WIJ Scotland offers support to enter this year's Scottish Press Awards

Last year a record number of women were nominated and won prizes at the Scottish Press Awards (SPA). Women in Journalism Scotland is determined to continue the trend by offering to cover 20 entry fees for women journalists who'd like to apply in 2023. 

If you'd like to apply to have your entry fees paid, please email wijscotland@gmail.com. Applicant names will be selected at random and successful journalists contacted at the end of this month.

We also welcome questions about the application process and are happy to provide advice if you are finding it hard to choose between articles you'd like to submit. The deadline for applying to have your entry fees covered by WiJS is January 26. 

We're also making available a workshop we hosted last year with Denise West, chair of the SPA judges; Catherine Salmond, then-editor of Scotland on Sunday; and Susan Mathieson, managing director of Events Consultants Scotland, organisers of the SPA since 2004. This workshop helped to demystify the application process and provided lots of practical advice on how and what to enter. 

To receive a recording of the workshop, email wijscotland@gmail.com

Good luck!