Why enter?

The Awards comprise categories both for individual journalists (consumer and B2B) as well as media outlets covering different aspects of the financial marketplace.

 To submit your entry, please follow the steps below (entries open in Jan 2024):

• Visit the Award categories page and select the category/ies you’d like to enter by clicking the Enter Now button. To enter multiple categories, tick the box in the top right corner, and then click the blue PROCESS button that appears.
  
  
• If you entered the 2024 awards you will already have an existing account. Please enter your email and password you used last year, or click the 'forgot password' link if you need to reset this.
  Please note that this is a different account to the one you may have for the Headlinemoney platform and the username and password may differ.
• If you did not enter in 2024, you will be asked to create an account to log in to complete your entry.
  
  
• You will then be taken through to a basket page (all entries are free to submit). The category/ies you have selected will appear under the ‘Awards Nomination’ heading and you can complete the entry information.
  
  
• You can then ‘Continue’ at the bottom of the page to proceed through the entry basket process.
  
  
• You will receive a confirmation email from the system once your entry has been successfully submitted. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24hrs your entry has not successfully been processed, please log back into your account and check all mandatory information has been provided.

Contact Vicky Finch with any queries.

For each entry, you will be asked to submit a 300-word supporting statement, as well as up to three examples of work. Please note, that if you are entering one of the ‘Story of the Year’ categories, only one story example is required.

Please include a relevant image with your entry. For example:

• If you’re entering an individual or Story of the Year category, please provide a headshot (a high-resolution jpeg, as close to 1920x1080 pixels, minimum 300dpi  as possible)

The journalism, specialist, and story of the year categories will be open for entries from Monday 8 January until Friday 7 February 2025.

Please note, entries will NOT be accepted after the entry deadline due to a limited judging time frame.

All categories are FREE to enter.

Items of work must have appeared in the calendar year 2024.

The process to decide all the category winners is carried out by more than a hundred judges comprising senior financial journalists, editors and PRs drawn from around the UK’s financial media, during an extensive phase of judging in Spring 2025.

The journalism shortlists will be announced in May 2025.

Entries are welcomed in our PR categories from financial services communications professionals, press teams and expert commentators.

Whether you’re doing a great job as an individual, or as part of a team, there’s a category for you to showcase your achievements.

 To submit your entry, please follow the steps below:

• Visit the Award categories page and select the category/ies that you’d like to enter by clicking the Enter Now button. To enter multiple categories, tick the box in the top right corner, and then click the blue PROCESS button that appears.
  
  
• If you entered the 2024 awards you will already have an existing account. Please enter your email and password you used last year, or click the 'forgot password' link if you need to reset this.
  Please note that this is a different account to the one you may have for the Headlinemoney Platform and username and password may differ.
• If you did not enter or book a table in 2024, you will then be asked to create an account to log in to complete your entry.
  
  
• You will then be taken through to a basket page (all entries are free to submit). The category/ies that you have selected will appear under the ‘Awards Nomination’ heading and you can complete the entry information.
  
  
• You can then ‘Continue’ at the bottom of the page to proceed through the entry basket process.
  
  
• You will receive a confirmation email from the system once your entry has been successfully submitted. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24hrs your entry has not successfully been processed, please log back into your account and check all mandatory information has been provided. 

Contact Vicky Finch with any queries.

You will be asked to submit both a supporting statement of up to 300 words, as well as a 50-word summary of your entry. This summary will be used on the Awards website during the journalist vote, should your entry be shortlisted.

You have the opportunity to upload a maximum of two PDFs to support your entry should you wish to do so. Please outline the nature of your supporting documents on the entry form, along with any passwords or usernames the judges may need to access any URL links you may have provided.

Please include a relevant image with your entry. For example:

• If you are entering the PR professional, rising star or expert categories, provide a headshot (a high-resolution jpeg, as close to 1920x1080 pixels, minimum 300dpi reference as possible)
  
  
• If you’re entering the press team or PR agency category, include a relevant team photo or corporate image (a high-resolution jpeg, as close to 1920x1080 pixels, minimum 300dpi as possible, or an illustrator EPS file if supplying a company logo)
  
  
• If you’re entering the thought leadership category, provide a relevant illustration of the campaign that’s being submitted (a PDF or a high-resolution jpeg, as close to 1920x1080 pixels, minimum 300dpi as possible)
  

The PR entries are open from Monday 8 January until Friday 31 January 2025.

Please note, entries will NOT be accepted after the entry deadline due to a limited judging time frame.

All categories are FREE to enter.

Unless stated, the Awards cover the calendar year 2024.

Yes, but ONLY in the ‘Expert of the Year’ category, where we’re happy to receive entries from third parties making a nomination on an individual’s behalf as well as direct from commentators themselves. (For example, a press officer making a nomination on behalf of an expert from the same company for whom they’ve achieved airtime).

Entries in each category will be scrutinised by a panel of judges from the financial services media. The judges will compile shortlists for each of the six PR categories and the winners will ultimately be decided by the financial press via an online vote.

There are no hard-and-fast rules about what makes a great entry in each of these categories. But bear in mind that it’s the financial press that has the final say in the decision-making. Ultimately, the aim is to impress on the judges your communications expertise when it comes to working with the financial press.

Evidence of dedication, professionalism, reputation for efficiency, quality of story/campaign, ability to deploy experts at short notice, and an understanding of a journalist’s particular audience, are some of the factors that will doubtless contribute to the final decisions.

This is your chance to tell journalists about your media relations strengths and achievements over the past year! 

The PR and Communications shortlists will be announced in March 2025.