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.
the rising line – showcasing a whopping 73 writers, including 60 poems and 17 short stories – is a brilliantly inventive, powerful and vibrant anthology of poetry and short fiction by the next generation of writers.
Many are members of Hive Young Writers’ groups or have attended Hive programmes and projects. Some have been placed in our competitions. There’s also work from Hive award-winning writers, including Luke Worthy, Beth Davies, Nathan Graham, Maisie Mair, Lauren Hollingsworth Smith, and Warda Yassin.
Do get in touch soon if you’d like an open mic slot, open to writers aged 14 to 30 [Slots limited on the night]. For tickets, click here.
In partnership with the Creative Writing team, Department of Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University
Praise for the rising line:
“This book is a powerful reminder that there’s nowhere a poem can’t go, and no way it can’t move us. From revolutionary dogs and AI lovers to the quiet ache of growing up in the modern world, and all we inherit from it, these poems move between the intimate and the expansive with confidence, invention and emotional clarity. If the poems in the rising line are anything to go by – the future of poetry is dazzlingly bright!” — Suzannah Evans
“Reading this collection, I’m again in awe of fiction’s power to move its readers. Sometimes literally, as in the stories that took me through space and time to strange and thrilling locations. I was also deeply moved by the many pieces transporting me into different mindsets and helping me see our world afresh from viewpoints otherwise out of reach. What a joy it is to be taken on these journeys and to witness young writers responding to the challenges of contemporary and historical life in such varied and exciting ways.” — Dave Swann
Contributors:
Aizah Atiq
Alastair Smith
Alina Kumaran
Amelie Pape
Anzal Adhan
Arundhati Sarkar
Aurora Amaryllis
Beth Davies
Bethany Rippon
Casey O’Malley
Charlotte Murray
Charlotte Stribley
Chloe Reed
Connie Greig
Connor Mortimer
Danae Wellington
Dillon Butt
Emma English
Erin Martin-O’Connell
Fae Horsley
Finley Kippin
Freya Bantiff
Grace Taylor
Hafsa Yusufi
Heather Chapman
Holly Ellis
Holly Jones
Holly Thorpe
Ikarah Woodvine
Isabelle Suarez-Gregory
Isobel Whiston
Ivy Knapp
Jake Edwards
Jason Parker
Kayla Blackburn
Ken Damon
Lauren Hollingsworth Smith
Laurie Smith
Liliana Jedrzejko-Pires
Louisa Rhodes
Luke Worthy
Mac Goodwin
Madeline Hall
Maia Brown
Maisie Mair
Maqbulah Sarvari
Martha May Hilton
Matthew Swan
Maya Dodsworth
Merila Gramy
Mia Hollingsworth Smith
Michaelis Barlow
Miley Yip
Millie Thomas
Milly Boden
Molly Knox
Nathan Graham
Poppy Mae Higgins
Rachel Maloney
Rebecca Smith
Robyn Wilson
Safia Khan
Safa Maryma
Sarah Crooks
Sile Sibanda
Sofie Stothers
Sophie Dunn
Sophie Peacock
Stephanie Wong
Theodore Forcer
Tom Stephenson
Warda Yassin