Congratulations to our 2022 SPA National Award winners. You can find the full details below:
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD
Sponsored by News UK
Special Mention: Zo Wu
Highly Commended: Antonio Ross, The Mancunion
Winner: Abigail Mason, The Saint
BEST ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE AWARD
Highly Commended: Pui Kuan Cheah, Quench (Taylor’s Version: How Taylor Swift is reclaiming her art)
Winner: Isabelle Brown, The Boar (Asexuality in a sex-crazed world: reviewing modern representation)
BEST SCIENCE OR TECH PIECE AWARD
Sponsored by the Association of British Science Writers
Highly Commended: Emma Hattersley, The Mancunion
Winner: Cameron McAllister, Palatinate
BEST POLITICAL PIECE AWARD
Highly Commended: Gracie Daw, Nouse (In Conversation with Julian Sturdy MP)
Winner: Anasuya Virmani, The Gaudie (Field report from Poland: How is the Ukrainian refugee situation handled?)
BEST HUMAN RIGHTS STORY AWARD
Sponsored by EachOther
Special Mention: Flossie Palmer, Epigram (Over 10 per cent of Bristol’s student population have a hidden disability, but how would you know?)
Special Mention: Lucy Dunn, The Glasgow Guardian (What progress has been made this Harm Awareness Month?)
Highly Commended: Billy Stockwell, Epigram (Recent rise in LGBTQ+ homelessness in Bristol explained)
Winner: Carolina Piras, Sane Magazine (The criminalisation of sex work is the spark of more violence: how sex workers are coping with UK laws since the pandemic)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PIECE AWARD
Highly Commended: Tania Tang, The Cheese Grater (Molly-Mae is the Queen of Quotes)
Winner: Alex Foster, The Oxford Student (Oxford Clubbing: A Guide by someone who has never been clubbing in Oxford)
BEST LIFESTYLE PIECE AWARD
Highly Commended: Jeevan Farthing, The Glasgow Guardian (Sorry, I’m busy…)
Winner: Gracie Linthwaite, Palatinate (Nature’s galleries: outdoor art around the UK)
BEST SPORTS REPORTER AWARD
Highly Commended: Josh Collins, Impact Magazine
Winner: Ruth Kelner, York Vision
BEST COMMENT PIECE AWARD
Highly Commended: Abigail Williams, The Beaver (The paradox of Black excellence)
Winner: Ela Heeley, The Beaver (The Danger of De-platforming at the LSE)
BEST FEATURE AWARD
Highly Commended: Alexander Sampson, Epigram ( Deconstructing Bristol’s suicide narrative)
Winner: Charles Gorrivan, The Saint (Getting the Hole Story)
BEST INTERVIEW AWARD
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Highly Commended: Waseem Mohamed, Palatinate (‘There are Russian troops behind you’: Durham student and her cats escape Ukraine)
Winner: Marino Unger-Verna, Roar News (‘The Personal Toll of India’s Pandemic’)
BEST NEWS STORY AWARD
Sponsored by News Associates
Highly Commended: Jordan Hunter, Glasgow Guardian (New testing measures introduced after cheating rose exponentially last year)
Winner: Max Kendix, Sarah Matthews and Daniel Hodgson – Palatinate (Fygone: the story of the failed start-up)
RISING STAR AWARD
Highly Commended: Ruth Kelner, York Vision
Winner: Gemma Murphy, Strathclyde Telegraph
BEST REPORTER AWARD
Sponsored by The Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism at Nottingham Trent University
Special Mention: Max Kendix
Highly Commended: Ella Robinson, The Mancunion
Winner: Poppy Askham, Palatinate
BEST SPORTS SECTION AWARD
Highly Commended: The Boar
Winner: Palatinate
BEST SCIENCE OR TECH SECTION AWARD
Sponsored by the Association of British Science Writers
Highly Commended: I, Science
Winner: Concrete
BEST OVERALL DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD
Sponsored by City, University of London
Highly Commended: Empoword Journalism
Winner: The Glasgow Guardian
BEST DESIGN AWARD – MAGAZINE
Highly Commended: The Magdalen
Winner: Glasgow University Magazine (GUM)
BEST DESIGN AWARD – NEWSPAPER
Highly Commended: Epigram
Winner: Palatinate
BEST WEBSITE AWARD
Sponsored by Sheffield University
Highly Commended: Kindred Magazine
Winner: Palatinate
BEST SPECIALIST PUBLICATION AWARD
Special Mention: The Mic
Highly Commended: The Economic Tribune
Winner: ScienceMind
BEST NEWCOMER PUBLICATION AWARD
Special Mention: ScienceMind
Highly Commended: Carrot Magazine
Winner: Kindred Magazine
BILLY DOWLING-REID AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT
Sponsored by Bloomberg
Highly Commended: Dolly Carter, Concrete
Winner: Niamh Robinson, Impact
BEST PUBLICATION
Sponsored by News Associates
Highly Commended: Roar News
Winner: The Mancunion