Entries have opened for the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards, and this year there are 14 different categories for which competitors can submit work.
Last year’s award winners
Winners and runners-up will be announced at the Guild’s annual dinner, to be held in London on 25th November. There will also be awards for brewer of the year, voted for by members and sponsored by SIBA, and beer of the year.
For the fourth year running, the Guild has partnered with Big Penny Social to host the dinner and awards. Tickets will go on sale in August.
The award categories are:
- Best commissioned beer writing (sponsored by Greene King)
- Best short-form beer writing (sponsored by Shepherd Neame)
- Best technical communications about beer
- Best book about beer or pubs (sponsored by Heineken UK)
- Best audio or video beer communication
- Best communication about low- and no-alcohol beer (sponsored by Budweiser Brewing Group)
- Best communication about sustainability in beer and pubs
- Best communication about beer and travel (sponsored by VisitFlanders)
- Best beer news and business communicator
- Best self-published beer writing
- Best new or citizen beer communicator
- The Susanna Forbes Award for best communication about cider
- Best communication about diversity in beer
- Best beer publisher (sponsored by Damm UK)
All entries must be received via the dedicated entry form by the closing date of 9th August, 2026. Work submitted must have been first published between 1st September, 2025, and 9th August, 2026.
