The mouthy little bi-weekly is up there with the mainstream media and some very big names indeed. A shortlist will be announced later this week and the award will be handed over next Tuesday.
The full long list is: Peter and Leni Gillman, Scott Lomax, Palestine News, John Sweeney, Daniel Foggo and Charlotte Edwards, Nick Owens, Nick Ryan, Christine Zaba, Geoffrey Lean, Ben Fenton, Felicity Lawrence, Phil Batty, Elena Lappin, Migrant Media, Katherine Quarmby, Peter Aldhaus, Eamon O'Neill, Rob Edwards, Heather Brooke, Neil Connery, George Monbiot, Stef Hall, The Bristolian Newspaper, Wilf Mbanga.