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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.
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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’.
First Story is London Book Fair’s Charity of the YearRead More
Our 100-Word Story Competition Winners are in The Bookseller
The leading business magazine of the book industry has celebrated our young writers’ work.
Our 100-Word Story Competition Winners are in The BooksellerRead More
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.
First Story awarded major Arts Council England grantRead More
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.
Patrick Ness and Sally Green to headline Young Writers’ Festival 2015Read More
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.
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