Guild Awards 2025 – the finalists are revealed

The delightful picture above was taken at last year’s Guild Annual Dinner by Jakob Ebrey, showing our President Nick Mason chatting to Michael Dunlop, the 2024 Outstanding Achievement in Motorsport winner, while waiting to be joined by the rest of the year’s Award winners. 

There will be a similar line of chairs ready in just a couple of weeks’ time and we are now one step closer to knowing who will fill them with the announcement of the 2025 Awards finalists. The contenders are as follows:   

AlcoSense Campaigning for Motoring Award

  • Jack Carfrae
  • Louise Cole
  • Trinity Francis

BCA Feature Writer of the Year

  • James Taylor
  • Aimée Turner
  • Richard Webber

Bentley Motors Editor of the Year

  • Gavin Braithwaite-Smith
  • Craig Cheetham
  • Will Shiers

Continental Tyres Commercial Vehicle Writer of the Year

  • Jack Carfrae
  • Trinity Francis
  • Will Shiers

Genesis Award for Automotive Technology Journalism

  • Jack Carfrae
  • Neil Kennett
  • Robert Marshall

GOMW & MICA Young PR Professional of the Year Award

  • Bradley Beningfield
  • Filip Czajkowski
  • Thomas Davis

GOMW & WOMAC Award for Fundraising sponsored by Imprimatur

  • Jeff Bloxham – The Lullaby Trust
  • The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of London
  • Southern Group of Motoring Writers 

Gordon Bruce Classic Writer of the Year sponsored by Hampson Auctions

  • Charlie Calderwood
  • Nathan Chadwick
  • Sam Dawson

Hagerty Award for the Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy

  • John Brooks
  • Peter M. Larsen & Ben Erickson
  • Karl Ludvigsen

Prodrive Motorsport Cup

  • Jakob Ebrey
  • Jonathan Noble
  • James Taylor

Prova PR Business Writer of the Year

  • Theo Leggett
  • Jonathan Manning
  • Aimée Turner

RAC EV Journalist of the Year Award

  • Mark Bursa
  • Jack Carfrae
  • Aimée Turner

Sir William Lyons Award sponsored by Jaguar

  • Joseph Gorst
  • Sachin Shaw
  • Max Taylor

Subaru Motorsport Photographic Award

  • Will Broadhead
  • Jakob Ebrey
  • Drew Gibson

Suzuki General Photographic Award

  • Max Edleston
  • Matt Howell
  • Aston Parrott

Toyota Young Writer of the Year Award

  • Yousuf Ashraf
  • Dino Buratti
  • Alex Wolstenholme

The Awards will be presented during the Annual Dinner at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall on 4th December. We will be sharing news of the winners on our social media feeds, Facebook and X (Twitter) with the hashtag #GOMWAwards, while the next scheduled edition of News Briefs, planned to be published on 5th December, will be an Awards special detailing all the winners.