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The Shine School Media Awards were created to recognise young creative talent and develop literacy, publishing and business skills amongst students.

About The Stationers' Company

The Worshipful Company of Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ (The Stationers’ Company) is one of London’s older Livery Companies with its origins in the fourteenth century. In 1403, a guild was formed whose members included text-writers and illuminators, booksellers, bookbinders and suppliers of parchment, pens and paper. A Royal Charter was awarded in 1557 giving the

guild the power to control printing in all its aspects. Its involvement in training and education began when printing houses presented their apprentices at Stationers’ Hall during their first year for a fee of sixpence. In 1861, the first Stationers’ School opened just off Fleet Street and then, with an expanding school roll, built a larger school in Hornsey which opened in 1894. Over the years, the school established a high reputation as an excellent grammar school, but closed in 1984 following the introduction of the comprehensive system. However, the sale of the land on which it stood created a capital fund from which it derives income to support its charitable objectives in education. On 1 October 2007 The Stationers’ Company merged its charities to create The Stationers’ Foundation, which is responsible for overseeing the Company’s charities and, from the outset, one of the most important aspects of The Stationers’ Foundation’s activities has been to encourage training and education in the graphic arts world, which today includes the wider digital media world. There are a number of ways in which young people can benefit from the work of The Stationers’ Foundation. These include scholarships, bursaries, grants, equipment supply and opportunities to undertake further education and travel in order to prepare them for entry into a profession, trade, craft or occupation in the media and graphic arts industry.

10/07/2025

We're still basking in the glow of last week's Shine School Media Awards and the news keeps getting better.

Shine has been featured in The Standard this week, celebrating in particular the London Press Club's 'Scoop of the Year' prize.

Shine has been featured in The Standard this week, celebrating in particular the London Press Club's 'Scoop of the Year' prize.

30/06/2025

Congratulations to everyone who came along to the Shine School Media Awards 2025 today. It was a truly fantastic day, celebrating tomorrow’s talent with an incredible atmosphere and the biggest number of schools entering in many years.
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Thank you to everyone who came and joined us and well done to all our winning and highly commended students.
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The full list of winning and highly commended schools is on our website now.
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https://www.shine-schoolawards.org/2025/06/30/shine-2025-the-winners/
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26/06/2025

02/06/2025

Following our judging process, and ahead of the awards day on 30th June, here are the schools shortlisted for the Shine School Media Awards 2025.

30/04/2025

Teachers! The Shine School Media Awards are fast approaching their final deadline for 2025 entries. Don't miss the chance to be part of this inspiring event. Submit your school's entry before 2nd May to let your students' voices shine.

Hurry! Shine School Media Awards deadline is 2nd May. Celebrate your students’ creativity – submit entries now and let their talent shine!

11/12/2024

We’ve also got a lot of love for schools that already produce a Shine Awards-eligible project. And… you may not even realise your school is doing this...

Many schools that already produce a Shine-eligible project and may not even realise they're doing this and could enter the competition.

04/12/2024

This week we're talking about students and their innate call to write, investigate and share – one that runs strong in all our Shine entries.

Finding success in their teenage years materially affects how young people approach applying to and tackling their next stages in life

27/11/2024

Set your students the challenge of finding the scoop of the year

Our Scoop of the Year award is sponsored by the London Press Club – and are supporting us again for the Shine School Media Awards 2025.

06/11/2024

There are no finer ambassadors for school newspapers and magazines (and the Shine School Media Awards!) than teachers. In this week's post, three teachers tell us their experiences of these projects and what it's like to attend the awards.

Today, I’ve turned our blog over to the teachers of this year’s entrants, to tell you why they love the Shine Awards!

16/10/2024

A series of our awards focus on visuals made specifically for their school media project and each recognises artists who transform their classmates’ journalism into attractive, compelling layouts. Why not encourage young artists to get involved?

The Shine School Media Awards rewards young artists who contribute to their school newspaper or magazine. Find out more in this post.

09/10/2024

“Being invited to see how magazine designing and content creation for such publications happens on such a large scale has truly transformed my understanding of the media industry.” ... a report from Aashi Bains, a Shine award winner on her work experience prize.

Could your students be next?

Standing out. Showing raw talent. Making an impact. The Shine School Media Awards offer teenagers one more step on the ladder to success.

02/10/2024

As our name suggests, the Shine School Media Awards is open to all kinds of student publishing. Increasingly we’re seeing blended media, with digital publications often combined with student podcasts.

https://www.shine-schoolawards.org/2024/10/01/podcasts-teach-more-than-you-expect/

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The Shine School Media Awards is a national competition rewarding UK secondary schools who produce an outstanding newspaper, magazine, podcast or website.

The culmination of the competition is a spectacular gala awards ceremony at Stationers’ Hall in the City of London each summer.

Shine is proving to be a hugely beneficial project for the future potential of all students involved, boosting CVs and university application forms. Shine has significant benefits for teachers too, meeting the requirements of the school curriculum.

Overall, the goals of Shine are multi-faceted, with the primary aims being to: