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, podcast or website.
The traditional culmination of each year’s Shine Awards is a gala awards ceremony held 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 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.
Latest news
28th July 2021
The 2021 Shine Awards are announced
Today we announce the winners of the Shine School Media Awards 2021.
With an in-person awards ceremony off the cards for another year, Shine Chair Alison Strachan introduces the awards alongside Deputy Chair Richard Chapman, in a virtual announcement from London Live Studios.
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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@shinemediawards - Jun 21
A correction to our earlier tweet: The Shine School Media Award 2021 for Best Photograph goes to the highly talented Beth Slattery @TarporleyHigh #ShineSMA21 https://t.co/R65w7Le4xa
james edward ringer
@stingerginger66 - Jun 21
RT @stingerginger66: Couldn’t be prouder of the @SOLOFOXCOMICS the creator of The Amazing Shark Man ! Winner of the Harrison Cup @shinemedi…
The Wall Magazine
@IPSTheWall - Jun 21
RT @IPSTheWall: Thank you @shinemediawards for this prestigious award and for giving us the opportunity to express the voices of Young Mind…