The Shine School Media Awards is a free national competition rewarding UK secondary schools who produce an outstanding newspaper, magazine or multimedia project

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Welcome to the Shine School Media Awards!

The Shine School Media Awards is a free 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 or multimedia project such as a podcast or digital publication.

The annual culmination of each year’s Shine Awards is a gala ceremony held in central London every summer with student workshops and incredible guest speakers.

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 is an endeavour of The Stationers’ Foundation, the charitable arm of The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, one of the UK’s ancient livery companies.

Find out more about the Shine School Media Awards

The Shine School Media Awards is an endeavour of The Stationers’ Foundation

Key Shine dates

Closing date for entries
5th May 2023

Shine 2023 judging
May 2023

Shine Awards 2023
3rd July 2023

Latest news

The Shine prize of a Masterclass is ‘an amazing opportunity’

Every summer at the Shine School Media Awards, our prizes include Masterclasses for exceptional students. Last year was no exception – and because of logistics, sometimes these special days occur a few months after the prize is awarded.

A couple of weeks ago we covered Hillary Hanslin’s prize day, today we are focusing on Neelkantha Mukherjee’s Masterclass with Dr Simon Heffer and Dr Glenda Cooper.

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Our entrants speak...

“Being part of Shine was a wonderful experience for our students. It gave them a tremendous sense of recognition and the final event in London surpassed anything I have ever attended of this type.

“I can certainly recommend the process to anybody interested in promoting media work in their school or college.”

Chris Green, The Perse School

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Shine School Media Awards @shinemediawards - Mar 23
Every summer at the Shine School Media Awards, our prizes include Masterclasses for exceptional students - today, a story about his experience from Neelkantha a student @ThePerseSchool >>> https://t.co/gtYwZMraKi https://t.co/0nBN23prUy

Shine School Media Awards @shinemediawards - Feb 23
Last summer, Hilary Hanslin from Ibstock Place School won Best Non Fiction Piece for her deeply personal article, ‘Don’t touch my hair’. Read Hilary's reflections on her prize, a masterclass with Dr Simon Heffer and Dr Glenda Cooper >>> https://t.co/yp1d2jvSVf https://t.co/lUrWh1WZiX

Shine School Media Awards @shinemediawards - Feb 23
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