The results of the 2008 awards were announced on Friday 6th June and we are delighted to announce the prizes for 2008.

The star prize, a 15" Apple MacBook Pro will be awarded to the winner of the "Photograph of the Year".

The MacBook Pro is the industry standard laptop, and is meticulously designed for maximum performance in a minimum size. We are offering the range topping "special order" 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with 2Gb of RAM and the high speed 200GB 7200rpm hard drive. It's a serious bit of kit.

Each of the category winners will receive a Apple iPod Touch. This 16GB model gives you "the internet in your pocket".

All entrants will be invited to the Private View in July and will receive a copy of this year's book Assignments 3 - The Press Photographer's Year and then exhibited at the National Theatre's Lyttelton foyer on London's South Bank from 5th July 2008. Further copies can be ordered using the link above.

And in addition all of winners will receive a copy of Apple’s highly acclaimed photo software Aperture 2.

The PPY would like to thank all of you who entered for taking the time to complete your entries and for your continued support of the PPY.