— Celebrate With Us
For 30 years, we have recognised the talent and dedication of freelance journalists and filmmakers working in news and current affairs worldwide. Their work shines a light on the impact of conflict, oppression and climate change around the world through powerful and revealing footage from Ukraine to Gaza, Madagascar and Mexico to India.
Join us, and the great and good from the international media industry, on November 28th at the BFI Southbank for the 31st Rory Peck Awards.
The call for entries for the 2025 Awards is now open.
The Rory Peck Awards is one of the only Awards in the world to exclusively highlight the work of freelancers
Rory Peck Awards
Current & Past Awards
2025 News Features Award – Winner
Yasser Abu Wazna
Satellite Images Track Four Gaza Businesses Upended by War
2025 Sony Impact Award – Winner
Ramita Navai, Karim Shah and Jaber Badwan
Gaza: Doctors under attack
2025 Martin Adler Prize – Winner
Ayman Abu Ramouz
2025 mib Freelance Journalist of the Year Award – Winner
Ebraheem Abu Ishaiba and Zaher Saleh
Rory Peck Awards
How to Enter
- View this year’s categories & criteria.
- Register for an account on our online entry platform.
- Complete the entry form and upload your media file(s) and/or pdfs.
- Pay the entry fee (£75 per entry for organisations, companies & media outlets/£35 per entry for freelancers).
To encourage equal opportunities, a limited number of entry fee waivers are available upon request to freelance journalists who cannot afford the fee.
For any questions, or to inquire about the fee waiver, please contact the Awards team.
Awards Highlights
The finalists of the 2024 Rory Peck Awards joined us in London for a celebration of independent journalism and the freelancers that contribute so much to international newsgathering.
With Thanks To
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