tED magazine is consistent in its quality of excellence, as is witnessed yearly by the recognition received by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).
Founded in 1964 as the American Society of Business Press Editors, ASBPE is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors, writers, art directors, and designers employed in the business, trade, and specialty press. The official name was changed to the American Society of Business Publication Editors in 1997 and to ASBPE in 2012.
ASPBE is widely known for its annual Awards of Excellence competition, which recognizes the best in editorial, design, and online achievement.
ASBPE’s Azbee Awards of Excellence program is one of the most competitive there is for business-to-business, trade, association, and professional publications. The awards recognize outstanding work by magazines, newsletters, and digital media — websites, e-newsletters, digital magazines, and blogs.
tED magazine has consistently received awards every year for print, design, and online excellence. We’ve won National and Regional awards, including esteemed national awards such as best new website for “lightED,” best news section for “Current” in tED magazine, countless design awards, and we’ve been named one of the top 10 magazines or top 10 websites for tED magazine and tedmag.com.
In 2019, ASBPE named tED magazine, “Magazine of the Year” — the BEST B2B Magazine in the country — the AZBEE’s top honor! This is like winning the Best Picture at the Oscars or the Stanley Cup (yes, we’re based in the hometown of the St. Louis Blues). So, needless to say, we’re proud. And we’re very honored to be sharing award-winning news with you and the electrical industry each and every day!
2022 awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Named Finalist for Website of the Year > Overall Excellence > Website of the Year — tEDmag.com (entry description)
- Bronze: Design > Front Cover–Special Issue or Supplement > Central — “Q&A: Word on the Street” (entry description)
- Honorable Mention: Overall Excellence > Multi-Platform Package of the Year (entry description)
- Honorable Mention: Overall Excellence > Digital Magazine of the Year — view library (entry description)
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Opening Page/Spread-Illustration > Central — “Is Your Price Right?” (entry description)
- Gold: Design > Front Cover–Special Issue or Supplement > Central — “Q&A: Word on the Street” (entry description)
- Bronze: Online > Podcast > Central — Podcast (entry description)
- Overall Excellence Finalist: Overall Excellence > Multi-Platform Package of the Year (entry description)
- Overall Excellence Finalist: Overall Excellence > Website of the Year — tEDmag.com (entry description)
- Overall Excellence Finalist: Overall Excellence > Digital Magazine of the Year — view library (entry description)
2021 awards
National Awards
- Silver: Design > Magazine/Newspaper Design — “Leadership Guide & How Do You Define Leadership in the Industry?” (entry description)
- Honorable Mention: Overall Excellence > Magazine of the Year > 10 or More Issues Per Year — “Overall Excellence” (entry description)
Regional Awards
- Silver: Design > Magazine/Newspaper Design — “Leadership Guide & How Do You Define Leadership in the Industry?” (entry description)
- Bronze: Online > E-Newsletter – General Excellence (entry description)
- Named Finalist for Overall Excellence > Magazine of the Year > 10 or More Issues Per Year — “Overall Excellence” (entry description)
2020 awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Named Finalist for Magazine of the Year > Overall Excellence — Magazine of the Year, Less than $3 Million Revenue
- Gold: Online > E-Newsletter/General Excellence — tED magazine e-Newsletters
- Silver: Design > Contents Page or Pages – “Table of Contents”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover/Special Issue or Supplement — “New Product Preview“
- Silver: Design > Magazine/Newspaper Design — “Sales Goal Smarts” and “Industrial Insights“
- Bronze: Print > News Section — “Current”
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Table of Contents — “Table of Contents“
- Gold: Design > Feature Article Design, Less Than $3 Million Revenue — “What’s Keeping You Up at Night?“
- Gold: Design > Front Cover, Photo, Less Than $3 Million Revenue — “Industrial Insights“
- Gold: Design > Magazine/Newspaper Design — “Sales Goal Smarts” and “Industrial Insights“
- Gold: Print > News Section — “Current“
- Silver: Design > Front Cover–Photo Illustration — “2020 Vision“
- Silver: Design > Front Cover–Special Issue or Supplement — “New Product Preview“
- Silver: Design > Opening Page/Spread–Illustration, Less Than $3 Million Revenue — “An Optimistic Outlook“
- Silver: Design > Opening Page/Spread–Photo, Less Than $3 Million Revenue — “Industrial Insights“
- Silver: Print > Feature Series — “Contract Focus Series: The Low Voltage Market“
- Silver: Print > Regular Department — “Current“
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread–Photo Illustration — “From the Frying Pan to the… Freezer?“
- Bronze: Print > Single Topic Coverage by a Team — “Reap the Benefits“
tEDmag.com and lightEDmag.com
- Gold: Online > E-Newsletter — “tED magazine Daily News”, tEDmag.com
- Silver: All Content Division > Q&A — “Avoiding A Motor City Mess, Part 1“, lightEDmag.com
- Silver: All Content Division > Q&A — “Welcome to the Wild West“, lightEDmag.com
- Silver: Online > Podcast — “B2B E-Commerce Change Management with Justin King“, distributED with tED magazine
- Bronze: All Content Division > Company Profile, Less Than $3 Million Revenue — “RAB Lighting: Partner in Arms“, lightEDmag.com
- Bronze: All Content Division > Individual Profile — “2018 30 Under 35 Profile: Richelle Bishoff“, tEDmag.com
- Bronze: Online > Online Breaking News Coverage — “The Details Behind the Deal: Signify Buys Cooper Lighting Solutions for $1.4 Billion“, lightEDmag.com
- Bronze: Online > Web Feature Series — “Turning Fear Into Power in an Amazon World“, tEDmag.com
- Bronze: Online > Web News Section — “tED magazine Exclusive Features“, tEDmag.com
2019 Awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Magazine of the Year: Overall Excellence > Magazine of the Year, Less than $3 Million Revenue
- Gold: Print > News Section — “Current”
- Gold: Design > Contents Page or Pages – “Table of Contents“
- Silver: Design > Front Cover-Special Issue or Supplement — “New Product Preview”
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Print > Regular Column, Contributed — “Commodities”
- Gold: Print > News Section — “Current”
- Gold: Design > Contents Page or Pages — “Table of Contents”
- Gold: Design > Front Cover–Special Issue or Supplement — “New Product Preview”
- Silver: Print > Individual Profile — “Driven to Bring Out the Best”
- Silver: Print > Special Section, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “The Electrical Distribution Handbook VII”
- Silver: Print > Single Topic Coverage by a Team — “Smart Moves”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover–Illustration, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “More Than a Seat at the Table”
- Silver: Design > Feature Article Design, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “How Do You Define Customer Care?”
- Silver: Design > Magazine/Newspaper Design — “The Different Flavors of Pricing Strategy” and “Close the Gap”
- Silver: Design > Opening Page/Spread–Illustration, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “Serving the Industrial Market”
- Bronze: Print > Feature Article, General Interest, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “More Than a Seat at the Table”
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread–Illustration, Less than $3 Million Revenue — “Better Partnerships for a Healthier Industry”
tEDmag.com
- Gold: Online > Original Web Commentary — “Quitting” and “Diversity”
- Silver: Online > Web Feature Article — “Changes at the Top: Where Do Distributors Stand?”
- Silver: Online > Podcast — “A Closer Look at Warranties”
- Silver: Online > Online Single Topic Coverage by a Team — “tED magazine Covers Amazon”
- Bronze: Online > Web Feature Series — “Creating a Winning Corporate Culture”
2018 Awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Magazine of the Year Top 10 Award: Overall Excellence > Magazine of the Year, “tED magazine”
- Gold: Print > News Section — July 2017, “Current”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover – Photo — January 2017, “Future Fortune“
- Silver: Design > Best Overall Typography — July 2017, “30 Under 35 Issue”
- Bronze: Design > Magazine Redesign — January 2017, “Future Fortune”
- Bronze: Design > Front Cover Illustration — September 2017, “Become a Better Partner”
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread – Illustration — September 2017, “Become a Better Partner”
- Bronze: Print > Overall Headline Writing — September 2017, October 2017, “tED Headlines”
tEDmag.com
- Website of the Year Top 10 Award: Overall Excellence > “tEDmag.com”
- Gold: Online > Q & A — November 2017, “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid”
- Gold: Online > New or Relaunched Website, “lightEDmag.com”
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Magazine Redesign — January 2017, “Future Fortune”
- Gold: Print > Group Profile — June 2017, “An Industry Force”
- Gold: Print > News Section — July 2017, “Current”
- Gold: Design > Contents Page or Pages — July 2017, “Table of Contents”
- Gold: Design > Opening Page/Spread Typographic — August 2017, “Strategic Sales Promotions Strengthen Bonds”
