The shortlist has been published for next month’s Scottish Press Awards to be held at Glasgow’s Radisson Blu hotel.
Now in their 35th year, the awards were established by the Socttish Newspaper Society and aim to showcase the best journalistic talent.
Leading the way in the race for nominations are the Herald, with 16 shortlistings, and The Scotsman with 14.
The Sunday Herald receives ten nominations with nine for Scotland on Sunday and seven for the Daily Record.
The awards evening will take place on Thursday 24 April and places are available by contacting 0131 557 5767 or [email protected].
The full list of shortlisted candidates for each of the 21 categories is as follows:
Sports Photographer of the Year
Andy Barr The Scottish Sun Johnnie Walker
Russell Cheyne Reuters
Steve MacDougall The Courier
Ian MacNicol The Times and Independent
Robert Perry The Scotsman
Nick Ponty Herald and Times Group
News Photographer of the Year
Wattie Cheung The Scottish Sun, The Scotsman and Scottish Daily Express VisitScotland
Gordon Jack Daily Record, The Scotsman and Evening Times
Michael McGurk Daily Mail
Robert Perry The Scotsman
Alan Simpson The Scottish Sun, Daily Record and Scottish Daily Mail
Gordon Terris The Herald
Cartoonist of the Year
Brian Adcock The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Frank Boyle Edinburgh Evening News
Steven Camley The Herald
Scott Clissold Scottish Sunday Express
Peter Davidson The Sunday Post
Brian Petrie The Scottish Sun
Young Journalist of the Year
Ben Archibald The Scottish Sun
Alasdair Gill Evening Telegraph
Anthony Joseph Evening Express
Katie Pavid Evening Telegraph
Ben Riley-Smith The Herald and Sunday Herald
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
Ayrshire Post National Express
Dunfermline Press
The Falkirk Herald
Highland News
Kilmarnock Standard
Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
Marc Deanie The Scottish Sun
Brian Ferguson The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Neil Mackay Sunday Herald
Phil Miller The Herald
Alan Morrison Sunday Herald
Aidan Smith The Scotsman
Interviewer of the Year
Claire Black The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Patricia Kane Scottish Mail on Sunday
Susan Mansfield The Scotsman
Fiona McWhirter Scottish Mail on Sunday
Alison Rowat The Herald and Sunday Herald
Political Journalist of the Year
Michael Blackley Scottish Mail on Sunday Scotch Whisky Association
Torcuil Crichton Daily Record
Paul Hutcheon Sunday Herald
Andrew Picken The Sunday Post
Calum Ross The Press & Journal
Columnist of the Year
Ian Bell Sunday Herald Diageo
Janice Bell Evening Times
Claire Black The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Daniella Garavelli Scotland on Sunday
Bill Leckie The Scottish Sun
Financial/Business Journalist of the Year
Simon Bain The Herald Clydesdale Bank
Greig Cameron The Herald
Ryan Crighton The Press & Journal
Ian McConnell The Herald
Steven Vass Sunday Herald
Feature Writer of the Year
Johnathan Brocklebank Scottish Daily Mail Radisson BLU Glasgow
Sandra Dick Edinburgh Evening News
Daniella Garavelli Scotland on Sunday
Sally McDonald The Sunday Post
David Pratt The Herald and Sunday Herald
Peter Ross Scotland on Sunday
Sports Feature Writer of the Year
Tom English The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
Paul Forsyth Scotland on Sunday
Hugh Macdonald The Herald
Aidan Smith The Scotsman
Susan Swarbrick The Herald and Sunday Herald
Sports News Writer of the Year
David Ferguson The Scotsman
Mark Guidi Sunday Mail
Keith Jackson Daily Record
Ronnie Mackay The Scottish Sun
Stephen McGowan Scottish Daily Mail
Gary Ralston Daily Record
Innovation of the Year
HeraldScotland Paywall 2.0 Event Consultants Scotland
The Press & Journal YL and Elegance Magazines
The Scotsman The Scotsman Rugby Show
Shetland News www.shetnews.co.uk
Sunday Herald Life App
Front Page of the Year
The Courier Andy Murray Vision Events
Evening Telegraph My Little Fighter
Evening Times Copter Carnage
The Falkirk Herald Rod Signs Up!
The Scottish Sun Nats Unveil Vision for a Free Scotland
Sunday Herald At Last
Journalism Team of the Year
The Courier Living with Dementia
Daily Record The Clutha Helicopter Tragedy
Edinburgh Evening News Edinburgh’s Sex Trade
Edinburgh Evening News Hearts in Crisis
Scottish Daily Mail Clutha
The Scottish Sun Clutha
Campaign of the Year
Daily Record Maisie Campaign
Daily Record Stop the Danger Dogs
Edinburgh Evening News Fare Deal
The Scottish Sun Beat the Cyber Bullies
The Sunday Post Nuisance Calls
The Sunday Post The Kiltwalk
Scoop of the Year
Lauren Crooks Sunday Mail Scottish Newspaper Society
Russell Findlay Sunday Mail
Gary Fitzpatrick Dunfermline Press
Anthony Joseph Evening Express
Helen Puttick The Herald
Bob Smyth Scottish Mail on Sunday
Reporter of the Year
Gerry Braiden The Herald The BIG Partnership
Lauren Crooks Sunday Mail
Patricia Kane Scottish Mail on Sunday
James Moncur Daily Record
Helen Puttick The Herald
Marion Scott Sunday Mail
Journalist of the Year
To be announced at the awards on 24 April.
Newspaper of the Year
To be announced at the awards on 24 April.