More than 170 contenders are in the running for this year’s Midlands Media Awards to be held next month.

The shortlist for this year’s awards has been revealed, with nominees coming from as far as North Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and Herefordshire.

The annual awards are organised by Birmingham Press Club, and this year’s ceremony will be held at the Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham, on the evening of Friday 15 November.

More than 30 senior journalists and ex-journalists were involved in the judging process.

Press Club chairman Llewela Bailey, pictured, said: “We have had another tremendous response this year and we are truly grateful to each and every entrant.

“The judges have had a really tough job – they have managed to whittle the enormous number of entries down to these nominees, now we must wait until 15 November to find out who has won.”

Tickets for the ceremony can be bought here. The full shortlist is as follows:

Newcomer of the Year
Anna Whittaker, Derby Telegraph
Bethan Shufflebotham, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Carmela Garcia Samuel, Hereford Times
Eleanor Barraclough, Tamworth Herald
Emma Thomas, BBC Midlands Today
Helen Hoddinott, Free Radio
Kirsty Card, Birmingham Live
Nitya Rajan, ITV News Central
Pablo Taylor, ITV News Central
Rakeem Omar Hyatt, Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live
Ruby Davies, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Yusuf Akbar, BBC Midlands

Business Journalist of the Year
Carl Jones, Shropshire Business & Birmingham Business
Enda Mullen, Coventry Telegraph/Coventry Live
James Pugh, Shropshire Star
Jonathan Gibson, BBC Birmingham
Laura James, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Mark Gough, ITV News Central
Robin Johnson, Derby Telegraph

Columnist of the Year
Enda Mullen, Coventry Telegraph/Coventry Live
Fred Hughes, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Gareth Butterfield, Derby Telegraph
Jenny Amphlett, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Mark Andrews, Express & Star
Mike Lockley, Birmingham Mail
Richard Ault, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Toby Neal, Shropshire Star

Blogger of the Year
Adrian Goldberg, Kick In The Grass
Bethan Shufflebotham, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Hayley Warren, Strangeness & Charm
Nigel Slater, Derby Telegraph/Derbyshire Live
Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live

Feature Writer of the Year
Amy Norbury, J’AIME magazine
Enda Mullen, Coventry Telegraph/Coventry Live
Graham Young, Birmingham Live
Caroline Lowbridge, BBC East Midlands Online
Jane Haynes, Birmingham Live
Jonathan Gibson, BBC Birmingham
Mike Lockley, Reach Midlands Media
Richard Ault, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Sanjeeta Bains, Birmingham Live/Birmingham Post and Mail
Rebecca Woods, BBC

Campaign of the Year
Alicia Kelly, Newsquest/Worcester News
Hollie-May Auburn, Nottingham Trent University
Jenny Amphlett, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
John Wilson, Newsquest/Hereford Times
Lindsey Alder, Quidem Radio
Mark Drew, Express & Star
Megan Jones, Free Radio
Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live
Satnam Rana, BBC

Magazine of the Year
J’AIME
Shropshire Business
99 Percent Lifestyle
Birmingham Business
Birmingham Living
Take Off
Herefordshire Living
Oxfordshire Limited Edition

Supplement of the Year
The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live – The Way We Were
Oxford Mail – Oxford United – 125-year anniversary
Tamworth Herald – The Class of 89
The Sentinel – Gordon Banks OBE Tributes

Sports Journalist of the Year (Broadcast)
Daniel Pallett, BBC Midlands Today
Ian Winter, BBC Midlands Today
Richard Wilford, BBC WM
Steve Clamp, ITV News Central

Sports Journalist of the Year (Print)
Alex Dicken, Birmingham Live/Birmingham Mail/Sunday Mercury
Bobby Bridge, Coventry Telegraph
Elis Sandford, Coventry Telegraph/Coventry Live
Leigh Curtis, Nottingham Post
Matthew Panter, Tamworth Herald
Mike Lockley, Sunday Mercury/Birmingham Mail

Multi-Media Journalist of the Year
Elis Sandford, Coventry Live
Enda Mullen, Coventry Telegraph/Coventry Live
Graham Young, Birmingham Live
Caroline Lowbridge, BBC East Midlands Online
Laura Hartley, Coventry Live/Coventry Telegraph
Luke Hatfield, Express & Star
Mojo Abidi, ITV News Central
Nathan Judah, Express & Star
Nicholas Reid, Derby Telegraph/Derbyshire Live
Riyah Collins, BBC

