2020 BSME Award Winners Announced

Hosted by BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, the annual awards bring together the country’s leading editors alongside publishers, editorial and advertising team members to honour the best in British magazines.

Big winners on the night included Marcus Fairs (Dezeen), Farrah Storr (ELLE), Anna Conrad (GQ.co.uk) and British Vogue Editor-in-chief, the newly appointed European editorial director of Vogue Edward Enninful OBE who was honoured with the Editor’s Editor of The Year Award.

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BSME Awards Ceremony 2020

Check out the full list of BSME Award winners below:

Editor of The Year – Business & Finance

Chloe McCulloch (Building)
Gideon Spanier (Campaign)
Jack Courtez (RN)
Jenny Ross (Which? Money)

WINNER: Gideon Spanier (Campaign) 

Editor of The Year – Branded Content

Julia Martin (Boots Health & Beauty)
John L. Walters (Pulp)
Ellie Hughes (Holland & Barrett, Healthy)
Kate Cornish (Pets at Home, My VIP Pets at Home)
Debbie Codd (Waitrose & Partner Drinks)

WINNER: Julia Martin (Boots Health & Beauty)

Editor of The Year – Culture

Rebecca Laurence (BBC Culture)
Dan Crowe (PORT Magazine)
Benjamin Secher (Review)
Mike Wiliams (Sight & Sound)
Joseph Mackertich (Time Out London)

WINNER: Dan Crowe (PORT Magazine)

Editor of The Year – Current Affairs & Politics 

Jason Cowley (New Statesman)
Tom Clark (Prospect Magazine)
Paul McNamee (The Big Issue)
Fraser Nelson (The Spectator)

WINNER: Jason Cowley (New Statesman)

Editor of The Year – Digital

Marcus Fairs (Dezeen) 
Bianca London (Glamour UK)
Anna Conrad (GQ.co.uk)
Josephine Price (National Geographic Traveller UK) 
Felicity Thistlethwaite (Stylist.co.uk)
Vijay Pattni (topgear.com) 

WINNER: Anna Conrad (GQ.co.uk)

Editor of The Year – Entertainment & Celebrity 

Thomas Whitaker (HELLO!) 
Shem Law & Tom Loxley (Radio Times)

WINNER: Shem Law & Tom Loxley (Radio Times)

Editor of The Year – Food & Drink

Claire Lavelle (Asda Magazine) 
Nicky Rampley-Clarke (Co-op Food) 
Karen Barnes (delicious Magazine) 
Laura Jackson (loveFOOD.com) 
Glen Mutel (National Geographic Traveller Food)
Helen Graves (Pit Magazine)
Nina Pullman (Wicked Leeks)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Glen Mutel (National Geographic Traveller Food)
WINNER: Helen Graves (Pit Magazine)

Editor of The Year – Gardens & Country 

Lucy Hall (BBC Gardeners’ World)
Liz Potter (Garden Answers)
Lucy Bellamy (Gardens Illustrated)
Rachel Hawkins (Landscape)

WINNER: Lucy Hall (BBC Gardeners’ World)

Editor of The Year – Homes & Interiors 

Caroline Rowland (91 Magazine) 
Natalie Davies (LovePROPERTY.com) 
Loma-Ann Marks (Reclaim)

WINNER: Loma-Ann Marks (Reclaim)

Editor of The Year – Independent 

Marcus Fairs (Dezeen) 
John L. Walters (Eye) 
Vivien Jones (Kookie) 
Alex Mead (Rugby Journal) 
Louise Robinson (Saga Magazine)
Sara Ward (Slimming World Magazine)
Michelle Johnson (Tempus)

WINNER: Marcus Fairs (Dezeen)

Editor of The Year – Men’s & Women’s Weekly / More Frequent 

Siobhan Wykes (Best)
Hattie Brett (Grazia)
Claire Cohen (Telegraph Women)

WINNER: Hattie Brett (Grazia)

Editor of The Year – Men’s & Women’s Bi-Weekly / Monthly / Less Frequent

Farrah Storr (ELLE)
Gabby Huddart (Good Housekeeping)
Dylan Jones (GQ)
Richard Dennen (Tatler)
Kate Reardon (Times Luxx)
Edward Enninful (Vogue)

WINNER: Farrah Storr (ELLE) / Kate Reardon (Times Luxx)

Editor of The Year – Motoring

Ben Miller (CAR)
Gareth Evans (Motorcycle News)
Danny Hopkins (Practical Classics)

WINNER: Ben Miller (CAR)

Editor of The Year – Newspaper Magazine 

Sinead McIntyre (Fabulous Magazine)
Alice Fishburn (Financial Times)
Jo Ellison (How To Spend It)
Caroline Barrett (Stella Magazine)
Krissi Murison (The Sunday Times Magazine)
Marianne Jones (The Telegraph Magazine)
Nicola Jeal (The Times Magazine)

WINNER: Marianne Jones (The Telegraph Magazine)

Editor of The Year – Science, Technology & Environment 

Amanda Ruggeri (BBC Future) 
Chris Bramley (BBC Sky at Night Magazine) 
Kate Bevan (Which? Computing)
Greg Williams (Wired)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Amanda Ruggeri (BBC Future) 
WINNER: Greg Williams (Wired)

Editor of The Year – Specialist 

Gillian Loughran (Autism Eye)
Louise Zecevic (Balance Magazine)
Marcus Fairs (Dezeen)
Richard Clare (MEGA)
Sara Ward (Slimming World Magazine)
Harry Rose (Which? magazine)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Harry Rose (Which? magazine)
WINNER: Marcus Fairs (Dezeen)

