Lucy Clarke created a magazine cover photograph featuring a student named Emily receiving an award from her teacher, Mr. Ali. She took several test photos from different angles before choosing one that fit everything in the frame nicely without looking messy. The chosen photo showed the "awards evening" words in the background and both subjects smiling happily. Though her original plan differed, her final cover followed conventions of school magazines by having a clear masthead, slogan, and main cover line over the photo in the magazine's color theme.