School Newspaper of The Year Competition 2020-21
13th May 2021
13th May 2021
We are holding the First News School Newspaper of the Year Awards for the academic year 2020-2021! Closing date for entries in Friday 18 June.
THE FIRST NEWS SCHOOL NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020-2021 IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
IT’S that time of year again! We’re out to find the best school newspapers of 2020-21 and to discover what your junior journalists have been up to.
Once again, it’s been a challenging year with another pandemic lockdown, so we know it will have been a tough task for your pupils to write, create and publish your school newspapers with all this going on.
Last year, we were so impressed with all the entries we received and were amazed at what you’d all managed to achieve. So, we can’t wait to see what everyone has been up to this year.
It doesn’t matter whether your school has created a newspaper, newsletter, blog, podcast, broadcast or if you’ve been contributing to a local newspaper or news website, all entries are welcome.
Send your entries to us by Friday 18 June. We will inform the winners in the first week of July and the winning entries will feature in a First News special report later that month.
Please download and fill in the relevant entry form.
You can enter for the following awards:
Please download and fill in the relevant entry form.
Send your entries to us by Friday 18 June. We will inform the winners in the first week of July and the winning entries will feature in a First News special report later that month.
Primary School Winner 2019-20: Faldingworth Community Primary School
Secondary School Winner 2019-20: St John’s Marlborough
Editorial Team Winner 2019-20: Bessemer Grange Primary School
Find out more about their winning entries
Want to start your own school newspaper or develop your junior journalists’ skills?
Download the First News School Newspaper Club pack.
It contains lots of advice on how to set up a school newspaper and tips to improve journalistic skills.