Entries are open for this year's PANPA advertising and marketing awards, and dates set for those for the prestigious Newspaper of the Year competition.

The Advertising & Marketing Awards are open to news media company and creative, sales and marketing teams in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Asia, with key categories for advertising, marketing and executive excellence.

Last year's competition attracted a record 450 entries.

The advertising categories recognise publishers' in-house work only, but both agency and in-house executions are eligible for the marketing categories.

Entries close on May 27, and finalists will be announced on July 6t. Winners will be named at a cocktail event at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney on announced on September 1.

The Newspaper of the Year Awards competition opens for entries from June 6 to July 1, with finalists announced on August 3, and winners presented at a gala dinner at The Ivy Ballroom in Sydney on September 2.