ASME NEXT Awards

ASME Awards 2026


ASME Awards 2025 winners announced. Read the press release here.

 Sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, the ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30 were established in 2015 to support the development of print and digital media by honoring outstanding achievement by early-career journalists. Any full-time or freelance writer, photographer, editor, social-media journalist, graphic designer or photo editor is eligible for nomination. Candidates must be nominated or endorsed by a member of ASME and must be employed by or associated with a magazine or website edited by an ASME member. The ASME NEXT Awards are judged and presented with the National Magazine Awards. 

For more information, visit asmeawards.org 

View the 2025 Winners and Finalists Gallery