An annual award for campaigning and investigative journalism is open for entries.

The Private Eye Paul Foot Award is welcoming submissions for 2020, which comes with a £5,000 cash prize.

Last year Carlisle News & Star chief reporter Phil Coleman was shortlisted for the honour thanks to his investigation which led to a psychiatric fraud being exposed.

Previous winners from the regional press include Deborah Wain, of the Doncaster Free Press, in 2007, and Emma Youle, of Archant’s investigations unit, in 2017.

Previous winner Emma Youle with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop

Submissions will be accepted for material that has been published in a newspaper or magazine in the UK, or on a website, between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.

Individual journalists, teams of journalists or entire publications may enter and entries will be considered for anything from single pieces to entire campaigns.

Journalists are welcome to enter up to two campaign, but each campaign needs to be submitted using a separate entry form.

Further details on how to enter can be found here.