Last year's inaugural Bevins Prize went to Deborah Haynes, Iraq correspondent for The Times, for her series of articles highlighting the plight of translators who worked for the British Army in Iraq during and after the Gulf War

Now the second year of the annual competition is under way, with the award set to be presented at the Society of Editors conference in November.

The prize features a bronze statue of a rat up a drainpipe - one of Bevins' favourite sayings which captured the essence of his approach to journalism.

Mr Bevins started his career at the Liverpool Post and Echo before going on to work for a variety of national newspapers. He died suddenly in 2001, aged 58.

A spokesman for the organisers said: "Wherever he worked, Bevins researched rigorously, and regularly broke otherwise untouched – even 'untouchable' – stories. This award aims to encourage and promote that relentless pursuit of truth."

Entries will need to have been published between 1 June 2008 and 31 May 2009. The deadline for entries is 10 July.

E-mail bevinsprize@googlemail.com for more information or visit the awards website.

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