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First Story

Creative writing charity for young people

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    • Young Writers Programme
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    • Young Writers Residential
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  • Writers
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    • Our writers
    • Become a First Story writer
  • Schools
    • Partner schools HUB
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    • Become a partner school
    • Sample writing by participants
    • Free writing resources
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Who we work with

Our writers

First Story was co-founded by a professional writer and within our founding charitable objectives is a commitment to promote the value of arts and culture, in particular literature, poetry and creative writing. We do this, in part, by commissioning professional writers to deliver our flagship Young Writers Programme. We value the skills of our writers and pay them fairly for their work. We delight in the successes of former First Story Writers-in-Residence, like Juno Dawson and Monique Roffey, as much as we're immensely proud of the talent and achievements of our current practitioners. First Story writers, past and present, are an extended family and we embrace opportunities to work together to inspire young people.

 


Writers' profiles

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Adam Kammerling

Adam Kammerling
Adam Z Robinson

Adam Z. Robinson

Adam Z. Robinson

Adisa

Adisa
Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington

Andrea Mbarushimana

Andrea Mbarushimana

Andrew Graves

Andrew Graves

Andy Craven-Griffiths

Andy Craven-Griffiths
Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou
Anthony Cartwright

Anthony Cartwright

Anthony Cartwright
Anthony Cropper

Anthony Cropper

Anthony Cropper

Arji Manuelpillai

Arji Manuelpillai

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Becky Cherriman

Becky Cherriman

Belinda Zhawi

Belinda Zhawi

Bella Cox

Bella Cox
Ben Mellor

Ben Mellor

Ben Mellor

Ben Tagoe

Ben Tagoe
Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore

Camilla Chester

Camilla Chester
Cassandra Parkin

Cassandra Parkin

Cassandra Parkin
Cecilia Knapp

Cecilia Knapp

Cecilia Knapp
Christina Lewis

Christina Lewis

Christina Lewis
Dan Powell

Dan Powell

Dan Powell
Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson
Daniel Ingram-Brown

Daniel Ingram-Brown

Daniel Ingram-Brown
Danielle Jawando

Danielle Jawando

Danielle Jawando
Darragh Martin

Darragh Martin

Darragh Martin

David Scott

David Scott

Dean Atta

Dean Atta

Emma Pass

Emma Pass
Francesca Beard (photo copyright: Suzi Corker)

Francesca Beard

Francesca Beard

Freddie Machin

Freddie Machin
Hannah Silva

Hannah Silva

Hannah Silva
Ioney Smallhorne

Ioney Smallhorne

Ioney Smallhorne

Irene Lofthouse

Irene Lofthouse

Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Okojie
Irfan Master

Irfan Master

Irfan Master

James Varney

James Varney
Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis
Jasmine Cooray

Jasmine Cooray

Jasmine Cooray

Jennifer Claessen

Jennifer Claessen
Jim Hall

Jim Hall

Jim Hall

Joe Hakim

Joe Hakim
Joe Marsh

Joe Marsh

Joe Marsh
John Berkavitch

John Berkavitch

John Berkavitch

Julia Cranney

Julia Cranney

Kate Martin

Kate Martin
Kerry Drewery

Kerry Drewery

Kerry Drewery

Kevin Fegan

Kevin Fegan
Khadijah Ibrahim

Khadijah Ibrahim

Khadijah Ibrahim

L.M. Nathan

L.M. Nathan

Laila Sumpton

Laila Sumpton
Laurie Bolger

Laurie Bolger

Laurie Bolger

Leanne Moden

Leanne Moden
Lee Harrison

Lee Harrison

Lee Harrison

Lewis Buxton

Lewis Buxton

Louise Beech

Louise Beech

Luan Goldie

Luan Goldie

Maria Ferguson

Maria Ferguson

Marie Basting

Marie Basting
Mark Gwynne Jones

Mark Gwynne Jones

Mark Gwynne Jones
Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott
Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon

Michael Mann

Michael Mann
Michelle Madsen

Michelle Madsen

Michelle Madsen

Mr Gee

Mr Gee

Nathaniel King

Nathaniel King
Nick Conroy

Nick Conroy

Nick Conroy
Nick Toczek (Photo by Gaynor Toczek)

Nick Toczek

Nick Toczek

Nik Berry

Nik Berry

Paul Lyalls

Paul Lyalls
Paula Rawsthorne

Paula Rawsthorne

Paula Rawsthorne
Peter Hobbs

Peter Hobbs

Peter Hobbs
Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert
Rebecca Tantony

Rebecca Tantony

Rebecca Tantony

Reece Williams

Reece Williams
Ross Raisin

Ross Raisin

Ross Raisin
Russ Litten

Russ Litten

Russ Litten
Ruth Awolola

Ruth Awolola

Ruth Awolola
Sai Murray

Sai Murray

Sai Murray
Sairish Hussain

Sairish Hussain

Sairish Hussain
Saju Iqbal Ahmed

Saju Iqbal Ahmed

Saju Iqbal Ahmed
Sanjida O'Connell; ©Barbara Evripidou, 2016

Sanjida O’Connell

Sanjida O’Connell

Sarah Hussain

Sarah Hussain

Shreya Sen-Handley

Shreya Sen-Handley

Sian Tower

Sian Tower

Simon Booker

Simon Booker

SJ Bradley

SJ Bradley
Sonya Hundal

Sonya Hundal

Sonya Hundal

Sophie Sparham

Sophie Sparham
Stephanie Cross

Stephanie Cross

Stephanie Cross
Steve Cawte

Steve Cawte

Steve Cawte

Steven Camden

Steven Camden
Stewart Melton headshot

Stewart Melton

Stewart Melton

Talia Randall

Talia Randall
Tanaka Mhishi

Tanaka Mhishi

Tanaka Mhishi
Testament

Testament

Testament

Theresa Lola

Theresa Lola
Vicky Foster

Vicky Foster

Vicky Foster

Xanthi Barker

Xanthi Barker
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