Hive South Yorkshire

The Young Science Writer Award 2025 – Congratulations Tom!

A huge congratulations to Sheffield Young Writer Tom Stephenson who has been highly commended in The Young Science Writer Award 2025! The award celebrates the best creative approaches to science writing by young writers aged 14 to 16. The Association of British Science Writers said…

Hive Competition Results 2024/25

We are delighted to announce the results of our 2024/25 Young Writers’ Competition! A huge congratulations to winning and commended young writers aged 14 to 30 from across the north and midlands who submitted wonderful work spanning short story, flash fiction and poetry. If you entered and weren’t placed in the list below, don’t be disheartened (or if you were, for that matter) – take note…

Visualising Stories: Writing & illustrating graphic novels and picture books

Visualising Stories: Writing & illustrating graphic novels and picture books | A Hive Writers’ Day with Chris Mould | How do stories and images come together in the best graphic novels and picture books? And what’s involved in becoming a real-world illustrator and writer? Find out Sat 24th May…

Find out by joining expert illustrator and author Chris Mould for a fun and relaxed day exploring all things related to book illustration.

Luke placed in the Fool For Poetry International Chapbook Competition

We are absolutely delighted for Hive poet Luke Worthy who was highly commended in the Fool For Poetry International Chapbook Competition 24/25. The competition is open yearly to new, emerging and established poets from any country writing in English…

Watch Ear to the Street

Ear to the Streets: 24hrs in the life of South Yorkshire – is an audio-visual love letter to the urban and rural life of South Yorkshire, featuring the words and voices of over 40 young writers from across the region’s cities, towns and villages, working with…