Enter the Awards for Excellence
Enter the Awards for Excellence 2022 in the student and trainee categories.
The NCTJ Awards for Excellence recognise and reward the best journalism students, apprentices and trainees.
With quality training at the heart of the NCTJ, these annual awards highlight the achievements of individuals with promising journalism careers ahead of them.
Entries are now open until Friday, 11 November 2022 and winners will be announced in a ceremony in March 2022.
APPLY! APPLY! APPLY! You have absolutely nothing to lose. If you are serious about journalism, and you have something to add, then apply and show everyone your work and talent. Good luck!Brendan Marshall, 2019 student top scoop award winner
Enter the Awards for Excellence 2022 in the student and trainee categories.
Enter or nominate someone for a specialist award.
Category awards are open to:
For all categories, a mix of media may be submitted unless otherwise specified. For example, if supplying three stories, it could be one video, one audio and one written piece.
Video and audio pieces
Written pieces
The judging panel is made up of editors and senior journalists. The NCTJ will manage any potential conflicts of interest that may arise, for example to ensure panel members are not judging an entrant which whom they are associated.
All decisions of the judges are final and there is no right of appeal.