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.
Latest news
18th March 2025
Context and creativity: talking photography with the Telegraph’s Ash Hussain
Shine Award categories go way beyond writing and editing – which is why we’re always keen to talk about design and the arts. But what about the ubiquitous Instagram artform everyone loves: photography?
On today’s Ask the Expert we’re talking to someone who knows all about that. It’s the Visuals Editor of The Telegraph Ash Hussain. I think your students will love hearing Ash talk passionately about his work. He’s a self-described ‘red Mancunian’ and doesn’t just answer our ‘big five questions’, but also talks about his inspiring career journey.
Our entrants speak...
“Creating a student publication is a wonderful way to involve pupils across a school and enable them to express themselves and be part of a community. It is then even more rewarding to be involved with the Shine Awards which celebrates their success and offers inspirational advice from industry professionals.”
Craig Cole, Head of Graphics, Photography & Printing Reed’s School, Surrey
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