The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Given=== ''The Guardian'' is the sponsor of two major literary awards: The ''[[Guardian First Book Award]]'', established in 1999 as a successor to the ''[[Guardian Fiction Award]]'', which had run since 1965, and the ''[[Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]]'', founded in 1967. In recent years the newspaper has also sponsored the [[Hay Festival]] in [[Hay-on-Wye]]. The annual [[Guardian Student Media Awards]], founded in 1999, recognise excellence in journalism and design of British university and college [[student newspapers]], magazines and websites. In memory of [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]], who died in 2004, ''The Guardian'' and ''Private Eye'' jointly set up the [[Paul Foot Award]], with an annual Β£10,000 prize fund, for investigative or campaigning journalism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midaspr.co.uk/press_office.asp?CatID=22 |title=The Paul Foot award for Campaigning Journalism 2007 |access-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055234/http://www.midaspr.co.uk/press_office.asp?CatID=22 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> The newspaper produces [[The Guardian 100 Best Footballers In The World|''The Guardian'' 100 Best Footballers In The World]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 best footballers in the world 2017|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/19/the-100-best-footballers-in-the-world-2017-interactive|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 January 2018|date=19 December 2017|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910233958/https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/19/the-100-best-footballers-in-the-world-2017-interactive|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2018 it has also co-produced the female equivalent, [[The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World]]. In 2016, ''The Guardian'' began awarding an annual [[The Guardian Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]] award, given to a footballer regardless of gender "who has done something truly remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bandini |first1=Nicky |title=The Guardian's inaugural Footballer of the Year: Cagliari's Fabio Pisacane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/29/fabio-pisacane-guardian-footballer-of-year-award |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708203122/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/29/fabio-pisacane-guardian-footballer-of-year-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page