Best Body of Work by a Designer – Finalists

• Hillary Glen, Digital Art Director, Counselor, End-Buyer Research, ASICentral, Promogram (ASI Media)
• Brian Goins, Senior Editor, Visuals, hfm, FastFinance, hfma.org (Healthcare Financial Management Association)

Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist – Finalists

• Katie Cottingham, Freelance Science Writer, INFORM magazine (American Oil Chemists’ Society)
• David Rand, Writer, Focal Point (Tanium)
• Katja Ridderbusch, Columnist, Police1 (Lexipol)

Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist – Finalists

• Monica Alleven, Executive Editor, Fierce Network (Questex, LLC)
• Jacob Bell, Senior Reporter, BioPharma Dive (Informa TechTarget)
• Anastassia Gliadkovskaya, Senior Writer, Fierce Healthcare (Questex, LLC)
• Ron Starner, Executive Vice President, Site Selection magazine (Conway Data)
• Anna Stolley Persky, Legal Affairs Writer, ABA Journal (American Bar Association)
• Jeni Williams, Senior Editor, hfm (Healthcare Financial Management Association)

Digital Magazine of the Year Finalists

• Beyond The Meeting Room (Associated Luxury Hotels International)
• HomeCare magazine (Cahaba Media Group)
• Mechanical Engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
• tED magazine (National Association of Electrical Distributors)

Email Newsletter of the Year Finalists

• FastFinance (Healthcare Financial Management Association)
• Nexus (American Planning Association)
• Pensions & Investments’ This Week in Washington (Crain Communications)
• restaurant development + design‘s The Pulse (Zoomba Group)

Magazine of the Year, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year Finalists

• ABA Journal (American Bar Association)
• Education Week (Editorial Projects in Education)
• hfm (Healthcare Financial Management Association)
• restaurant development + design (Zoomba Group)

Magazine of the Year, 12 or More Issues per Year Finalists

• Florida Trend (Trend Magazines)
• IEEE Spectrum (IEEE)
• Landscape Architecture Magazine (American Society of Landscape Architects)

Project of the Year Finalists

• “The State of Teaching 2025,” Education Week Editorial Projects in Education)
• “Planning‘s 90th Anniversary,” Planning magazine (American Planning Association)
• “What Cops Want,” Police1 (Lexipol)
• “COVID 5 Years Later,” Restaurant Business (Informa Connect)

Social Media Account of the Year Finalists

• Packaging OEM’s LinkedIn (WTWH Media LLC)
• Tax Notes’ LinkedIn (Tax Analysts)
• The Fabricator’s Instagram (FMA Communications)
• Restaurant Business’ TikTok (Informa Connect)

Website of the Year Finalists

• Fierce Network (Questex, LLC)
• IEEE Spectrum (IEEE)
• Modern Healthcare (Crain Communications)
• Restaurant Business (Informa Connect)
• Security Management (ASIS International)
• strategy+business (PwC)
• Supply Chain Dive (Informa TechTarget)

2026 National and Overall Excellence Winners

We encourage all finalists and the entire B2B media community to join us on Zoom Thursday, May 14, from 2:30 to 5:00 pm ET to celebrate and learn from top winners at the 2026 National Azbee Awards of ExcellenceThis off-site link opens in new tab or window. event. Hear their tips, best practices and lessons learned, and gather valuable takeaways for producing your own award-winning work. Plus, be among the first to learn the winners of our most coveted accolades, including the Overall Excellence categories above and the Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing.

There are two ways to join:

• If you register for ASBPEvolve 2026 by May 13, your ticket to the awards event is included. Attendance details we’ll be emailed the morning of May 14.
• If you prefer to attend the awards event only, please register hereThis off-site link opens in new tab or window.. Registration is $5 for ASBPE members and $20 for non-members.

ASBPEvolve 2026

Our annual national conference — ASBPEvolve 2026: The Biggest B2B Editorial Summit — will take place virtually from June 16-18, making it more affordable and accessible from anywhere. In a time of disruptive change in media, ASBPEvolve will help you hone your skills and adapt — tackling the biggest and hottest topics for B2B editorial professionals across three full days of programming.

Even better, we didn’t budge our registration pricing an inch. Our early-bird registration is now open. Register by May 1This off-site link opens in new tab or window. for our biggest discount: ASBPE members pay just $200 for three full days of education and networking through the early-bird deadline. The final deadline to register is June 15, 2026 at 12 pm ET.

Stay tuned: we’ll announce session and speaker details soon.