Slideshow: Shortlist for Picture Editors' Guild Awards 2010

A new contest for photojournalists and photographers has announced its inaugural shortlist.

The Picture Editors' Guild Awards will recognise outstanding photography across eight categories, including an award for citizen journalism. Getty Images' photographers Chris Furlong and Christopher Jackson have both been nominated in two categories.

The shortlist can be viewed in full below with a selection of images. More images are available on the awards' website.

Each category winner will receive £500 and a trophy. There will also be an overall SABMiller Photographer of the Year, who will be awarded £1,000 and a trophy. The winners will be announced on 21 September.



Photo Essay
Martin Argles, the Guardian
Ben Birchall, Press Association
Christopher Harris, the Times
Charles McQuillan, Pacemaker Press International

British Airways Sports Photographer of the Year
Mike Hewitt, Getty Images
Ian MacNicol
Richard Pelham, the Sun
Eddie Keogh, Reuters

Royal Photographer of the Year
Arthur Edwards, News International
Christopher Jackson, Getty Images
Eddie Mulholland, Daily/Sunday Telelgraph
Leon Neal, Agence France-Presse

News Photographer of the Year
William Cherry, Presseye
Chris Furlong, Getty Images
Daniel Kitwood, Getty Images
Stefan Rousseau, Press Association

Celebrity Photographer of the Year
Christopher Jackson, Getty Images
Ian Nicholson, Press Association
Graeme Robertson, the Guardian
Jeff Spicer, Alpha Press Agency

Bloomberg Business Photographer of the Year
Jason Alden, Bloomberg/the Independent on Sunday
Chris Furlong, Getty Images
Daniel Jones
Oliver Scarff, Getty Images

Newscast Young Photographer of the Year
Ben Begley, London Media
Ben Fitzpatrick
Matthew Lloyd, the Times    
Brad Wakefield, South West News Service

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