Find out more below about preparing your entry for submission.

How to prepare a submission

• Check the entry criteria to view the supporting materials and work you’re required to submit as part of your entry, and the format you’re required to submit them in.
• See Terms & Conditions for requirements that apply to all entries.
• Remember, you must provide comprehensive contact details.
• Work samples should be submitted digitally where possible.
  

• Supporting material and work for your entry, as specified on the Category page.
• Contact details, including X (formally known as Twitter) handle and Instagram profile (if available).
• Indication of the date of publication/broadcast, and name of publication, channel or website that carried the work.

• The decision of the judges is final.
• Finalists in all awards categories will be notified by September 2025.
  

• ‘Work’ is an article, feature, blog, vlog, photograph, broadcast, publication, travel book or website in any category that you wish to enter.
• Work submitted must have been published in the UK in print or online, or if broadcast, aired on television, radio or online between 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2025.
• Work submitted must show the date and name of the medium in which it was published.
• PDFs submitted must be labelled with the name of the feature and the publication.
• Individual pieces of work may be entered in more than one category, but they must be submitted for each category.
• A ‘travel article’ is defined as a piece of writing about travel products, topics or destinations that’s published in a publication — newspaper, magazine or online.
• A ‘travel feature’ is defined as a piece of writing or broadcasting that concentrates on a particular travel-related subject or destination.
• The closing date for submissions of work is Friday16 May 2025.
• The decision of the judging panels is final.
• The Awards organisers reserve the right to amend or withdraw a category or categories from the Awards should they conclude there are insufficient entries.
• Personal data will be processed according to our Privacy Policy
• Entry to the Awards signifies your acceptance of all terms and conditions as stipulated.
• Please note: if any work samples have to be mailed, they will not be returned unless an appropriately sized, self-addressed stamped mailer is provided. APL Media will not be responsible for any damaged or lost works.