Take your writing to the next level by applying to our exclusive Mentorship scheme in partnership with the Folio Prize Foundation and Rathbones.
The First Story Residential Anthology 2016
We’re thrilled to share the 2016 Residential Anthology which is full of brave new writing.
The Young Writers’ Festival 2016 Headliners Announced!
Naomi Alderman, Laura Dockrill, Anthony McGowan and Dave Rudden will be joining First Story at this year’s Young Writers’ Festival
Become a Cheltenham Festivals Writer-in-Residence
First Story has partnered with Cheltenham Festivals to run writing residencies to Gloucestershire secondary schools.
First Story is now a member of The Fair Education Alliance
Together we’re fighting against educational inequality and narrowing the attainment gap.
The Bookseller reports on the ‘substantial impact’ of First Story
The Bookseller have published an article about us to celebrate First Story becoming London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year 2016
The winner of our Letters Live Six-Word Story Competition
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the competition we ran in the lobby of the Freemasons’ Hall as a charity partner for Letters Live
A 5 minute interview with William Fiennes
Read what our co-founder has to say about his desert island books, his literary guilty pleasure and, of course, First Story.
First Story Young Writers in a Ted Hughes Prize shorlisted poem
Kate Clanchy has been nominated for the Ted Hughes Prize for a radio poem that features the voices of First Story young writers.
First Story is London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year
London Book fair descibed us a ‘force for good in the larger publishing ecosystem’.
Our 100-Word Story Competition Winners are in The Bookseller
The leading business magazine of the book industry has celebrated our young writers’ work.
100-Word Story 2015 Winners
Armed with only 100 words, our young writers have come up with some stunning entries for our 100 -Word Competition.
First Story in the RSL Review
An article about the importance of our work and how closely we work with the Royal Society of Literature to provide extra provisions.
The First Story Residential Anthology 2015
The 2015 Residential Anthology is here and is jam-packed with a host of exciting new voices.
First Story awarded major Arts Council England grant
We’ve been awarded a Creative Writing in Schools grant for £600,000 by Arts Council England to expand our programme.
