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The UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards 2011:
award categories
| Award | Sponsor | Prize | |
| 1 | Sports Photographer of the Year | Nikon | £500 |
| 2 | Royal Photographer of the Year | British Airways | £500 |
| 3 | News Photographer of the Year | £500 | |
| 4 | Celebrity Photographer of the Year | £500 | |
| 5 | Business Photographer of the Year | Bloomberg | £500 |
| 6 | Young Photographer of the Year Entrant to be 25 years old or under by close of entries at midnight July 31st 2011 |
Newscast | £500 |
| 7 | Regional Photographer of the Year | £500 | |
| 8 | Photo Essay ... which tells a story and is accompanied by a brief, but clear, narrative to the story - minimum of 10 pictures; maximum 20 pictures |
Fotolia | £500 |
| 9 | Citizen Photographer of the Year Open to members of the public only. To allow Amateur photographers to demonstrate their skills in the world of travel, humourous or news. This category also reflects the impact that citizen photography has on todays newspapers. A single picture can be entered but it must be taken between 17th July 2010 and 16th July 2011. We would expect all entries to be within Press Complaints Commision guidelines: www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html |
BT | £500 |
The winner of the photographer of the year wins an additional £1,000.
For categories 1 - 7 above, the entry will be five pictures - fewer or more will not be considered a valid entry
For category 9, Citizen Photographer of the Year, above, the entry will be a single picture.
For all categories, you may enter as many times as you like.
From those entries the judges will decide who is the SABMiller Photographer of the Year
Entries will be for pictures taken between 17th July 2010 and 16th July 2011.
The closing date for submission of entries is 31st July 2011.
