The best regional and local newspapers in the industry could be in with a chance of winning a top award.

The 2014 Newspaper Awards are dedicated to news media production and with 16 categories in total are designed to showcase the best in printed and digital media.

Entries are now open and categories include Regional Newspaper of the Year and Weekly Newspaper of the Year, as well as Regional Supplement/Magazine of the Year.

Awards director Gary Callum said: “Our new strapline – the best in print and digital news media production and innovation –  makes it absolutely clear that our awards are the only ones which focus entirely on the production of both digital and printed news media products.

“In addition, our judges are on the look out for innovations which will drive the industry forward in a rapidly evolving market.”

The window of opportunity for entries has also been expanded in response to industry requests to enable all newspapers published since 1 January 2013 to enter the respective categories.

The full list of categories is as follows:

The Fujifilm Grand Prix – ‘The Best of the Best’

Newspaper Printer of the Year
The Agfa Premier Award

Printed Innovation of the Year
The UPM Premier Award

National Newspaper of the Year
The manroland web systems Premier Award

Regional Newspaper of the Year
The Goss International Premier Award

International Newspaper of the Year
The Resolute Forest Products Premier Award

Weekend Newspaper of the Year
The Aktrion Award

Weekly Newspaper of the Year
The WRH Marketing/Ferag Award

Digital News Service of the Year

National Colour Supplement of the Year
The Precision Colour Printing Award

Regional Supplement/Magazine of the Year
The Precision Colour Printing Award

Coldset Colour Supplement of the Year
The Sun Chemical Award

Niche Market Newspaper of the Year
The Newsprinters Award

Digitally Printed Newspaper of the Year
The Kodak Award

Digital Innovation of the Year
The Canon Award

Newspaper App of the Year
The PCS Award

For an entry form, visit: www.newspaperawards.co.uk.

The closing date for entries is 24 January, and the winners will be announced on 1 April 2014 at the Awards dinner held at the London Hilton.