NZCNA

ANNUAL AWARDS

Entries Close 31 March 2026

The Community Newspaper Awards are held annually, with winners presented at the Annual Conference. The Awards are keenly contested in the following categories:

• Best Idea/Innovation (Publication award)
• Best Feature/Supplement (Publication award)
• Best Community Involvement (Publication award)
• Best Graphic Designer – Advertising (Individual award)
• Best Lifestyle/Feature Writer (Individual award)
• Best Sales Professional (Individual award)
• Best Headline Writer (Individual award)
• Best Sports Journalist (Individual award)
• Best News Journalist (Senior and Junior) (Individual awards)
• Best Photographer (Individual award)
• Best Front Page – Magazine (Publication award)
• Best Front Page – Community Newspaper (Publication award)
• Best Magazine (Publication award)
• Best Community Newspaper – (Publication award)

2026 ENTRY FORM AND CRITERIA

Please read the accompanying 2023 Awards Category and Criteria for full details and rules of entry. Please complete one entry form per entry.

Please download the Awards Entry Form and Criteria using the links above.  Complete one entry form for each entry and attach this to the hard copy of your entry and send by courier to:

CNA Awards

c/- PrintNZ

60 Wilkinson Road

Ellerslie

Auckland 1060

If copies of the publication are not available, PDFs copies of entries are permitted for all categories except Magazine of the Year and Newspaper of the Year.

Any enquiries to ruth.cobb@printnz.co.nz