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.