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The AIPS Sport Media Awards is an international prize for the sport media industry, recognising works in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, photography and digital media including blogs.

The first edition of the Awards ceremony will be held in Lausanne in January 2019. Prizes are awarded yearly in six main categories.

Each winner receives a certificate and a US$8,000 cash award. Second-placed receive US$3,000 and third-placed, US$2,000.

Every professional journalist and photographer is entitled to participate, as long as they belong to one of the 160 countries that are part of the AIPS network.

Submissions
The AIPS Sport Media Awards only consider those works that have been specifically submitted. Submissions are completely free and up to two per person, across all categories.

Languages
The AIPS Sport Media Awards accept works in every language, given its international character. Applicants can also submit their works translated to English, but are not obliged to.

Categories
There are six main categories: Photography, Writing, Video, Audio, Blogs and Special Categories. Some of them include subcategories:


 * Photography, Sport Action – An image that depicts a moment of excellence or athletic skill from a particular sporting event.
 * Photography, Portfolio – A portfolio of at least three but no more than five sports photos. They may be from the same sport or same event, or from different events and different sports.


 * Writing, Best Column – A piece that best demonstrates relevance, knowledge and authority in the field of sport writing.
 * Writing, Best Colour Piece – Writing that best captures the emotion and sense of occassion in and around the sporting world.


 * Video, Ahtlete profile – A video that portrays a captivating, in-depth image of an athlete.
 * Video, Documentary – A video that tells a revealing story about any aspect of the sport world.


 * Audio, Excellence in Audio format – Recognition for the special skills required to present content for radio, TV, digital broadcast, including podcasts and vodcasts.


 * Sport Weblogs – This category will be judged on an individual's capacity to engage, sustain and grow a web-based community around discussion of sport and exchange of opinions.

The following categories are not open to submissions.
 * Special category, A life in sport – for a distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.
 * Special category, Investigative report – for a distinguished and appropriately documented book on the history of the United States.