• Anthology launch and young writers open mic…

    We are thrilled to announce… the rising line: a new anthology of fiction and poetry by young and emerging writers from across the region and beyond – has arrived! It will launch with an open mic for young writers aged 14 to 30 at Sheffield Hallam Performance Lab on 28 March 2025 (6.45pm doors | 7.15pm start). For tickets, click here…

  • Building the Novel: Hive Writers Day

    Building the Novel…A Hive Young Writers’ Day with Rachel Bower: But what does it actually mean to build and realise a full-length work of fiction? What are the ‘bricks’ that will allow you not only to start one but keep the cement coming when the excitement fades and the story threatens to crumble? How do writers turn sparks, fragments and characters into something solid? If you’re itching to consider the answers, then join…

  • Teens Speech Award Results 2026

    What a wonderful event it was to mark the inaugural Teens Speech on Friday 20th February in the Council Chamber at Barnsley Town Hall. Sitting in the chamber truly felt like being in Parliament. Here are the competition results…

  • Grantside poetry commission callout…

    Grantside wish to engage and commission a poet to create a short poem which will be designed onto the façade of its new co-living development, The Hive in Kelham Island, as a permanent public artwork…

  • Congratulations BBC Young Writers’ Award 2025

    A massive congratulations to 17-year-old Sheffield Young Writer Rebecca Smith, who WON the BBC Young Writers’ Short Story Award 2025 with Cambridge University…

Comedy, Class and a Week to Curtain

Comedy, Class and a Week to Curtain: Becoming a Student Playwright by Lilly Ryan. A year ago, I started writing up ideas for a play called “The Devil Went Down to Parliament”, with a plan to eventually pitch it to the Sheffield University Theatre Company (SUTCo), if I ever managed to get it finished. Right now, it’s a week before show week….

Teens Speech Award Results 2026

What a wonderful event it was to mark the inaugural Teens Speech on Friday 20th February in the Council Chamber at Barnsley Town Hall. Sitting in the chamber truly felt like being in Parliament. Here are the competition results…

From Sidelines to Summit: My Forward Prize Weekend

It was my second time attending the Young Poets Summit and Forward Prize events, the last being in 2023 in Leeds. Once again, I enjoyed it immensely, but this time I was challenged to step out of the sidelines in several exciting roles…