The Motor Sports Association (MSA) is inviting submissions for the 2012 Renault MSA Young Motor Sport Journalist and Photographer of the Year awards.
Established in 2002 with support from Renault UK Limited, the awards are designed to recognise and encourage the new generation of motor sport reporters and photographers working within UK motor sport.
A panel of recognised experts from the sport and the media will consider the applications. Each winner will receive a trophy and a cheque for 1000 at the MSAs Night of Champions ceremony at the Royal Automobile Club in January. In addition the winning photographers images will be framed and hung at Motor Sports House and will appear in MSA magazine.
Jeremy Townsend, Renault UK Communications Director, said: Renault UK has a great history of supporting young motor sport talent, both on and off the track. We are proud that we have now sponsored the MSA Young Motor Sport Journalist and Photographer of the Year awards for a decade, during which time they have unearthed new talent, rewarded more established names and provided a real career boost for the sports top young media prospects.
Colin Hilton, MSA Chief Executive, said: The Renault/MSA awards give two winners each year a great platform from which to further develop their careers, as well as the chance to collect their awards at the MSAs Night of Champions at the Royal Automobile Club. Moreover, they give all aspiring young motor sport journalists and photographers an invaluable opportunity to get their work in front of a panel of esteemed judges from both the motor sport media and the sport itself.
Candidates must have been aged 25 or under on 1 January 2012 and be able to demonstrate published work involving domestic UK motor sport. They can work in local, regional, specialist or electronic media and are required to submit a minimum of three published articles or photographs from the UK media this year.
Application forms are available by email from media@msauk.org and entries must be sent to the MSA by 1 November 2012.
Previous winners
2011Journalist: Dan McCalla, Motorsport NewsPhotographer: Dominic Romney, freelance
2010Journalist: Rob Ladbrook, Motorsport NewsPhotographer: William Neill, freelance
2009Journalist: Ben Anderson, AutosportPhotographer: Dominic Romney, freelance
2008Journalist: Ed Foster, Motor SportPhotographer: Drew Gibson, LAT
2007Journalist: Steven English, AutosportPhotographer: Drew Gibson, LAT
2006 Journalist: Kevin Turner, AutosportPhotographer: Michael Hoyer, freelance
2005Journalist: Glenn Freeman, Motorsport NewsPhotographer: Gavin Ireland, Racecar Engineering
2004Journalist: Gemma Briggs, Racecar/HaymarketPhotographer: Glenn Dunbar, LAT
2003Journalist: Tim Redmayne, Motorsport NewsPhotographer: Jonathan MacDonald, Pacenotes
2002Journalist: Will Gray, Collings SportPhotographer: Jakob Ebrey, Jakob Ebrey Photographic
