The Awards took place at The Venue, Green Park (also known as Johannesburg World Trade Centre), in Sandton, with MC Azania Mosaka. In attendance were the top talent of the newspaper journalism industry. The winners were selected from 63 finalists in 17 categories. In total the Awards attracted 484 entries.
| CATEGORY 1: HARD NEWS Winner | Beauregard Tromp | “The killing of Emmanuel Sithole | Sunday Times |
| CATEGORY 2: COLUMNS / EDITORIAL Winner | Verashni Pillay | A series of Columns – “Body of Work” | Mail & Guardian |
| CATEGORY 3: ENTERPRISE NEWS Winner | Bongekile Macupe and Zoe Mahopo | “Big stink” | Sowetan |
| CATEGORY 4: FEATURE WRITING Winner | Mia Malan | “Diepsloot: Where men think it’s their right to rape” | Mail & Guardian (Bhekisisa) |
| CATEGORY 5: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Winner | Siphe Macanda | “Siyenza toilet scandal” | Daily Dispatch |
| CATEGORY 6: EDITORIAL CARTOONS Winner | Dr Jack Swanepoel and John Curtis | “Murich 1935-2015” | Eye Witness News (EWN) |
| CATEGORY 7: GRAPHIC JOURNALISM Winner | Rudi Louw | “In search of a better life” | Graphics 24: City Press |
| CATEGORY 8: POPULAR JOURNALISM Winner | Everson Luhanga | “Oscar scores in jail” | Daily Sun |
| CATEGORY 9: NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS Winner | James Oatway | “The killing of Emmanuel Sithole” | Sunday Times |
| CATEGORY 10: FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHS Winner | Conrad Bornman | “In the shadow of the valleys” | Volksblad |
| CATEGORY 11: SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHS Winner | Alon Skuy | “Lesotho –Ski escape” | The Times |
| CATEGORY 12: PRESENTATION Winner | Nelandri Narianan | “Face of our past” | The Star |
| CATEGORY 13: MULTIPLATFORM Winner | Elsabe Brits and team: (Debree Kluge and Gys Visser) | “HOMO Naledi -Pakket” | Netwerk24 |
| CATEGORY 14: MULTIMEDIA Winner | Jessica Mulder and Team: (Stephens Simon, Lebohang Mashiloane, Neil Raath, Andy van Eeden, Andrew Fehrsen and Anastasya Eliseeva) | “Hope to Glory” | eNCA.com |
| CATEGORY 15: SA STORY OF THE YEAR Winner | Beauregard Tromp & James Oatway | “The killing of Emmanuel Sithole” | Sunday Times |
| CATEGORY 16: YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner | Nokuthula Mbatha | “Deep in the devil’s drug” | The Star |
| CATEGORY 17: NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner | Siphe Macanda | “Siyenza toilet scandal” | Daily Dispatch |
*Please note that this year no award was given in Category 18: Allan Kirkland SOGA Lifetime Achiever Award.