- Gold: Design > Front Cover Illustration — September 2017, “Become a Better Partner”
- Gold: Design > Opening Page/Spread – Illustration — September 2017, “Become a Better Partner”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover – Photo — January 2017, “Future Fortune”
- Silver: Print > Special Section — March 2017, “The Electrical Distribution Handbook: The Future of the Industry”
- Silver: Design > Best Overall Typography — July 2017, “30 Under 35 Issue”
- Silver: Print > Overall Headline Writing — September 2017, October 2017, “tED Headlines”
- Silver: Print > Single Topic Coverage by a Team — September 2017, “Become a Better Partner”
- Bronze: Print > Individual Profile — May 2017, “The Will To Win”
- Bronze: Design > Front Cover – Special Issue or Supplement — December 2017, “New Product Preview”
tEDmag.com
- Gold: Online > Online Single Topic Coverage by a Team — October 2017, “Covering Hurricane Harvey”
- Gold: Online > Q & A — November 2017, “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid”
- Gold: Online > Web News Section — “tEDmag Exclusive Features”
- Gold: Online > New or Relaunched Website — “lightEDmag.com”
- Silver: Online > E-Newsletter – General Excellence — “tED magazine Daily News”
- Bronze: Online > Blog – Analysis/Commentary — February 2017, “Looking At Our Future With Amazon”
- Bronze: Online > “Enterprise News Story — May 2017, “Upping your Lighting Game In A Competitive Market”
2017 Awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Silver: Print > Overall Headline Writing — July 2016, “tED Headlines“
- Silver: Design > Front Cover-Special Issue or Supplement — December 2016, “New Product Preview”
- Bronze: Design > Best Overall Typography — January 2016, “Economic Roundtable“
- Bronze: Print > Regular Column, Contributed — February 2016, “Commodities”
tEDmag.com
- Website of the Year Top 10 Award: Overall Excellence > Website of the Year — tEDmag.com
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Opening Page/Spread Typographic — July 2016, “Transforming Employees Into Leaders”
- Gold: Design > Front Cover – Illustration — December 2016, “Take the Innovation Challenge”
- Gold: Print > Regular Column, Contributed — February 2016, “Commodities”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover – Special Issue or Supplement — December 2016, “New Product Preview 2017”
- Silver: Design > Opening Page/Spread-Photo — February 2016, “SPAs: The Progress and the Problems“
- Silver: Print > Overall Headline Writing — July 2016, “tED Headlines”
- Silver: Print > Individual Profile — May 2016, “The Value of Listening”
- Bronze: Design > Best Overall Typography — January 2016, “Economic Roundtable Issue”
- Bronze: Design > Feature Article Design — December 2016, “The Face of the Future”
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread Illustration — May 2016, “Recruiting & Retention: That Was Then; This Is Now”
- Bronze: Print > News Section — July 2016, “Current”
- Bronze: Print > Special Section — March 2016, “The Electrical Distribution Handbook, Volume V”
- Bronze: Print > Feature Article – General Interest — September 2016, “The Selling Points of Selling Service”
tEDmag.com
- Bronze: Online > Q & A — October 2016, “Is The Amazon Business Pillar Setting Sights On Electrical Distribution?”
- Bronze: Online > Web Feature Article — January 2016, “Are You Missing the E-Commerce Target?”
- Bronze: Online > E-Newsletter – General Excellence — November 2016, “tED Magazine Daily News”
- Bronze: Online > Enterprise News Story — August 2016, “Anatomy of a Corporate Carve Out”
2016 Awards
National Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Best Overall Typography — March 2015
- Silver: Design > Opening Page/Spread-Illustration — October 2015, “A Plan for the Future”
- Silver: Front Cover > Special Issue or Supplement — December 2015, “New Product Preview”
Regional Awards
tED magazine
- Gold: Design > Best Overall Typography — March 2015
- Gold: Design— > Page/Spread-Illustration — October 2015, “A Plan for the Future”
- Silver: Design > Front Cover-Illustration — February 2015, “How to Attract the Best Job Candidates”
- Silver: Print > Individual Profile — April 2015, “A Man of Winning Ways”
- Silver: Print > Regular Column, Contributed — May 2015, “Commodities”
- Silver: Front Cover > Special Issue or Supplement — December 2015, “New Product Preview”
- Bronze: Print > Feature Article-General Interest — April 2015, “The Consequences of Consolidation”
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread Typographic — March 2015, “Perfecting the Perfect Product Launch”
- Bronze: Design > Opening Page/Spread-Photo — April 2015, “A Man of Winning Ways”
- Bronze: Print > News Section — May 2015, “Current”
- Bronze: Design > Infographics — December 2015, “Value Your Vendor Relationships”