Submission period close with record numbers

Submissions for the AIPS Sport Media Awards 2023 edition closed today, Saturday 4 November, at 10 pm Central European Time, with a record of participation: more than 1800 submissions from 141 different countries. 

We would like to express our gratitude for believing in this award, the only global prize for sports journalism and sports storytelling, in a very special for AIPS, the association that will turn 100 years old in July 2024. 

WHAT NOW? After carefully screening all the submissions, trying to identify if everything is correctly filled and no links or files are missing, our panel of specialists will start rating, in order to make the first cut, the longlists for each category. 

At the beginning of 2024, the Executive Committee will then narrow the longlist into a shortlist, that will be handed to the Jury. 

The Jury will then start deliberating in order to narrow the shortlist into the Top 10 and then the Podium Candidates. 

Finally, the day of the ceremony the winners are announced.

In total, this process involves 40 top professionals from 35 different countries. 

We will be publishing all the lists at both aipsmedia and aipsawards.com websites. 

CERTIFICATES Participants will receive a first certificate for participation. Then, depending on the final position, a second certificate can be issued. 

SPECIAL MENTIONS A total of 24 different mentions and special commendations were issued in the 2022 edition. These are aligned with the values of AIPS and the topics that are considered relevant for the future of sport, journalism and humanity. 

CONTINENTAL RANKINGS After the ceremony, we will also publish the continental rankings to celebrate the works from a regional perspective.

TOTAL PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES. The 141 nationalities represented in this sixth edition are as follows: 

AFRICA

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Côte d’Ivoire
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Libya
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

AMERICAS

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
The Bahamas
Trinidad And Tobago
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela

ASIA

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
China
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic Of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mongolia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Yemen

EUROPE

Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom

OCEANIA

Australia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands