A break down of the winners by category.

Overall winner

WTF?, Blackrock College, Dublin. Editor: Alex Owens

Runner-up

Mick's Mag, St Michael's Grammar School, Dublin. Editor: Anne Marie Mongan

Shortlist

Ciao Venezia, Heywood Community School, Ballinakill. Editors: Sinead O'Callaghan and James Bergin; Banter, Belfast Royal Academy. Editor: Emily McColgan; Cosmopoliteen, Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan. Editor: Sarah Redmond

Creative and Design commendations

WTF?, Blackrock College, Dublin; Cosmopoliteen, Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan; Miscellanea, Schull Community College

Writing Commendations

From WTF?: The Burning Bush by Alex Owens, Blackrock College, Dublin; From WTF?: ACDC by Alex Owens, Eugene Egan and Rory Crean, Blackrock College, Dublin; From Ciao Venezia: Gossip and Reviews by Daniel Doheny, Vivienne Phelan, Breda McDonald, Brigid Foyle, Anita O'Dea, Heywood Community School, Ballinakill; From Banter: How Far Has it Gone? by Emma Daly, Belfast Royal Academy; From Mick's Mag: Teenagers: The Truth, by Anne Marie Mongan, St Michael's Grammar, Lurgan

Competition judges

This year's judges were Anthea McTeirnan, Louise Holden, Róisín Ingle and Conor Goodman from The Irish Times, and Stephanie McBride from the faculty of communications in DCU.

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