PALMA2025

For the female creator whose work across the qualifying year set the standard, in craft, in consistency, and in what it led other creators to attempt.

For the male creator whose work across the qualifying year set the standard, judged on the same criteria and to the same weighting as every other Creator PALMA.

For the trans creator whose work across the qualifying year set the standard. The category recognises the work, and it is judged against the same six criteria as every other Creator PALMA.

For the creator whose live work was the most accomplished across the qualifying year. Live is the hardest discipline in the industry because nothing can be fixed afterwards: the room, the pacing and the audience are handled once.

For the creator whose self-produced work was the strongest across the qualifying year: written, shot, performed, edited and released by the creator, usually alone.

For the creator who arrived with a point of view already formed. This is the category that most often predicts the rest of the Roll of Honour.