2025 Regional Award Winners (so far)

Regional awards results

Midlands 

Announced at the SPA x Impact: Midlands Regional Conference and Awards 2025 at the University of Nottingham on 14th December 2024.

Best Publication

Winner: The Boar
Highly Commended: Redbrick

Best Specialist

Winner: Perspectives
Highly Commended: Planorama

Best Digital

Winner: Lingo
Highly Commended: Pharos

Best Design (Print)

Winner: Planorama
Highly Commended: Lingo

Outstanding Commitment

Winner: Luke Chapman, The Boar
Highly Commended: Raahimah Saeed, Cobalt Magazine

Best Journalist

Winner: Anna Bickerton, The Boar
Highly Commended: Molly Lee, The Leicestershire Press

Best Article

Winner: Rachel Gore, The Boar, More needs doing: Assessing the state of inclusivity and accessibility of sport at Warwick
Highly Commended: Martin Day & Tom Ryan, The Boar, BREAKING: Outrage as University of Warwick hosts ‘far-right’ “New Order” conference

London 

Announced at the SPA x Strand: London Regional Conference and Awards 2025 at King's College London in partnership with News Associates on 15th January 2025.

Best Publication

Winner: The Cheese Grater Magazine
Highly Commended: Roar News

Best Specialist

Winner: Strand Magazine
Highly Commended: Kinesis

Best Digital

Winner: The Cheese Grater Magazine
Highly Commended: The Standard

Best Design (Print)

Winner: The Beaver
Highly Commended: The Cheese Grater Magazine

Outstanding Commitment

Winner: Kayla Rahaman, Roar News
Highly Commended: Jana Bazeed, Roar News

Best Journalist

Winner: Malvika Murkumbi, The Cheese Grater Magazine
Highly Commended: Matthew Pellow, Roar News

Best Article

Winner: Lucy Reade, Pi Online, The Case for Assisted Dying
Highly Commended: Andrea Bidnic, The Cheese Grater Magazine, A ‘culture of overwork and abuse’: Years after the first complaints, the mistreatment of PGTAs continues

Best Photographer

Winner: Aden Ovenden, The Standard 

Scotland 

Announced at the SPA x GCU: Scotland Regional Conference and Awards 2025 at Glasgow Caledonian University and Strathclyde Students' Union in partnership with The Herald on 18th January 2025.

Best Publication

Winner: The Saint
Highly Commended: The Glasgow Guardian

Best Specialist

Winner: Braw 
Highly Commended: GIST

Best Digital

Winner: The Saint
Highly Commended: Brig Newspaper

Best Design (Print)

Winner: GIST
Highly Commended: Brig Newspaper

Outstanding Commitment

Winner: Rhiannon McGovern, Strathclyde Telegraph
Highly Commended: Anna Claire Shuman, The Student

Best Journalist

Winner: Jan Jasinski, The Glasgow Guardian
Highly Commended: Matthew Borrie, Strathclyde Telegraph

Best Article

Winner: Kate Bailey Tonkin, The Glasgow Guardian, “It was a choice that saved my life, but my body still felt like it was grieving”: in conversation with Glasgow Students for Choice’s Vice President about abortion
Highly Commended: Nina Miller, The Glasgow Guardian, An evening with Glasgow Wheelchair Rugby 

Best Photographer

Winner: Alden Arnold, The Saint 

North 

Announced on 20th January 2025.

Best Publication

Winner: Palatinate
Highly Commended: The Mancunion

Best Specialist

Winner: Muse
Highly Commended: The Lemon Press

Best Digital

Winner: Nouse
Highly Commended: Indigo

Best Design (Print)

Winner: Indigo
Highly Commended: THREAD

Outstanding Commitment

Winner: Sophie Layton, Forge Press
Highly Commended: Lily Gershon, Palatinate

Best Journalist

Winner: Tom Layton, Nouse
Highly Commended: Elliot Burrin, Palatinate

Best Article

Winner: Eddie Atkinson, The Lemon Press, Sabbs with Benefits
Highly Commended: Bertie Kirkwood, The Courier, Dancing back in Tyne: flourishing folk dance night announces new spin-off

Best Photographer

Winner: Arabella Wright, The Gryphon
Highly Commended: Joshua Haining, Nouse & HARD Magazine