Editor of The Year – Sports, Fitness & Health

Alex Mead (Rugby Journal)
Andy Dixon (Runner’s World)
Sara Ward (Slimming World Magazine)
Simon Hughes (The Cricketer)
Claire Sanderson (Women’s Health)
Esther Newman (Women’s Running)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Alex Mead (Rugby Journal)
WINNER: Claire Sanderson (Women’s Health)

Editor of The Year – Trade & Professional 

Beth Kennedy (C+D)
Dickon Ross (E&T)
Steve Ford (Nursing Times)
Liz Hamson (Property Week)
Jaimie Kaffash (Pulse)
Sarah Richardson (Research Professional News)
Adam Leyland (The Grocer)
Sophie Griffiths (TTG)

WINNER: Jaimie Kaffash (Pulse)

Editor of The Year – Travel

Jonny Ensall (easyJet Traveller)
Laura Jackson (loveEXPLORING.com)
Pat Riddell (National Geographic Traveller UK)
Lyn Hughes (Wanderlust)
Rory Boland (Which? Travel)

WINNER: Rory Boland (Which? Travel)

Editor of The Year – Youth

Peter Hart (BBC Top Of The Pops)
Vivien Jones (Kookie)
Jamie Clifton (VICE UK)

WINNER: Jamie Clifton (VICE UK)

Art Director of The Year – B2B

Alison Fisher (Drapers)
John Rooney (E&T)
Nigel Peters (EG)
Simon Esterson (Eye)
Sonny Dhamu (Inside Housing)

WINNER: Simon Esterson (Eye)

Art Director of The Year – Consumer

Gary Cochran (1843 Magazine)
Andy Franklin (BBC TopGear, topgear.com)
Tom Meredith (ELLE)
Chris Lupton (Empire)
Rasha Kahil (How To Spend It)
Matt Willey (PORT Magazine)
Simon Campbell (Rugby Journal)
Dan Biddulph (The Sunday Times)
Andrew Diprose (Wired)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Chris Lupton (Empire)
WINNER: Andrew Diprose (Wired)

Art Director of The Year – Branded Content 

Geraldine Lynch (Boots Health & Beauty)
Simon Esterson (Pulp)
Martin Tullett (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew)
Naomi Lowe (Waitrose & Partners Drinks)
Kerry Wakefield (Waitrose & Partners Food)
Tan Parmar (Waitrose & Partners Health)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Geraldine Lynch (Boots Health & Beauty)
WINNER: Kerry Wakefield (Waitrose & Partners Food)

Columnist of The Year – B2B

Gideon Spainer (Campaign)
Hilary Lamb (E&T)
Ben Heubl (E&T)
Mark Ritson (Marketing Week)

WINNER: Ben Heubl (E&T)

Columnist of The Year – Consumer

Monty Don (BBC Gardeners’ World)
Piers Morgan (Event)
Simon Kuper (Financial Times)
Polly Vernon (Grazia)
Stephen Bush (New Statesman)
Billie Bhatia (Stylist)
Claire Cohen (Telegraph Women)
Caitlin Moran (The Times Magazine)

WINNER: Simon Kuper (Financial Times)

Launch of The Year

Serlina Boyd (Cocoa Publishing)
Vicky Chandler (Delish UK)
Martha Henriques (Future Planet)
Lisa Smosarski, Felicity Thistlethwaite, Meriam Ahari & Chloe Gray (Stylist.co.uk)
Unity Blott (Tyla)
Chris Dillon (Vape Retailer)

WINNER: Serlina Boyd (Cocoa Publishing)

Cover of The Year – B2B

Matt Ford (CA) 
John Rooney (E&T) 
Simon Esterson & Holly Catford (Pulp) 
Jennifer Van Schoor (Nursing Times) 
Liz Hamson, Lee Tiplady & Simon Creasey (Property Week) 
Jaimie Kaffash & James Depree (Pulse)

WINNER: Jennifer Van Schoor (Nursing Times) 

Cover of The Year – Consumer

Geraldine Lynch (Boots Health & Beauty)
Claire Hodgson & Stuart Selner (Cosmopolitan)
Erica Weathers (New Statesman)
Holly Catford & Robert Billington (Pit Magazine)
Alex Mead & Simon Campbell (Rugby Journal)
Jess Hibbert (Saga Magazine)
Lisa Smosarski, Alix Walker & Tom Gormer (Stylist)
Kerry Wakefield (Waitrose & Partners Food)

WINNER: Erica Weathers (New Statesman)

Editor of The Year – Editor-in-chief / Editorial Director 

Christine Hayes (BBC Good Food, olive)
Gabby Huddart (Good Housekeeping, Red, Prima)
Rosie Nixon (HELLO!, Hello! Fashion)
Sasha Slater (Luxury, Ultratravel, ST)
Tim Pollard (Parkers.co.uk, CAR, Motorcycle News, Today’s Golfer)
Lisa Smosarski (Stylist)
Caroline McGinn (Time Out Media)
Charlie Turner (Top Gear, topgear.com, BBC TopGear)

WINNER: Tim Pollard (Parkers.co.uk, CAR, Motorcycle News, Today’s Golfer)

2020 Special Recognition Award

Lucy Hall (BBC Gardeners’ World)
BBC Good Food (BBC Good Food)
Dezeen (Deezen)
Immediate Media Youth & Children’s Editors (Your Mind Matters)
Nursing Times (Nursing Times)
Liz Hamson & editorial team (Property Week)
Paul McNamee (The Big Issye)
Time Out (Time Out Group)
Edward Enninful (Vogue)
Rory Boland & Travel team (Which? Travel)

WINNER: Immediate Media Youth & Children’s Editors (Your Mind Matters)

Editor’s Editor of The Year

WINNER: Edward Enninful (Vogue)

Mark Boxer Award

WINNER: Lorraine Candy