The deadline for the annual EDF Energy East of England Media Awards – run in association with HoldtheFrontPage – is fast approaching.

Journalists, photographers, broadcasters and designers have just one week left to dust down their cuttings, photos or CDs and send them to us at HoldtheFrontPage in preparation for judging.

The application form can be downloaded here and must be returned to HoldtheFrontPage by 5pm on Friday 19 November.

The awards honour the best in journalism across an area comprising Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and parts of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

The most westerly towns in this region are Peterborough, Bedford and Aylesbury and the south of the region is bounded by the M25.

Eligible work must have been published or broadcast between 3 November 2009 and 10 October 2010.

There are 12 individual award categories:

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

And a further eight team awards:

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 should be sent to:

Paul Linford
HoldtheFrontPage
Northcliffe House
Meadow Road
Derby DE1 2BH