Thirty journalism students from across the United Kingdom and beyond are set to compete for football writing awards worth £3,000 in total.

The Football Writers’ Association has unveiled the shortlist for its Student Football Writer of the Year 2023 Awards, which attracted more than 500 entries this year.

Three prizes are on offer – the Vikki Orvice Female Student Football Writer of the Year, Unheard Voices Student Football Writer of the Year and – Hugh McIlvanney Male Student Football Writer of the Year.

The categories were last year won by Yara El-Haboury, Sajidur Rahman and Andrew McLean respectively.

From left: Andrew McLean, Yara El-Haboury and Sajidur Rahman

Each category’s winner will also receive £1,000.

The winners will be announced at the FWA’s 75th anniversary Footballer of the Year dinner on 25 May.

The full shortlist is as follows:

FWA Vikki Orvice Female Student Football Writer of the Year
Elana Shapiro, University of Newcastle
Taylor Ball, Oxford Brookes University
Eleanor Reid, Solent University
Adriana Wehrens, St Mary’s College, London
Alice Wright, De Montfort University
Emilia Hawkins, Brighton
Lara Alsaid, De Montfort University
Juliet Nottingham, University of Derby
Annabella Li, University College London
Maddie Parker, University of Durham

FWA/KickItOut Unheard Voices Student Football Writer of the Year
Morgan Ofori, Goldsmiths College, London
Gopika Parameswaran, Sheffield Hallam University
Shubi Arun, St Mary’s College London
Jack Silberton, Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College
James Young, University of Salford
Julia Belas Trindade, University of Bristol
Pardeep Kalirai, Birmingham City University
Mia Claydon, Manchester Metropolitan University
Sirayah-Shiraz Koraltan, News Associates, London
Neel Shelat, North Western University, Qatar

FWA Hugh McIlvanney Male Student Football Writer of the Year
James Dowden, University of Bristol
Dom Smith, News Associates London
Harry Robinson, University of Manchester
Joss Gardiner, University of Newcastle
Sajidur Rahman, Solent University
Riley Somerville, University of Derby
Thomas Bartley, University of Warwick
Leon Imber, University of Brighton
Ben Pitkeathly, University of Central Lancashire
George Simms, News Associates London