It’s that time of year again. Start hunting through the archives for your best work because entries are now open for the 2025 MJA Awards.
As ever, we’re expecting hundreds of entries for the UK’s premier awards celebrating excellence in medical and health journalism. Competition is always stiff from hard-hitting investigations uncovering medical scandals to exclusive stories from the specialist press, there is a category for everyone.
This year’s awards will of course continue our tradition of recognising outstanding work across print, broadcast, and digital media. Whether you’re an experienced journalist or an emerging voice in health reporting, the MJA Awards offer a platform to showcase your work and gain recognition from industry peers.

2024 Awards winners
Thanks to hard work from our Chair Shaun Lintern and executive committee member Jill Palmer, we have once again secured News UK as the venue for the awards ceremony on the 17th September.

Dawn Connelly, Editor of the Year 2024
Dawn Connelly of the Pharmaceutical Journal won the 2024 Editor of the Year Award. ‘I was absolutely thrilled to have won the Medical Journalists’ Association Editor of the Year award. The awards are judged by peers within journalism and healthcare, so it is a huge honour to have your work recognised, especially among such talented colleagues. I would definitely encourage anyone to enter.’
Key details:
Deadline for entries: 00:01 on Sunday June 1, 2025
Entry fee: Free for MJA members/£75 per entry for non-members. You can join to enter the awards
Eligibility: Work must have been published or broadcast between 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2025
We’re proud to support journalism that informs, challenges, and inspires. With a range of categories including Feature of the Year, Science Explained, and Investigation of the Year, there’s a place for all forms of impactful storytelling.
Enter via our online portal here https://mjauk.org/about/enter-the-2025-mja-awards/
For full details on categories, entry guidelines, and judging criteria, visit our Awards page.
We look forward to celebrating your work!
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