Welcome to the Picture Editors' Awards gallery of Winners and Special Awards for 2005.

To view winning images from a category, please click on the appropriate link on the right-hand side of this page, or the categories below.

BG Group Photographer of the Year - Jeff Mitchell, Reuters	Getty Images Regional Photographer of the Year -Simon Hulme, Yorkshire Post	Local Newspapers Photographer of the Year - Simon de Trey-White, Watford Observer, St. Albans Observer, Harrow Times
BG Group Magazine Photographer of the Year - Jude Edginton, Freelance	Nikon Photo Essay Award - Richard Pohle, The Times	Nikon Sports Photographer of the Year - Toby Melville, Reuters
Diageo Young Photographer of the Year - Kieran Dodds, Evening Times Glasgow	BG Group News Photographer of the Year - Christopher Jackson, Getty Images	Nikon Celebrity Photographer of the Year - Dan Chung, The Guardian
Nikon Sports Picture of the Year - Russell Cheyne, The Daily Telegraph	Guinness Black & White Photographer of the Year - Yuri Anderegg, Oxford Mail and Oxford Times	Getty Images Royal Photographer of the Year - Richard Pohle, The Times
BG Group Student Award - Clara Molden, Norton College, Sheffield	2005 Awards Ceremony at the Guildhall, London