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Hive South Yorkshire is a new hub for young writer activity in the South Yorkshire region. Whether you like to write as a hobby, want to express yourself better with words, or are super focused on a writing career – whatever your interest or ability – Hive is here to help you achieve your writing goals and connect with a wider young writers’ community.

Posts by growords:

• Repping Hive at One Mic Stand Poetry Slam, Manchester…
• Anthology launch and young writers open mic…
• Comedy, Class and a Week to Curtain
• Building the Novel: Hive Writers Day
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• Teens Speech Award Results 2026
• The Teens Speech Award & Event
• From Sidelines to Summit: My Forward Prize Weekend
• Virtual Young Poets Takeover open mic with The Poetry Society
• WordPath creative writing for wellbeing programme for 16–24 year-olds
• Grantside poetry commission callout…
• Beth reads at Off the Shelf Festival of Words
• Congratulations Nathan! Foyle Young Poets…
• Ourselves Reflected Back Launch
• Congratulations BBC Young Writers’ Award 2025
• Slug Manifesto: An exhibition-inspired creative writing workshop
• Luke Worthy ‘In the Mist’ commissioned poem
• Luke Worthy shortlisted for the Northern Debut Award for Poetry
• Young Northern Writers Awards 2025
• The Young Science Writer Award 2025 – Congratulations Tom!
• Tower Poetry Competition 2025
• Hive Competition Results 2024/25
• Rejection, Goose Bumps & the Long Game
• Visualising Stories: Writing & illustrating graphic novels and picture books
• One Mic Stand grand SLAM!
• Behind the Scenes: Writing for the Screen
• Spread the Word – Open Mic Night (14+)
• Young Writers Open Mic at Barnsley Civic
• Luke placed in the Fool For Poetry International Chapbook Competition
• Watch Ear to the Street
• Buy The Camellia House & Other Stories
• Canal Works a crowd-sourced poem by Warda Yassin
• Beth Davies is announced as Sheffield Poet Laureate
• Congratulations! Foyle Young Poets 2024
• Hive Young Writers Groups
• Hive Young Writers Competition 2024/25
• Writing Tight & Writing True in Poetry: Hive Writers Day
• Rory Waterman & Hive New Poets Prize Winners Reading
• May Day – Jackie Kay with support from poets Danaé Wellington & Beth Davies
• The Camellia House & Other Stories: Anthology Launch
• Young Writers Open Mic at Off the Shelf Festival of Words
• Hive Competition Results 2022/23
• Hive at Off the Shelf Festival 2024
• Charlie Jolley highly commended in the New Poets Prize 2024
• Northern Writers Awards 2024
• Poetry workshop for new & emerging young women writers of colour (aged 15-30)
• Call for submissions – Mixing Roots Anthology
• winterhill advert!
• Wickersley Trust Schools
• Writing the Gallery
• Uni slam Poetry Collectives Showcase 2024
• Kaleidoscopic Minds anthology launch
• Prophetic Poetry: From sci-fi to sci-fact
• Congrats Ez & Jack: Self Portrait Challange commended
• Open Mic
• Buy After Hours: Hive anthology
• Young Poets’ Summit at the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2023
• After Hours: anthology launch
• Polylingual Open Mic Night with Somali Week Express & Off the Shelf Festival
• Northern Dreaming Anthology for Children: Leeds 2023
• Congratulations Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2023
• Off the Shelf Festival of Words 2023
• Spit Out the Myth Launch
• Ear to the Streets: 24hrs in the life of South Yorkshire
• Congratulations Charlotte Murray: Creative Future Award 2023
• Freya Bantiff & Luke Worthy winners of the New Poets Prize 2023
• Hexham Poetry Competition
• Dominic is awarded a Churchill Fellowship
• Charles Causley Trust Young People’s Poetry Competition 2023
• E.H.P Barnard Poetry Prize
• Hattie Norman-Bird wins Live Canon’s Children’s Poetry Competition 2023
• Young Writers Open Mic & Publication Launch at Barnsley Civic
• Hive Online Poetry Summer School
• The Pretense of Understanding
• Hive at Sheaf Poetry Festvial 2023
• Our Young Writers Groups (14-19s)
• Hive Competition Results 2022/23
• Shaping Great Stories: from take-off to landing, with Dan Powell
• Freya Bantiff wins 3rd in National Poetry Competition!
• Poetry with intention: with Yomi Sode
• News: BYW at Barnsley Civic
• Hive Online Fiction Programme with Rachel Bower (aged 17-30)
• Young Poet Residential Retreat Bursary (aged 18-30)
• Learning to sing in a new key: a Hive Poetry Day with Kathryn Bevis
• Hive Young Writers Competition 22/23
• Congratulations Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2022
• Slambarz22
• Freya Bantiff wins the Bridport Prize Young Writers Award
• Spit out your Script! With Stacey Sampson
• Danae Wellington announced as Sheffield Poet Laureate
• Look How Alive Book Launch
• Elena Barham wins the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2022
• Spit out your Script!
