Key Shine dates

Closing date for entries
5th May 2023

Shine 2023 judging
May 2023

Shine Awards 2023
3rd July 2023

Background to the competition

The Shine School Media Awards is a programme to support enterprising secondary school pupils and support and encourage their creativity.

Across the UK, teenagers are writing, drawing, printing, photographing, recording podcasts, building websites, broadcasting on school radio and publishing online… with the idea that this will one day be their career. Shine nurtures those aspirations with a set of annual awards – irrespective of the type of school or level of funding our entries receive. These prizes can offer career pathways so award-winning students can see their ideas and aspirations become reality.

Our primary goal is to offer recognition of outstanding local creativity at a national level, lending exceptional students a helping hand for the future.

With its 600-year heritage, Stationers’ Hall is today the home and hub of the Content and Communications Industries and we believe there is no finer place to celebrate the achievements of our fantastic entrants.

Shine is forever indebted to its founder, Ian Locks of the Stationers’ Company, who launched the Shine Awards in 2011. Over a decade later, we continue his concept – to support and reward the development of publishing projects by secondary school pupils.

Find out what it's like to attend Shine

Latest Tweets

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
There's all kinds of exciting news from Shine this week. Our 2023 entry form is live and we announce our special topic of the year... all here >>> https://t.co/BGV4uZOr2u #shinesma23 https://t.co/DE3wzrT8sp