BMS Awards: Jan to Mar (Q1) 2026

POSTED ON: 21/05/26 TAGS: BMS Awards

by Lucy Upton

Thanks to everyone who submitted campaigns for the Q1 2026 Awards and congratulations to our winners!

Click here for the presentation with judges’ comments

Or a full list can be found below…

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Q1 – Jan to Mar 2026

MULTI-TITLE

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Bloomsbury Cooks IWD event

Marketer: Mia Oakley / Bloomsbury

WINNER: Life Changes When You Listen

Marketers: Jo Kite MacCalla, Carmen Byers / PRH Audio

GUERRILLA

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Between Two Fires

Marketer: Holly Wilson / Gollancz (Orion)

WINNER: And Now, Back to You

Marketers: Charlotte Dixon, Carol-Anne Royer / Pan Macmillan

CHILDREN’S

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Gozzle

Marketer: Jade Potter / Macmillan Children’s

WINNER: Finn’s Epic Fails

Marketer: Emma Hardy-Quick / Simon & Schuster Children’s

YOUNG ADULT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: A Stage Set for Villains

Marketer: Yasmin Anshoor / Mayhem (Penguin Michael Joseph)

WINNER: Queen of Faces

Marketer: Aisling O’Mahony / HarperFire (HC Children’s)

DEBUT

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Esther is Now Following You

Marketer: Jen Porter / Transworld

WINNER: Motherfaker

Marketers: Claire Bush, Zoe Coxon / Pan Macmillan

ADULT NON-FICTION: NARRATIVE

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Bimbo

Marketer: Sophie Shaw / Cornerstone

WINNER: A Hymn to Life

Marketers: Annie Rose, Chloe Healy, Olivia Pither / Vintage

ADULT NON-FICTION: LIFESTYLE

HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Ramadan Kitchen

Marketers: Vicki Watson, Caroline Oestergaard / Pavilion (HC)

WINNER: I Still Believe in Miracles

Marketer: Margarida Mendes Ribeiro / Ebury

ADULT FICTION

HIGHLY COMMENDED: My Friends

Marketers: Amy Fulwood, Kate Kaur / Simon & Schuster

WINNER: Hooked

Marketers: Liv Marsden & Ellen Woodley / 4th Estate

 

Q1 2026 SPOTLIGHT AWARD WINNERS

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Friday Book Club

Marketers: Rebecca Morrison, Sarah Sleath / Collins

INNOVATION: Onyx Storm PB

Marketers: Laura Vile, Katy Brigden / Piatkus (Little Brown)

CREATIVITY: It’s Not What You Think

Marketers: Adam Humphrey, Vicky Joss, Alexandra Sequeira / HarperFiction

GRAFT: The Last Starborn Seer

Marketers: Shannon Hewitt, Jo Liddiard / Head of Zeus

FORMAT: Careless People PB

Marketer: Claire Bush / Pan Macmillan

 

 

 

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