Categories & Sections

The competition covers the following categories and sections:

• Category Newspapers
  
  
  • Sanlam/Cronwright Trophy (for newspapers with print order/circulation 15 000+)
  • Sanlam/Hultzer Trophy (for newspapers with print order/circulation below 15 000)
  • Sanlam Award (for smaller independent town newspapers with print order/circulation below 5000)
    
    
• Category Front Pages
  
  
  • Sold papers
  • Free papers
  • Small independent town newspapers (circulation less than 5 000)
    
    
• Category Writing
  
  
  • Journalist of the Year (Best portfolio)
  • Hard news
  • Investigative reporting
  • Local Government
  • Editorial comment
  • Columns
  • Personal finance and Business news
  • Human interest
  • Headlines
  • Sport
  • Local/Regional News (only for small independent town newspapers with circulation below 5 000)
  • Township and rural newspapers
    
    
• Category Photography
  
  
  • Best portfolio (Photographer of the Year)
  • News
  • Feature
  • Sport
  • Portraits (faces)

PLEASE NOTE:  Entries entered into the wrong section will be disqualified, and will not be moved to the appropriate section.

Unless merit/circumstances dictates otherwise, there will be only one winner per section.