AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2025 open for entries

Published: 08 Jan 2025

London, UK, 8th January 2025: The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has announced its prestigious annual awards are now open for entries. The Digital Publishing Awards have returned to celebrate the individuals and teams working to create, deliver, and monetise quality online content.

Coming into their 23rd year, the awards continue to set the standard for editorial, commercial, partnership and publishing excellence. The deadline for this year’s entries falls on 20^th March, and the winners will be announced at the AOP Awards dinner on 11th June 2025 at Old Billingsgate, London.

With 26 categories, awards are open to all members and non-members of the AOP. This year there are more opportunities for media tech partners to be recognised, with two separate categories for them to enter – one for those providing audience solutions, and the other for those offering revenue solutions. Tech partners will also be able to enter the ‘Best Research/Insight Project’ and the ‘Employer Excellence Award’.

Each category will be judged by an independent panel of digital experts, led by co-chairs Katie Le Ruez, Director of Digital at Guardian News & Media, and Tom Lake, Director of Product and Technology at Infopro Digital. The full list of judges can be viewed here.

“Digital publishers continue to navigate a landscape of ongoing challenges, but the community never ceases to inspire me with its resilience and innovation,” said Richard Reeves, Managing Director at AOP. “From pioneering new solutions to fostering greater collaboration, the work I see across the industry is truly remarkable. As always, I’m eager to hear from the talented teams and individuals who are shaping the future of our industry, and I look forward to celebrating their achievements at our awards ceremony in June.”

The full list of categories is as follows:

AOP Individual Excellence Awards

• Journalist of the Year

• Editor of the Year

• The AOP Award for Inspiring Local Journalism, sponsored by Google News Initiative

• Sales Person of the Year

• Rising Star

AOP Team Excellence Awards

• Editorial Team of the Year: B2B

• Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer

• Sales Team of the Year

• Advertising Operations Team of the Year

• Product Development Team of the Year

• Audience Development Team of the Year

AOP Digital Publishing Excellence Awards

• Best Video Strategy

• Best Use of Audio

• Best Diversification of Commercial Strategy

• Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign

• Best Publisher-led Social Good Initiative or Campaign

• Best Digital Publishing Innovation

• Best Use of Data

• Best Research / Insight Project

• The AOP Employer Excellence Award

• Best Media Tech Partner: Audiences

• Best Media Tech Partner: Revenues

AOP Grand Prix

• Best Online Brand: B2B

• Best Online Brand: Consumer

• Small Digital Publisher of the Year

Publishing companies who have demonstrated success across several categories in the AOP Awards will be invited to enter the following category:

• Best Digital Publishing Company 2025

Entries should be made online and can be entered here.

About Association of Online Publishers

Association of Online Publishers (AOP) is an industry body representing digital publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content. AOP champions the interests of media owners from diverse backgrounds including newspaper and magazine publishing, TV and radio broadcasting, and pure online media. For more information, please visit

www.ukaop.org.