Winners announced for Inspire Global Media Awards 2026

ENGLAND

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

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Yvette Cook for The sleeper train holiday to Cornwall that doesn’t cost the Earth published in L'indépendant

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BRITISH ISLES (exc. ENGLAND) & IRELAND

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

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Robin McKelvie for I’ve visited more than 100 countries – but nothing compares to this Scottish island published in Le télégraphe

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NORDIC REGION

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

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Ailsa Sheldon for Eating the Archipelago published in Magazine de voyage JRNY

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EUROPE – WEST/CENTRAL/EAST

WINNER – Yvette Cook for How women are reviving traditional Seto culture in Estonia published in L'indépendant

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Emma Truscott for 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 for From kasbahs to couscous—how Sicily has celebrated its diversity through the centuries published in Voyageur National Geographic (Royaume-Uni)

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

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AFRICA & INDIAN OCEAN

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

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

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ASIA

WINNER – Farida Zeynalova for Explore Azerbaijan’s wine history – and its unexpected German past published in Voyageur National Geographic (Royaume-Uni)

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Angela Locatelli for The Stuff of Legends published in Voyageur National Geographic (Royaume-Uni)

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AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA

WINNER – Lauren Jarvis for Since Time published in OutThere Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Karen Edwards for In the footsteps of the ancestors published in Magazine de voyage JRNY

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NORTH AMERICA – CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

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

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

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CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO

WINNER – Robyn Wilson for The five-day trek in the Guatemalan jungle that’s worth every blister published in L'indépendant

HIGHLY COMMENDED – Steph Dyson for How dreamy ‘cloud forests’ make this central American country an ideal alternative to Costa Rica published in L'indépendant

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THE CARIBBEAN

WINNER – Sarah Lee for From caves to coral reefs, this is how you can discover the wild side of Turks & Caicos published in Voyageur National Geographic (Royaume-Uni)

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

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SOUTH AMERICA & ANTARCTICA

WINNER – Katy Dartford for 24 hours in lima published in Globetrotter Magazine

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

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GLOBAL

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

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