Tatler Gen.T List: Everything to know about getting selected

The vetting process

First, we assemble the Tribe. Made up of industry titans across a breadth of fields, and featuring new faces each year, the Tribe nominates candidates for consideration and helps vet our longlist to help Gen.T identify the most deserving honourees. They are our eyes and ears on the ground, providing invaluable insight and expertise.

January to April is when most of the work takes place to whittle down our longlist. During this period, the Gen.T editorial team curates a longlist of nominees. As well as internal nominations, names for the longlist come from Tribe members, past years’ Gen.T honourees and members of the public, through our public nomination form. At well over 1,000 names strong every year, it’s at least three times the length of the final list.

After we have finalised our longlist, we begin a rigorous in-house vetting process to reach the final…