ASBPE congratulates all regional and national winners of the 2026 Azbee Awards of Excellence competition! More than 740 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 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 14.
About the Azbee Awards
The Azbee Awards honor the best in B2B media, recognizing outstanding work by business, trade, association and professional publications across 59 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 on April 10 and can be viewed in the regional winners gallery.
2026 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 2026 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 2026 National Winners by Publication
2026 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: Hillary Glen, Digital Art Director, Counselor, End-Buyer Research, ASICentral, Promogram (ASI Media)
Best Body of Work by a Freelance Journalist
Winner: Katja Ridderbusch, Columnist, Police1 (Lexipol)
Best Body of Work by a Staff Journalist
Winner: Jacob Bell, Senior Reporter, BioPharma Dive (Informa TechTarget)
Digital Magazine of the Year
Winner: Mechanical Engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Email Newsletter of the Year
Winner: Pensions & Investments’ This Week in Washington (Crain Communications)
Honorable Mention: FastFinance (Healthcare Financial Management Association)
Magazine of the Year, 11 or Fewer Issues per Year
Winner: Education Week (Editorial Projects in Education)
Honorable Mention: ABA Journal (American Bar Association)
Magazine of the Year, 12 or More Issues per Year
Winner: IEEE Spectrum (IEEE)
Honorable Mention: Florida Trend (Trend Magazines)
Honorable Mention: Landscape Architecture Magazine (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Project of the Year
Winner: “What Cops Want,” Police1 (Lexipol)
Honorable Mention: “Planning‘s 90th Anniversary,” Planning magazine (American Planning Association)
Social Media Account of the Year
Winner: The Fabricator’s Instagram (FMA Communications)
Honorable Mention: Tax Notes’ LinkedIn (Tax Analysts)
Website of the Year
Winner: Restaurant Business (Informa Connect)
Honorable Mention: IEEE Spectrum (IEEE)
Honorable Mention: Supply Chain Dive (Informa TechTarget)
2026 Stephen Barr Award for Feature Writing
Winner: Evan Ackerman, Senior Editor, IEEE Spectrum, for June 2025 feature article, “How the Rubin Observatory Will Reinvent Astronomy”
Publicizing Your Award And Ordering Duplicates
ASBPE provides custom digital 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, 2026 and will be shipped in July and August.
ASBPEvolve 2026
Our annual 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. ASBPE members pay just $325 for three full days of education and networking through June 5. The final deadline to register is June 15, 2026 at 12 pm ET.