Judges included eight representatives from the regional press, Geoff Critchley from PA Sport and Murray Morse from the Daily Sport.
The shortlists are as follows:
News Reporter: Donna Bowater, City of Wolverhampton College; Ben Barnett, Telegraph and Argus; Naomi Loomes, City College Brighton & Hove; David Paine, Worcester News; Elizabeth Webster, Lambeth College; Tessa Youens, Gravesend Messenger.
Sport: Graham Britton, Sheffield College; Jonathan Jurejko, Doncaster Free Press; Steve Jones, News Associates Manchester; Ben Pearce, Islington Gazette.
Top Scoop: Graham Britton, Sheffield College; Ben Frampton, South Wales Argus; Steven Kelly, Brighton Journalist Works; Deborah Green, South Wales Argus; Delia Monk, Lambeth College.
Feature writer: Marie Duffy, University of Ulster; Emma Kasprzak, North Shropshire Chronicle; Sara Pepper, University of Salford; Kelly Shorrock, Derby Evening Telegraph; Paul Prowse, Nottingham Trent University; Tessa Youens, Gravesend Messenger.
Images: Jaroslaw Bogdanowicz, Sheffield College; Katherine Burnett, Derby Telegraph; Micha Theiner, Sheffield College; Samuel Reynolds, Lancashire Telegraph.
Six judges will now make the final selection for the categories above: there will be a student and trainee winner in each, three additional performance awards which reflect results at preliminary and NCE level, and the NCTJ's Chairman's Award - to mark one individual's outstanding contribution.
Most results will be announced at the Society of Editors' conference in Bristol, November 9-11. The NCTJ chairman, Kim Fletcher, will announce the Chairman's Award on December 4-5 at the NCTJ Journalism Training Conference.
Senior Desk Editor - International News Desk
