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England's leading creative writing charity for young people

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First Story is now a member of The Fair Education Alliance

16 June 2016 //  by First Story

The Fair Education Alliance is a progressive coalition of organisations from across charities, businesses and education, all working together to fight educational inequality. The FEA is committed to …

Category: News

The Bookseller reports on the ‘substantial impact’ of First Story

14 April 2016 //  by First Story

‘In the late Barry Hines’ novel Kes — so memorably adapted for the big screen in 1969 by Ken Loach — there is a scene in which the young hero, Billy Casper, stands at the front of the class …

Category: News, Outcomes and Impact

The winner of our Letters Live Six-Word Story Competition

25 March 2016 //  by First Story

A big thank you to all those who entered the Six-Word Story Competition that First Story ran at Letters Live – there was a delightful array of funny, moving and clever entries that we hugely enjoyed …

Category: Competitions, News, Supporter Stories

A 5 minute interview with William Fiennes

11 March 2016 //  by First Story

The London Book Fair caught up with our co-founder, William Fiennes, for a short interview to mark First Story being selected as The London Book Fair’s charity of the year. We've reproduced the …

Category: News, Supporter Stories

First Story Young Writers in a Ted Hughes Prize shorlisted poem

4 March 2016 //  by First Story

A huge congratulations to former First Story Writer-in-Residence Kate Clanchy, who has been shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Prize for New Work in Poetry 2015.  Kate has been …

Category: News

First Story is London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year

25 February 2016 //  by First Story

We are so pleased to announce that First Story has been chosen as London Book Fair’s Charity of the year. We’re really looking forward to being part of one of the most exciting events in the …

Category: News, Supporter Stories

Our 100-Word Story Competition Winners are in The Bookseller

10 February 2016 //  by First Story

The winners of this year's First Story’s 100-Word Story Competition, judged by Vintage Books, have been featured in The Bookseller. This is just one more way to give them a huge …

Category: Competitions, News

100-Word Story 2015 Winners

2 February 2016 //  by First Story

The judges at Vintage Publishing were hugely impressed with the inventiveness and creativity of all entries, and after a long deliberation process we are excited to announce the overall winner and the …

Category: Competitions, News

First Story in the RSL Review

22 January 2016 //  by First Story

In the spring edition of the RSL Review, our Interim Executive Director, Emily Webb, talked about our enriching partnership with the Royal Society of Literature, and explains why First …

Category: Opinion

The First Story Residential Anthology 2015

3 November 2015 //  by First Story

The First Story Residential Anthology 2015 has finally arrived. It is bursting with the voices of the amazing 78 students who spent a week writing on the First Story Summer Residential Course at …

Category: Anthologies, Residential

First Story awarded major Arts Council England grant

6 October 2015 //  by First Story

We're delighted to announce we have been awarded a Creative Writing in Schools grant for £600,000 by Arts Council England, to expand our current national creative writing programme in the …

Category: News

What’s it like at the Residential?

21 August 2015 //  by First Story

During our 2015 summer residential programme, at the Arvon centre in Shropshire, we interviewed First Story students about their experience of participating in the programme. They talked about the …

Category: News, Residential

Patrick Ness and Sally Green to headline Young Writers’ Festival 2015

19 August 2015 //  by First Story

We are very excited to announce that award-winning authors Patrick Ness and Sally Green will feature as guest speakers at the First Story Young Writers’ Festival, on Wednesday 16th and Thursday …

Category: Young Writers' Festival

The Sunday Times publishes our young writers’ work

1 March 2015 //  by First Story

The overall winning poem in our First Story National Writing Competition has been published in The Sunday Times paper and online, celebrating the achievements of the winner Mukahang Limbu from Oxford …

Category: Competitions, News

‘Writing can be a source not just of pleasure but of power’

8 February 2015 //  by First Story

The following article originally appeared on The Sunday Times online. The biscuit girl’s tale makes us all crumble A charity is using writing classes to help children find their voice, says the …

Category: Opinion

First Story National Writing Competition prize giving ceremony

22 January 2015 //  by First Story

First Story’s National Writing Competition public talk and prize giving ceremony will be held as part of LSE’s Literary Festival Date: Monday 9 March 2015Time: 6-7.30pmVenue: Sheikh Zayed …

Category: Competitions

First Story National Writing Competition longlist announced

22 January 2015 //  by First Story

We had a record number of entries from state secondary schools across the country all responding to the theme of ‘Home’.  We feel truly privileged to have received and read so many entries of …

Category: Competitions

The First Story Residential Anthology 2014

27 November 2014 //  by First Story

We are very proud to present the First Story Residential Anthology 2014. It has been carefully compiled from all the pieces our First Story students wrote and read out loud with such aplomb at …

Category: Anthologies, Residential

Young Writers’ Festival 2014

3 October 2014 //  by First Story

What an exciting month for First Story. Last week we launched the 2014-2015 programme with our Young Writers’ Festival 2014 – two days of inspirational talks and creative-writing …

Category: News, Young Writers' Festival

First Story and Cheltenham Festivals

23 September 2014 //  by First Story

First Story is very excited to announce that for the first time we are entering into a partnership with Cheltenham Festivals to run First Story residencies in three schools in Gloucestershire. We will …

Category: News

First Story young writers are finalists in the John Betjeman poetry competition

11 September 2014 //  by First Story

We are so incredibly proud to announce that two of our First Story students are among the three finalists in the 2014 John Betjeman Poetry Competition for Young People! The competition, open to …

Category: News

First Story’s Fundraising Auction

7 May 2014 //  by First Story

Fancy a collection of Usborne books, a dinner at celebrated restaurant Le Café Anglais, a private shopping experience at Amanda Wakeley's new shop or …

Category: News

Creative writing afternoon at UCL museums and collections

29 January 2014 //  by First Story

On a rainy day in January, First Story and University College London combined forces to hold a creative-writing afternoon for six London secondary schools. Working with acclaimed First Story writers, …

Category: News

First Story young writers dominate COMPAS Poetry Competition

27 January 2014 //  by First Story

First Story were incredibly excited to learn that not one but, six students at First Story school Oxford Spires Academy, were shortlisted for the COMPAS ‘Poetry on the Move’ …

Category: Competitions, News

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