The Shine School Media Awards is a national competition rewarding UK secondary schools who produce an outstanding newspaper, magazine, podcast or website
tomorrow’s talent
Welcome to the Shine School Media Awards!
2020 will mark the tenth year of the Shine School Media Awards – a national competition that rewards a diversity of talent from secondary schools across the UK who work on the writing, editing, design and fund-raising for a school newspaper, magazine, podcast or website.
The culmination of each year’s Shine Awards is a spectacular summertime gala awards ceremony at Stationers’ Hall in the City of London.
The significant benefits of starting a Shine project include an enrichment of the school curriculum, an incentive to creativity and the chance for pupils to win national recognition and in the process enrich their CV and applications for university or college.
The Shine Awards was founded – and continues to be supported today – by The Stationers’ Foundation, the charitable arm of The Stationers, one of the UK’s ancient Livery Companies.
Latest news
10th December 2019
Free lesson plan download: ‘Writing Newspaper Articles’
We want to make setting up a school newspaper or magazine as easy as possible and believe that once a framework and tools are given to students, they will be inspired to run with it. The school as well as the students stand to benefit from this initiative, as a strong magazine indicates a strong sense of community, and a strong school ethos.
Our entrants speak...
“We never imagined we’d arrive at a glitzy awards ceremony in London having reached the final shortlist. A great experience — we’ve already registered for next year!”
Jasmine Pentleton, Duchess’s High School, Northumberland
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Shine School Media Awards
@shinemediawards - Dec 19
We're always keen to encourage teachers to help their students create a newspaper, magazine, podcast or website. Today we are also offering support: a free lesson plan download on 'Writing newspaper articles' from our friends @YoungWritersCW >>> https://t.co/XuydGndbOe #UKEdChat https://t.co/yLtgokENyG
Shine School Media Awards
@shinemediawards - Dec 19
We're hitting the road to spread the word about Shine 2020 - starting in Skipton. Find out more about what happened when the Shine Roadshow went north >>> https://t.co/IHJwQepk8L #ukedchat https://t.co/OvIAsODkq2
Shine School Media Awards
@shinemediawards - Nov 19
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