The Tony Flanagan Photographer of the Year Award
Adam Fradgley, Exposure Photography
Darren Quinton, Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live
David Hamilton, Express & Star
Graham Young, Birmingham Live
Jamie Ricketts, Shropshire Star
Nick Wilkinson, Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live
Pete Stonier, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Richard Harris, Richard T Harris Photography/Central Independent News
Steve Bould, The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Tim Thursfield, Express & Star

Radio Journalist of the Year
Adrian Goldberg, Kick in the Grass Productions/BBC
Alex Blakemore, BBC
Carl Jones, BBC Shropshire
Jennifer Aitken, BBC Radio Stoke
Lindsey Alder, Quidem Radio
Matt Maddren, Free Radio
Megan Jones, Free Radio
Paul Bradbury, Quidem Radio
Polly Bayfield, Free Radio
Simon Gilbert, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

Television Journalist of the Year
Andy Bevan, ITV News Central
Audrey Dias, BBC Midlands Today
Charlotte Cross, ITV News Central
Emma Thomas, BBC Midlands Today
Jonathan Gibson, BBC Birmingham
Mark Gough, ITV News Central
Nitya Rajan, ITV News Central
Phil Brewster, ITV News Central
Simon Gilbert, BBC Sunday Politics &Midlands Today

Best use of Social Media
Christina Savvas, Birmingham Live
ITV News Central
Nathan Judah, Express & Star
Pauline Roche, RnR Organisation
Zoe Chamberlain, Birmingham Live

Team of the Year
J’AIME magazine
ITV News Central
BBC Midlands Online
The Sentinel/Stoke on Trent Live
Oxford Mail sportsdesk
Global’s Newsroom Midlands
Free Radio
BBC Midlands Today
Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live
Stoke on Trent Live Digital Team
The Sentinel – Newspaper Production Team

PR Campaign of the Year
Celeste Clarke, Century PR
Fionnuala Bourke, Reach PLC
Lewis Thomas, Story Comms
Hollie Jones & Ross Copping, Liquid
Stacey Barnfield, Edwin Ellis Creative Media (2 entries)

News Reporter of the Year (Weekly)
Alison Stacey, Sunday Mercury
Bev Holder, Stourbridge News
Carmelo Garcia Samuel, Hereford Times
Chris Philpotts, Tamworth Herald
Leah Cassady, Staffordshire Newsletter
Leslie Jackson, The Post & Times
Nick Horner, Sutton Coldfield Observer

News Reporter of the Year (Daily)
Alison Stacey, Birmingham Post and Mail
Claire Harrison, Coventry Live/Nuneaton Telegraph
Graham Young, Birmingham Live
Jane Haynes, Birmingham Live
Mike Lockley, Sunday Mercury
Nicholas Reid, Derby Telegraph/Derbyshire Live
Peter Madeley, Express & Star
Richard Guttridge, Express & Star
Sanjeeta Bains, Birmingham Live
Zoe Chamberlain, Birmingham Mail/Birmingham Live

Website of the Year
Adam Moss, Lincolnshire Media
Emma Ray, Coventry Live
Harry Leather, Express & Star
Oli Hills, Birmingham Updates
Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live
Sarah Probert, Birmingham Live
Stoke on Trent Live

Daily/Sunday Newspaper
Express & Star
Shropshire Star
Birmingham Mail
Sunday Mercury
The Sentinel

Weekly Newspaper
Lincolnshire Echo
Ashbourne News Telegraph
Hereford Times
Leek & Cheadle Post & Times
The Staffordshire Newsletter

Story of the Year
Alicia Kelly, Worcester News/Newsquest
Anna Jeys, Birmingham Live
Bev Holder, Stourbridge News
ITV News Central
Jonathan Gibson, BBC Birmingham
Mike Lockley, Sunday Mercury/Reach
Mitch Rushton, Free Radio
Nicholas Reid, Derby Telegraph/Derbyshire Live
Sanjeeta Bains, BirminghamLive
The Sentinel

The President’s Award
The winner is to be announced on the night.