The Brentwood Gazette has been shortlisted in the Society of Editors' Regional Press Awards 2012.
It is the running in the weekly newspaper (below 20,000) category alongside the Bucks Free Press, The Cornishman, Kent Messenger and The Inverness Courier.
The ceremony, held in association with HoldtheFrontPage and the Press Association, will take place at Savoy Place in London on May 17.
Society of Editors executive director Bob Satchwell said: "These awards reflect and spotlight the tremendous journalism that can be found every day or every week across the UK in regional and local newspapers that represent their readers and serve their communities so well."
The Gazette was earlier this year awarded best paid-for weekly newspaper in the EDF Energy East of England Media Awards 2012.
