Glasgow’s Herald & Times group leads the way in the nominations for the upcoming Scottish Press Awards.

A total of 25 entries from the Newsquest-owned group – which includes The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times titles – have made the shortlist ahead of next month’s ceremony.

Meanwhile three journalists from the same daily newspaper will vie with two others for the Young Journalist of the Year accolade.

Bryan Copland, Darren Hamilton and William Yon, all of Dundee’s Evening Telegraph, are among the five nominees in the category.

The winners will be announced at the awards dinner at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, on 16 April.

The full shortlist is as follows:

Sports Photogrpaher of the Year
– Stewart Attwood, Evening Times, The Herald, The Herald, Sunday Herald
– William Murray, SNS Group
– Nick Ponty, Herald and Times
– Jamie Simpson, Herald & Evening Times
– Sammy Turner, SNS Group

News Photographer of the Year (Sponsored by VisitScotland)
– Katielee Arrowsmith, South West News Service (SWNS)
– Michael Gillen, The Falkirk Herald
– Ross Johnston, Newsline Media
– Jeff Mitchell, Getty Images
– Robert Perry, Daily Mirror, The Scotsman, The Times
– Alan Simpson, Scottish Daily Mail, Scottish Daily Express

Cartoonist of the Year
– Frank Boyle, The Sunday Post
– Steven Camley, The Herald
– Peter Davidson, The Sunday Post
– Rob Murray, The Press & Journal
– Brian Petrie, The Scottish Sun

Young Journalist of the Year
– Bryan Copland, Evening Telegraph
– Darren Hamilton, Evening Telegraph
– William Yon, Evening Telegraph
– Findlay Mair, Centre Press Agency
– Sarah Vesty, Daily Record

Weekly Newspper of the Year
– The Falkirk Herald
– Fife Free Press
– Highland News
– The Inverness Courier
– Kilmarnock Standard
– The Oban Times

Arts/Entertainment Journalist of the Year
– Brian Beacom, The Herald
– Barry Didcock, Sunday Herald
– John Dingwall, Daily Record
– Sean Guthrie, Herald and Times
– Phil Miller, The Herald/Sunday Herald
– Alan Morrison, Sunday Herald

Interviewer of the Year
– Brian Beacom, The Herald
– Claire Black, The Scotsman
– Jennifer Hyland, Daily Record
– Patricia Kane, Scottish Mail on Sunday
– Peter Ross, Scotland on Sunday

Political Journalist of the Year (Sponsored by The Scotch Whisky Association)
– Mark Aitken, Sunday Mail
– David Clegg, Daily Record
– Tom Gordon, Sunday Herald
– Andrew Picken, The Sunday Post
– Ben Riley-Smith, The Daily Telegraph

Columnist of the Year (Sponsored by Diageo)
– Ian Bell, Sunday Herald
– Gina Davidson, Edinburgh Evening News
– Chris Deerin, Scottish Daily Mail
– Dani Garavelli, Scotland on Sunday
– Graham Hunter, Evening Express
– Iain MacWhirter, Sunday Herald
– Kevin McKenna, The Observer

Financial/Business Journalist of the Year (Sponsored by Clydesdale Bank)
– Erikka Askeland, The Press & Journal
– Greig Cameron, The Herald
– Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday
– Colin Donald, Sunday Herald
– Ian McConnell, The Herald

Feature Writer of the Year (Sponsored by Radisson Blu Glasgow)
– Emma Cowing, Scottish Daily Mail
– David Pratt, The Herald/Sunday Herald
– Peter Ross, Scotland on Sunday/The Big Issue
– Chae Strathie, The Sunday Post
– Michael Tierney, Scottish Daily Mail, Scotland on Sunday, The Guardian

Sports Feature Writer of the Year
– Graeme Croser, Scottish Mail on Sunday
– Michael Grant, The Herald
– Hugh MacDonald, The Herald
– Aidan Smith, The Scotsman
– Susan Swarbrick, The Herald/Sunday Herald

Sports News Writer of the Year
– Andy Devlin, The Scottish Sun
– Robert Grieve, The Scottish Sun
– Mark Guidi, Sunday Post
– Keith Jackson, Daily Record
– Ronnie MacKay, The Scottish Sun
– Gary Ralston, Daily Record

Innovation of the Year (Sponsored by Event Consultants Scotland)
– John Dingwall, Daily Record
– Martin Little, The Press & Journal
– James McIvor, The Scottish Sun
– Susan Smith, Third Force News
– Katrina Tweedie, Scotland Now

Front Page of the Year (Sponsored by Visionevents)
– The Courier, Make your mark
– Daily Record, THE VOW
– Evening Times, Bang after bang and then screams
– Scottish Daily Mail, They came in their hundreds, men, women, children
– Sunday Herald, Sunday Herald says YES
– Sunday Mail, IT’S TIME

Journalism Team of the Year
– Daily Record, Bin Lorry Tragedy
– Edinburgh Evening News, Mikaeel Kular
– Evening Times, Bin Lorry Crash Bin
– Greenock Telegraph, Justice for Elaine
– Scottish Daily Mail, Commonwealth Games
– Sunday Herald, The Referendum

Campaign of the Year
– The Courier, Private Parking. To pay or not to pay?
– Daily Record Daily, Bedroom Tax
– Evening Express, Wild Dolphins
– Evening Telegraph, Make The Right Call
– The Press & Journal, Fair Deal On Energy Prices
– Scottish Daily Mail, Armed police

Scoop of the Year (sponsored by the Scottish Newspaper Society)
– Mark Aitken, Sunday Mail (Cup of Tears)
– Murray Foote, Daily Record (The Vow)
– Darren Hamilton, Evening Telegraph (Beyond Belief)
– Jim Lawson, Freelance (Queen in Scot Plea)
– Khaleda Rahman, Scottish Daily Mail (The private school jihadist)
– Norman Silvester, Sunday Mail, Scottish Daily Mail (Guns on the Street)

Reporter of the Year
– John Ferguson, Daily Record
– Paul Hutcheon, Sunday Herald
– David McKay, The Press & Journal
– Paul O’Hare, Daily Record
– Marion Scott, Sunday Mail
– Norman Silvester, Sunday Mail
– Sam Walker, The Scottish Sun