The entry form for the EDF Energy South West Media Awards 2009 is now online at HoldtheFrontPage.

We’re looking forward to a top-notch summer awards event to reward the best in the west with prizes for their journalism.

The EDF Energy South West Media Awards cover Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

Whether you are a writer, photographer, presenter or broadcast journalist, these are the awards for you.

Sponsored by EDF Energy, and run in conjunction with HoldtheFrontPage, they offer cash prizes for individual winners, and trophies for company entries.

The entry form can be downloaded here.

Once you have downloaded the form you need to print it out and get your entry in before the 27 March deadline. It will need to be signed by a senior editorial executive. If your form is not signed, it may not go forward for judging.

There are 20 categories to choose from this year with, the addition of the new Designer of the Year category, and we hope all branches of the local media will embrace the competition with the same enthusiasm and dynamism with which they carry out their day-to-day work.

The competition categories are spread across the whole range of regional journalists’ work – including writers, designers, photographers and broadcasters.

The judging panel is being selected by HoldtheFrontPage and will be made up of senior regional journalists and broadcasters.

They will look at work in each of the 20 categories as follows:

Print Journalist of the Year (Daily)
Print Journalist of the Year (Weekly)
Radio Journalist of the Year
Television Journalist of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
Feature Writer of the Year
Designer of the Year
News Photographer of the Year
Sports Journalist of the Year
Business Journalist of the Year
Environmental Journalist of the Year
Columnist of the Year

Categories for newspapers and broadcasting companies comprise:

Daily Newspaper of the Year
Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Paid-for)
Weekly Newspaper of the Year (Free)
Front Page of the Year
Radio News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Television News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year
Website of the Year
Community Campaign of the Year

Entries must be received by 5pm Friday, 27 March, 2009, and should be sent to:

Paul Linford
HoldtheFrontPage
Northcliffe House
Meadow Road
Derby
DE1 2BH

If you need any further help or guidance, please e-mail HoldtheFrontPage or Hanna Spence at EDF Energy.

Comments

Patrick (26/02/2009 09:35:39)
Good luck to the Western Daily Press journalists – you show them!