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First Story’s Blog
First Story graduates in Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019
It’s the biggest poetry competition in the world for 11-17 year olds and former First Story students are among the 2019 commended poets.
First Story at BBC Contains Strong Language festival
The UK’s biggest poetry and performance festival attracts world-class writers and performers to Hull, to appear alongside home grown talent – including First Story students and Writers-in-Residence.
University of Cambridge Bursary Scheme
Two new bursary places for the PGCert in Teaching Creative Writing at Cambridge University’s Institute of Continuing Education.
Six days in Lviv ‘where every third person is a poet’
Our East Midlands programme manager visits Lviv in Ukraine, Nottingham’s fellow UNESCO City of Literature, to contribute to the Underground Literary Movement.
Multi-year grant from PHF to fund programme pilot
How we are using a multi-year grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to develop our offer to schools.
Reflecting on my first summer with First Story
‘In an increasingly polarised world, our capacity to connect diverse young people is a huge benefit’ says new CEO.
The First Story Summer Residential 2019
Sixteen talented First Story students go on a week-long writing retreat at the Arvon centre, Lumb Bank.
Flashers’ Club reluctantly wraps up
The quarterly flash fiction fundraiser that’s raised much needed funds for First Story since 2016.
Write-Along Movies at Genesis Cinema turns two
Celebrating two years of the monthly fundraiser for writers and film fans at London’s iconic indie cinema.
Why learning to use your voice is powerful
Our newly-appointed Chief Executive, Antonia Byatt, on her first day in the job and why creative writing matters.
The Fault in Our Stories
Writer-in-Residence Mashuda Snaith introduces the 2019 anthology by students at the City of Leicester College.
