention: hfm, Healthcare Financial Management Association
Magazine of the Year, 12 or More Issues per Year
Winner: IEEE Spectrum, IEEE
Honorable Mention: Automotive News, Crain Communications
Project of the Year
Winner: “Labor Pains,” Restaurant Business, Informa Connect
Honorable Mention: “LE Tech Pulse: Shaping the Future of Law Enforcement Technology,” Police1, Lexipol
Honorable Mention: “The Commons: Where a Divided America Comes Together,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Chronicle of Philanthropy
Social Media Account of the Year
Winner: Fast Food Minute, Restaurant Business, Informa Connect
Honorable Mention: The Fabricator‘s LinkedIn, FMA Communications
Honorable Mention: Trade Show Executive‘s LinkedIn, United Service Companies
Website of the Year
Winner: Restaurant Business, Informa Connect
Honorable Mention: BioSpace, BioSpace
Honorable Mention: SevenFifty Daily, Provi
2025 Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing
Winner: Brett Dworski, Reporter, C-Store Dive, for his April 2024 investigative article, “‘Epic Failure:’ Inside the rise and fall of Mountain Express Oil”
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 for each winning submission will receive an email with additional information on accessing these badges. Winning publications have full permission to print or reuse these badges, without modification.
Winners may also order additional copies of award certificates or trophies for their team members and freelancers. Details will be sent via email to the original entrant. Duplicate certificates and trophies must be ordered by June 30, 2025 and will be shipped in July and August.