Awards Entry Form to be sent by private email only

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Category Being Entered*
- Case study of the year
- The Dr Delvin Award for sex and sexual health journalism
- Editor of the year
- Feature of the year (broadcast)
- Feature of the year (general audience)
- Feature of the year (specialist audience)
- Freelance of the year
- The Gordon McVie award for reporting cancer research
- Mental health story of the year
- Newcomer of the year
- News story of the year (broadcast)
- News story of the year (general audience)
- News story of the year (specialist audience)
- Podcast of the year
- Science explained
- Student journalist of the year
You can only enter ONCE IN EACH CATEGORY. You can enter more than one category but will need to complete a new form for each category entered. You CANNOT enter the same work in more than one category (exceptions apply to Freelance & Editor categories - see main rules)
Name*
First Last
Email*
Telephone number*
Twitter handle

This is to help with publicity of finalists and of winners.
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City County Postcode Country
Job Title/Course of Study*
Employer/Place of Study*

If freelance just put freelance
Title of entry*

Title of article or programme
Where was the work first published/broadcast*

eg: Mail Online, BBC Radio 4,
Date of first publication/broadcast*

Day
Month
Year

Please note to qualify for this year's awards your work must have been first published or broadcast on or between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023.
Title of entry 1*

Title of article/programme/podcast
Where was the work first published/broadcast - Entry 1*

eg: Mail Online, BBC Radio 4,
Date of first publication/broadcast - Entry 1*

Day
Month
Year

Please note to qualify for this year's awards your work must have been first published or broadcast on or between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023.
Title of entry 2*

Title of article/programme/podcast
Where was the work first published/broadcast - Entry 2*

eg: Mail Online, BBC Radio 4,
Date of first publication/broadcast - Entry 2*

Day
Month
Year

Please note to qualify for this year's awards your work must have been first published or broadcast on or between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023.
Title of entry 3*

Title of article/programme/podcast
Where was the work first published/broadcast - Entry 3*

eg: Mail Online, BBC Radio 4,
Date of first publication/broadcast - Entry 3*

Day
Month
Year

Please note to qualify for this year's awards your work must have been first published or broadcast on or between Saturday February 13, 2021 and Saturday April 30, 2022.
Additional acknowledgements

If you are entering a broadcast piece please ensure you provide details here of necessary acknowledgements. In particular the name of the production company and who commissioned the work. e.g: A Shinybright production for Channel 4, or a BBC Scotland production for BBC 4.
Team or Individual Entry*
If you are making a team entry you must provide the names and job titles/roles of the others within the team in your supporting statement. Only four named individuals are allowed in a team entry and they must have made a substantial contribution to the entry.
You are entering a category that allows three pieces of supporting work. You can either provide URLs which must be accessible until end of September 2023 and not behind a paywall or you can upload files of your supporting work, acceptable file formats are PDF/MP3 with a file size limit of 8MB. For larger files or movie files contact . There is an extra box for supportive information and/or an optional contextual background statement.
You are entering a category that allows only one piece of work. You can either provide a URL which must be accessible until end of September 2023 and not behind a paywall or upload a file. Acceptable file formats are PDF/MP3 with a file size limit of 8MB. For larger files or movie files contact . There is an extra box for supportive information and/or an optional contextual background statement.
Upload your entry PDF/MP3 OR enter URL below
Accepted file types: pdf, mp3, Max. file size: 64 MB.
Upload your PDF or MP3 file (these are the only accepted file formats). For movie files or files larger than the upload limit contact to organise large file transfer of your entry. You can only submit one piece of work.
Upload your entries PDF/MP3 OR enter URLS below
Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, mp3, Max. file size: 64 MB, Max. files: 3.
Upload your PDF or MP3 files (these are the only accepted file formats). For movie files or files larger than the upload limit contact to organise large file transfer of your entry. You may submit three pieces of work.
URL link

Please ensure your link is accessible and not behind paywall or other access controls.
URL link 1

Please ensure your link is accessible and not behind paywall or other access controls.
URL link 2

Please ensure your link is accessible and not behind paywall or other access controls.
URL link 3

Please ensure your link is accessible and not behind paywall or other access controls.
Supportive information and/or contextual statement
If this is a team entry ensure you provide names of all team members and their role in the entry. If there are any unresolved legal issues or complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), IMPRESS of OFCOM regarding your entry you must declare it on the entry form for the information of the judges.
MJA Membership/Entry Fee*
MJA members may enter the MJA Awards for free. Why not join now (£50 Full/£12 Student) and receive all the benefits of membership, the cost of which is tax deductible? You can alternatively pay an entry fee of £60 per entry (£20 for Student journalist of the year). You can apply for membership once you have completed and submitted this form through the join option on our main menu. You will be asked to pay the entry fee once you submit your entry.
MJA member supporting your entry
First Last
If you have ticked that your entry is supported by an MJA member then you must name them here. MJA members may support one entry in the Awards each year. This enables a non MJA member to enter the awards for free. This initiative is to encourage MJA members to identify and encourage entries to the awards.
When you click submit you will be taken to an acknowledgement page where you will be required to then make any necessary payment for your entry. You will also be emailed a copy of your entry for your records. Please check that you receive this email (check spam too) as if you don't, this could mean that your entry was not submitted successfully. If you don't receive a confirmation email then please get in touch
Data protection statement
- I herewith give permission for my contact details to be held by the MJA in order to contact me in the future when entries to awards open each year
- I herewith give permission for my contact details to be held by the MJA in order to contact me about future membership offers and activities of the MJA
Please ensure you tick the relevant boxes.

MJA Awards Entry Form 2023

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