Finalists

SB Academy Awards Nominations 2026

The nominees for Best Media Coverage are:

  • Dry Atlas

  • Zero Proof Nation

  • Mock The Toast

  • Some Good Clean Fun

  • AFter Magazine

  • LoNo Drinker Magazine

The nominees for Best Community are:

  • Comedor Run Club

  • Never Alone Recovery

  • Sober Life Rocks

  • Unbuzzed Club

  • Sober Supper Club

  • Sober Sis

The nominees for NA City of the Year are:

  • NYC

  • Austin

  • San Francisco

  • Los Angeles

  • San Diego

  • Minneapolis/St. Paul

The nominees for Coach of the Year are:

  • Adam Jablin

  • Luc Zoratto / Marathon2Sobriety

  • Amanda Kuda

  • Heather Lowe / Ditched the Drink

  • Lindsay Hennekey

  • Alli Bourne-Vanneck / Sober Happy Hour

The nominees for Group/Brand on the Rise are:

  • Generation NA

  • Unbuzzed Club

  • New Bar

  • Open Road Bar

  • Burden of Proof

  • Better Rhodes

The nominees for Culture Ambassador are:

  • Scot Maitland

  • LP O’Brien

  • Tori Stobinski

  • Michaela Horvathova and Erinn O’Neill

  • Jay Chase

  • Sarah Kate

  • Camille Vidal

  • Megan Hargrove

The nominees for Breakthrough Voice of the Year are:

  • Carl Radke

  • Amanda Chen

  • Dino Miliotis

  • Mister Mocktail

  • Casey Davidson

  • Ben Zumsteg

The nominees for Best NA Wine are:

  • Oddbird

  • Tomorrow Cellars

  • Joyus

  • Missing Thorn

  • Noughty

  • Oceano

  • Surely

The nominees for Best NA Botanical are:

  • Kava Haven

  • Pathfinder

  • Hiyo

  • De Soi

  • Bréz

The nominees for Product on the Rise are:

  • Figlia

  • Ghia

  • Avro

  • Parched

  • Domo

  • Töst

The nominees for Best Social Media are:

  • UnhingedSanity

  • Dean Modah

  • Sober Clarity

  • Kristin Martinez

  • Susan Larkin

  • Neva Coleman

  • Mix’d Mocktail Bar

The nominees for Best Podcast are:

  • Out and About AF

  • Sober Not Mature

  • Sober and Lit

  • Soberness

  • Sober Banter

  • Happiest Sober

The nominees for Leader of the Year are:

  • Mel Babitz / Open Road

  • Drew Davis

  • Andy Ramage

  • Ian Blessing / All The Bitter

  • Robert Theodorow / Generation NA

  • Vergie “Gigi” Arandid / Binge

The nominees for Best NA Beer are:

  • Athletic Brewing Co.

  • Partake

  • Bero

  • Ceria

  • Go Brewing

  • Heaps Normal

The nominees for Best NA Spirit are:

  • Undone

  • Beckett’s

  • Free Spirits

  • Ritual

  • Cut Above

  • Tomonotom

The nominees for Best Ready to Drink (RTD) are:

  • Per Se

  • Curious Elixir

  • Sensori

  • St. Aregis

  • Kaviva

  • Kin Euphorics