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Creative writing charity for young people

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National Writing Day

National Writing Day 2021 #FilltheBox Challenge Highlights

22 July 2021 //  by First Story

The fifth annual National Writing Day took place on 23 June 2021, celebrating the power and pleasure of creative writing. This year's celebrations took place both online and in schools, to ensure as …

Category: National Writing Day, News

Young Ambassadors programme pilot

7 July 2021 //  by First Story

We announced First Story's new Young Ambassadors programme with much excitement in autumn 2020. At that time, we had no idea what lay ahead in terms of the impacts of the pandemic; contending with …

Category: East Midlands, National Writing Day, North of England, Young Ambassadors

National Writing Day 2020 #247Challenge Highlights

17 July 2020 //  by First Story

The fourth annual National Writing Day took place on 24 June 2020. In the context of a global pandemic, activities necessarily shifted online. We framed the day around a mass participation creative …

Category: National Writing Day, News

National Writing Day Instagram takeover!

18 June 2020 //  by First Story

In the week leading up to this year's National Writing Day on 24 June, we invited two former First Story students from West Yorkshire, Henna Ravjibhai (17) and Sophie Crabtree (19), to take over our …

Category: Alumni, National Writing Day

Writing From Home

26 May 2020 //  by First Story

National Writing Day 2020 takes place on 24 June. With most young people at home due to the pandemic, this year's programme is being delivered digitally. Our NWD 2020 resource bank includes nine, …

Category: National Writing Day, News

National Writing Day Ambassadors Announced

22 May 2020 //  by First Story

National Writing Day is our annual mass celebration of the pleasure and power of creative writing, driven by a coalition of leading literacy organisations and publishers, led by First Story. Now in …

Category: National Writing Day, News

Picket Line Poetry in Hull

27 June 2019 //  by First Story

To celebrate National Writing Day 2019, First Story East Yorkshire collaborated with local partners to put on a packed day of activities culminating in an original event, 'Picket Line Poetry'. …

Category: National Writing Day, News

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