ENTRY TO THE TRAVEL MEDIA AWARDS 2023
Entrants can submit work in 21 categories, covering a wide range of travel media sectors free of charge. On this page, you’ll find the award categories and details of eligibility. The deadline for entries is 19 May 2023. If you need to contact us to discuss any element of your award entry, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
CATEGORIES
Please note entries for the Travel Media Awards 2023 have now closed.
Blogger/Vlogger of the Year
This award is open to UK travel bloggers or vloggers who’ve been posting regularly for at least a year (to 30 April 2023). Qualifying channels include personal blogs or websites and YouTube and Vimeo channels.

Breaking Travel News: Print, Broadcast and Online
This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists.
Broadcast Programme of the Year – TV, Radio, Online and Podcast
This category is open to major networks or channels (excluding YouTube and Vimeo). Submissions may include a one-off programme or a series of programmes including features, documentaries, interviews or phone-ins.

Consumer Magazine Section of the Year
This award is for printed UK consumer magazines published on a regular basis that aren’t dedicated travel magazines but have printed travel sections.

Consumer Publication of the Year – Online
This award is open to consumer travel websites or publications that are published regularly on a digital platform. Publications may be published as a website, digital magazine or on a mobile or tablet app.

Consumer Publication of the Year – Print
This award is open to all consumer travel magazines published in print in the UK on a regular basis.

Consumer Writer of the Year
This award is open to professional consumer travel writers or journalists.

Customer Content
This award is open to business-to-customer travel-focused magazines and digital content produced for business-to-customer use which illustrate excellence in their market. Magazines must be published at least twice a year, while websites and website sections must be regularly updated.
Guide of the Year – Book, Online, App
Nominated guides must have been published as an app, a book or online between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023 and contain a minimum of 5,000 words.

National Broadsheet Newsprint Section of the Year
This award is for printed UK national broadsheet newspapers published on a regular basis that have printed travel sections.

National Consumer Feature of the Year
This award is open to all consumer travel writers and journalists.

National Tabloid Newsprint Section of the Year
This award is for printed UK national tabloid newspapers published on a regular basis that have printed travel sections.

Photography Award
This award is to recognise the outstanding work of published photographers in all media (print and online). All nominated work in print or online must be for UK travel publications.

Regional Publication Feature of the Year
This award is for features published in a title that’s only available regionally. Features will also be accepted if the publication is published nationally but the majority of the content, including the travel section, varies regionally.
Specialist Travel Writer of the Year
This award is open to professional travel writers or journalists who specialise in a particular travel topic or geographic area. Examples of a travel topic or geographic area could include cruise, safari, luxury, food travel, East Africa, Southeast Asia, etc.

Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year
This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists.

Sustainability Travel Writer of the Year
New for 2023, this category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists who’ve reported on sustainable travel.

Trade Publication of the Year – Online
This award is open to travel trade publications that are updated or published on digital platforms on a regular basis.
Trade Publication of the Year – Print
This award is open to all trade publications published in print in the UK on a regular basis, with a minimum of four printed editions per year.
Trade Writer of the Year
This award is open to professional trade travel writers or journalists.
Young Writer of the Year
This award is open to consumer or trade travel writers who are 30 years or younger on 30 April 2023.

Questions about your entry? Contact us on entry@travelmediaawards.com or 0203 746 2321.