Winners announced for Inspire Global Media Awards 2026

ENGLAND

WINNER – John Harris para Wild camping the easy way: how a secret Exmoor trip pleased everyone – including the farmer published in The Guardian

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Yvette Cook para The sleeper train holiday to Cornwall that doesn’t cost the Earth published in El independiente

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BRITISH ISLES (exc. ENGLAND) & IRELAND

WINNER – Lily Canter para Is this off-grid Scottish community the ultimate model for sustainable living in Britain today? published in Aventura.com

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Robin McKelvie para I’ve visited more than 100 countries – but nothing compares to this Scottish island published in El Telégrafo

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NORDIC REGION

WINNER – Sam Haddad para Deserted islands, seagrass meadows and endless ocean: kayaking in Sweden’s new marine national park published in The Guardian

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ailsa Sheldon para Eating the Archipelago published in Revista de viajes JRNY

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EUROPE – WEST/CENTRAL/EAST

WINNER – Yvette Cook para How women are reviving traditional Seto culture in Estonia published in El independiente

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Emma Truscott para The European bike trail that hits three countries in a day published in BBC Travel

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MEDITERRANEAN & NORTH AFRICA

WINNER – Daniel Stables para From kasbahs to couscous—how Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries published in Viajero de National Geographic (Reino Unido)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Jessica Heather para Far from the crowds: A guide to Portugal’s lesser-known Côa Valley published in Aventura.com

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AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN

WINNER – Bella Falk para Making a Splash published in Travel Africa Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Sue Watt para Kavango-Zambezi – Foundations published in Travel Africa Magazine

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ASIA

WINNER – Farida Zeynalova para Explore Azerbaijan’s wine history – and its unexpected German past published in Viajero de National Geographic (Reino Unido)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Angela Locatelli para The Stuff of Legends published in Viajero de National Geographic (Reino Unido)

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AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA

WINNER – Lauren Jarvis para Since Time published in OutThere Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Karen Edwards para In the footsteps of the ancestors published in Revista de viajes JRNY

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NORTH AMERICA – CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

WINNER – Kate Eshelby para Mālama: The word embodying the spirit of Hawaii published in BBC Travel

HIGHLY COMMENDED – James March para North America’s First Indigenous-owned Winery published in TONIC Magazine

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CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO

WINNER – Robyn Wilson para The five-day trek in the Guatemalan jungle that’s worth every blister published in El independiente

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Steph Dyson para How dreamy ‘cloud forests’ make this central American country an ideal alternative to Costa Rica published in El independiente

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THE CARIBBEAN

WINNER – Sarah Lee para From caves to coral reefs, this is how you can discover the wild side of Turks & Caicos published in Viajero de National Geographic (Reino Unido)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Rory Buccheri para Meet the family pioneering the Caribbean’s first ‘climate-smart islands’ published in Aventura.com

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SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTICA

WINNER – Katy Dartford para 24 hours in Lima published in Globetrotter Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Rupert Mellor para Resist this! published in OutThere Magazine

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GLOBAL

WINNER – Steph Dyson para Should you use AI to plan your travels? published in Aventura.com

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Stuart Kenny para Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel? published in Much Better Adventures