Awards
After a record number of entries this year, the 2016 'Let's Talk about Drugs' National Youth Media Awards category winners and runners-up have been announced.
The awards ceremony will take place on May 11th 2016 @ 2:15pm in the Department of Education Clock Tower Building, Dublin 1. Eoghan McDermott from RTE will be guest of honour on the day. Category winners will receive an iPad mini and runners up will receive a framed certificate. The overall winner (chosen from category winners) will be announced on the day and will receive a prize of €2,000!
Thanks to everyone for entering. The standard was so high this year that we have decided to also provide a list of 'Honourable Mentions'. These are entries that were not winners or runners-up, but ones we think deserve a mention!
Judges
Thanks to the following guest judges: Danielle Flynn (PTSD); Stuart Clarke (Hotpress); Lauren Kelly (Spin 1038) Aoife Ní Shúilleabháin (Union of Students in Ireland); Ruth Armstrong (HSE); Ciaran D’Arcy (Irish Times)
Winners, Runners-up & Honourable Mentions
See below for a list of winners, runners-up and honourable mentions!
Article Category
12-14 Article Winning Entry
Emma Urquhart, Presentation College Athenry
12-14 Article Runner-Up
Hanna O Donovan, St Marys Secondary School Cork
15-17 Article Winning Entry
Darragh Elbel, Kerry
15-17 Article Runner-Up
Elle Loughran, Louth
15-17 Honourable Mention
- Bangor Grammer School
- St Dominics Secondary School Ballyfermot
18-21 Article Winning Entry
Courtney Smith, Dublin
18-21 Article Runner-Up
Mary Katherine Clancy, Clare
22-25 Article Winning Entry
Daniel Waugh, Dublin
22-25 Article Runner-Up
Seán O’Reilly, Dublin
Audio Category
12-14 Audio Winning Entry
Colaiste Eoin Finglas
12-14 Audio Runner-Up
Our Lady’s Secondary School Templemore
15-17 Audio Winning Entry
Abbie Rea, Loretto College Cavan
15-17 Audio Runner-Up
Laura Byron & Maeve Rutledge, Middleton College Cork
15-17 Honourable Mention
- The Hut Rat Group
18-21 Audio Winning Entry
R.A.S.P
18-21 Audio Runner-Up
Aine O’Donnell
18-21 Honourable Mention
- Tuam Community Centre
22-25 Audio Winning Entry
Lauren Pidgeon
Video/animation Category
12-14 Video/animation Winning Entry
St David’s CBS Dublin 5
12-14 Video/animation Runner-Up
St Louis Comprehensive Belfast
12-14 Honourable mention
- Le Cheile Secondary School Dublin 15
- Riccs Youth Cafe
15-17 Video/animation Winning Entry
Kells Youth Reach
15-17 Video/animation Runner-Up
Ben Kavanagh – Bar Fly
15-17 Video/animation Honourable Mention
- Gateway Youth Project
- Loretto College Bray
- New Cross College Finglas 1 & 2
- Robert Gaynor
- Sacred Heart Newry
- St Dominics Ballyfermot
- Hurt Derry
- Connect Bray
- Youthreach Cavan
- St Leo's Carlow
- Ciara Murphy
18-21 Video/animation Winning Entry
John Carney
18-21 Video/animation Runner-Up
Karl Caulfield
18-21 Video/animation Honourable mention
- North Cork Film Project
- Jamie Clark
- Choice Production Group Dublin
22-25 Video/animation Winning Entry
Ed Griffen - Playing house
22-25 Video/animation Runner-Up
Kilbarrick Coast Community Project
Poster Category
12-14 Poster Winning Entry
Emily McAlinden, the Teresian School Dublin
12-14 Poster Runner-Up
Ciara Walsh, Tarbert Comprehensive, Co. Kerry
12-14 Poster Honourable Mention
- Darragh Reilly
- Eabha Gaughan
- Paul Ciocan
- St Colemans College Cork
- St Ciaran’s Community College Kells
- Largy College Monaghan
- St Marks Community School Tallaght
- Wiktoria Jagielska
- Kathleen Mc Cormack
- Alison O’Connor
- Molly O’Kelly
- Caitlyn O’ Mahony
- Ciaran Delaney
- Kate Clarke
- Alexandru Steorobela
- Leah Bermingham
- Sarah McQuillan
- St Olivers Post Primary School Meath
- Emma Doherty
- Tarbert Comprehensive Kerry
15-17 Poster Winning Entry
Lena Boettcher, Mercy Secondary School Tuam
15-17 Poster Runner-Up
Pedro Navarro & Oscar Lopez, Ballymahon Mercy Secondary School, Co. Longford
15-17 Poster Honourable Mention
- Shelley Corcoran
- Susan Salinska
- Emma Dalgarno
- The Edge Project
- Carra Mc Donagh
- Donna Higgins
- Sophie Ronan
- St Mel’s College Longford
- Ballymahon Secondary School Longford
- CBS Mullingar
- Ollie Ogunlade
- Kaitlyn Igoe
- Shane Mc Cann
- Millie Harrison
- Meabh Bannon
- Emily Miller
- Templemichael College Longford
- Paula O’Brien
- Aishat Alli
- Jenny Connerf
- Claire Dunne
- Eimear Shaughnessy
- Oakland Community College
- Loretto College Cavan
- Cnoc Mhuire, Co. Longford
18-21 Poster Winning Entry
Miray Unal, Sligo
18-21 Runner-Up
Lorna Tummon, Galway
18-21 PosterHonourable Mention
- Youthreach Kilmore
- Youthreach West Wicklow
- Aisling Smith
22-25 Poster Winning Entry
Alison Cahill, Laois
22-25 Runner Up
Aaron Kelly, Dublin
22-25 Poster Honourable Mention
- Ferdia Sean Mooney