European Digital Publishing Award

The European Digital Publishing Award welcomes media companies that create and market content-driven products, as well as their suppliers, service partners and service providers. The winners were honored at the European Publishing Congress on June 17th and 18th, 2026, in Vienna.

Winners 2026

Categories

Design

Best use of design within digital media – be it single visual elements based on proper and creative contemporary style or the visual concept of a platform in general.

Usability

The category is for excellent and user-centric publishing products which support the underlying editorial strategy and business approach. Please describe briefly how it works.

Digital Storytelling

This category is for outstanding content which, from an editorial point of view, makes best use of digital characteristic or technical features.

Launch or Relaunch (digital)

Describe how you changed your digital platform and why. Ideally, you add a screenshot of the platform before the relaunch. If changes were made gradually and step by step, please state the period. Achivements such as traffic, conversion etc. can be relevant.

Interactive Story

Digital content which involves the user in a clever way will be awarded in this category. If possible, tell the jury about the performance: traffic, shares, likes a.s.o.

Data Journalism

Digital content based on data and the visualization of data. You may enter single stories or the platform and its underlying data journalism approach as a whole.

Podcast

Showcast your podcast product in this category. Please describe the podcast’s concept and what makes it special. Please submit only one edition of your podcast per entry.

Video

The jury is looking for stunning video content from your platform. Please pick one example per entry and add some performance-related information such as views, downloads, followers etc.

Newsletter/Bulletin

The category awards the best bulletin formats in terms of contents and presentation. Performance KPI like reach or conversion rate are helpful but not the only criteria.

Business Model

Driving a digital platform’s revenues on the basis of a deliberate, consequent strategy. Please describe the business model and how it interacts with audience and clients.

User Engagement

The category is open for best practise cases of user engagment on digital platforms. Please describe how it works with your platform and add some KPI findings if possible.

Performance

The perfect category for submitting a project which is also running in other categories, given that here, beyond journalistic approach, creativity or design itself, especially performance results are valued. Please describe the specific performance criteria and numbers.

Tools

The category focusses on tools which support digital publishing products – like Targeting, Analytics, CMS, Payment etc.

Content Marketing (digital)

Outstanding digital media produced by a publisher or consultancy on behalf of a client or by the organization itself. The submission should contain owned media at a high quality level.