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 described 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.
What’s it like at the Residential?
Listen to interviews with First Story students, talking candidly about their experience of participating in the programme.
Patrick Ness and Sally Green to headline Young Writers’ Festival 2015
The award-winning authors will be joining us to speak about the craft of writing and to answer any questions our young writers may have.
The Sunday Times publishes our young writers’ work
The overall winning poem in our First Story National Writing Competition by Mukahang Limbu has been published in The Sunday Times.
‘Writing can be a source not just of pleasure but of power’
Our co-founder on writing, First Story and why every student should have creative-writing provisions.
First Story National Writing Competition prize giving ceremony
Our prize-giving ceremony and public talk will be held as part of LSE’s Literary Festival.
First Story National Writing Competition longlist announced
We are thrilled to announce the longlist for First Story’s National Writing Competition 2014-15.
The First Story Residential Anthology 2014
We are very proud to present the First Story Residential Anthology 2014.
Young Writers’ Festival 2014
YWF2014 featured Mark Haddon, Philip Pullman, Caroline Bird and John Berkavitch over two days at the University of Oxford.
First Story and Cheltenham Festivals
We’re excited to announce our partnership with Cheltenham Festivals to run writing residencies in schools in Gloucestershire.
First Story young writers are finalists in the John Betjeman poetry competition
Jasmine Burgess and Helen Woods make two of the three finalists for the competition.
First Story’s Fundraising Auction
Bid on Louisa Young joining your book group, Michael Morpurgo naming a character after you, or dinner at Le Café Anglais.
Creative writing afternoon at UCL museums and collections
Our young writers have written an array of excellent poems and prose inspired by UCL’s varied museums and collections.
First Story young writers dominate COMPAS Poetry Competition
Six – that’s right six – First Story young writers were shortlisted for the COMPAS ‘Poetry on the Move’ competition.
A literary discussion hosted by First Story and the RSL
Alan Johnson, Stephen Kelman, Kate Fox and Salena Godden ask whether the world of literature is becoming more, or less, closed.
Thank you Give a Book
Give a Book donated over 500 books to our Young Writers’ Festival so that every participant could leave with at least one book.
Literary lunch with Frances Osborne
Best-selling author Frances Osborne will be talking about her life, work, and her recent book Park Lane.
Malorie Blackman on the importance of reading
Listen to the Children’s Laureate, on reading, the impact of technology and why author visits to schools are so important.
