The Annual London Press Club Awards have become an important landmark in the media year.
They feature such famous awards as Scoop of the Year, the Edgar Wallace Award for Fine Writing, Business Journalist of the Year, Broadcasting Journalist of the Year, Consumer Affairs Journalist of the Year and Daily and Sunday Newspaper of the Year.
Previous winners have included Martin Bell, Sue MacGregor, Andrew Marr, Matthew Parris, Peter Preston and Keith Waterhouse.
Guests of honour at these awards have included Prime Minister Tony Blair – who in 2001 chose the occasion to announce to the world that he had begun to wear reading glasses, thereby giving the Club itself a worldwide scoop! – Lord Robertson (head of NATO), Home Secretary David Blunkett, the Archbishop of York, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg and Leaders of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard and David Cameron.
Awards Lunch 2012: This year’s event, sponsored by British Gas, will take place on Tuesday, 8th May 2012, at The Berkeley, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RL. Admission by ticket only. In this Olympic year, our special guest will be Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics.
Tickets for the event and more information is available from the Press Club office. Please email kate.oreilly@londonpressclub.co.uk . As always the London Press Club does not consider unsolicited entries for the majority of the awards. However, it welcomes entries for Newspaper of the Year and Sunday Newspaper of the Year. Newspapers that wish to be considered for these awards are asked to submit their entries (up to 700 words) together with any supporting clippings or articles to Kate O’Reilly by email (above) or by post to our Adam Street offices before 28th March 2012.
Prices:
- LPC Members (individuals): £105 (£126 including VAT) – Members can buy up to two tickets at this rate
- Corporate Members: £145 [or tables of 10 for £1400 or tables of 11 for £1540] (all prices exclude VAT)
- Full price tickets: £160 (£192 incl VAT)
Please be aware that to reserve your ticket, payment must be received in full. There is also a cancellation policy – if you cancel your reservation, LPC will retain 20% of the ticket price. This rises to 50% ic cancelled less than seven days before the lunch, and no refund will be provided if less than 24 hours notice is given.