• Dream Big Book Launch
• Interview with Young Adult Fiction Writer Paula Rawsthorne
• My Name is Adebiyi by Najma Ahmed
• We Are Everything Chapbook from Mixing Roots
• If Buildings Could Speak
• Buy Dear Life: Hive anthology
• Thank you! Leadmill open mic & launch…
• Dear Life & We Are Everything Anthologies
• Winners of the Northern Writers Awards 2022
• The World as a Trampoline: Poetry & the Surreal with Jonathan Edwards
• Beth Davies is a winner of the international New Poets Prize 2022!
• Young Voices Open Mic 14th July
• Our Streets Unmasked Podcast Stories
• Division Street by Morgan Westwood Cooke
• Ghost Town by Rebecca Payne
• Merchantgate Bus Stop by Cristina Rizzo
• Inner Pieces by Eve Naden
• Bench Guy by Eliana Grundy
• The Time Travel Log by Lucy-Jo Finnighan
• The Silent Disease by Ilona Galloway-Dutton
• Rotherham poem street art!
• Beth Davies Wins Magdalena 2022 Second Prize
• We’re All in it Together Grist Books anthology
• Fiction writers get in touch…
• Ten Poems about… Candlestick Press
• Digital Residencies with The Poetry Business
• Hive Competition Results 2021/22
• Mixing Roots Poetry Programme
• Hive Online Fiction Programme with Rachel Bower
• Easter writing workshops for 14-19s in Barnsley
• Barnsley Young Writers at The Civic
• A Poetry Week at Lumb Bank by Freya Bantiff
• Reclaiming Robin Hood
• Trials of the Realm by Lauren Stabler
• Truth to Power Project
• All Reytons
• Poetry free reads & mentoring support
• Hive poets at Rotherham Civic for Off the Shelf Festival
• Thank You Youth Word Up 10th birthday!!
• Hive at Off the Shelf Festvial
• Hive Young Writers’ Competition 2021/22
• Poetry & performance workshop for young people in Rotherham
• Youth Word Up 10th Birthday!
• Muslim Girls Creative Writing Rotherham
• The Perks of Young Adult Fiction – Young Writers Day with YA writer Paula Rawsthorne
• But Mummy Doesn’t Have a Broken Arm by Sam Davis
• Brave New Words Podcast
• Lacey wins the Matthew Hale Award
• Children’s Books North interview
• Happiness & Other Poems
• The Snow Grows Whiter
• New Poets Pamphlets 2020
• Creative writing at Harrison College Doncaster
• The Wales Young Poets Award 20/21
• The Canalworks Project with Mixing Roots
• Safia Khan wins New Poets Prize 2021
• Michael Smith by Morgan Westwood-Cooke
• Congratulations to Beth Davies – The Dead Cat Poetry Prize
• Longley Park Workshops
• Young Poet Network Challenges
• Canalworks Project
• Write for TV Opportunity for 18-30s
• Writing One-page Wonders
• Our Streets: Unmasked
• WordHatch Doncaster
• Lauren at Kendal Poetry Festival
• Hive Online Fiction programme
• Hive & Sheffield Year of Reading 2020
• Using Philosophical Enquiry to Spark Creative Writing
• Putting together a poetry pamphlet masterclass
• Dear 2021…
• Warda wins Women Poets’ Prize
• Dear 2021, The Start of It…
• The Can in Can’t Anthology
• Youth Word Up Podcast
• Young, Gifted & Black: A celebration of voices of African heritage
• Brave New Words Doncaster
• The Hatch Podcast
• Birdlife – a poetry podcast project
• Hive at Sheaf Poetry Festival 2020
• Louisa Rhodes – Streetcake Prize Winner
• Hive Young Writers’ Competition Results 2020
• Mixing Roots – for young voices of colour
• Naomi Thomas BBC Short Story Award Congratulations!
• Hive at Off the Shelf Festival of Words
• Warda Yassin at Off the Shelf Festival of Words in October
• Mastering Monologues – for young writers & actors
• Hive poets support Roger Robinson at Off the Shelf Festival
• She Will Soar Anthology
• Creative Writing for bi-lingual tongues
• The World as a Trampoline: Poetry & the Surreal with Jonathan Edwards
• Writing poetry about people with Jonathan Edwards
• Brick by Brick
• Hot Day in a Tesco Queue by Melanie Hopkins
• Our Rotherham Film Poem
• Orwell Youth Prize 2020 – congratulations!
• Congratulations to Naomi Thomas Northern Writers Award 2020
• 100 Days of Lockdown: A Disabled Writer’s Experience
• Writing Picture Books
• Me, Arvon & Claudia Jones
• Cultivating Gratitude in Uncertain Times
• School’s Out – Ada Urbaniak
• Social Media to the Rescue – Jacob Waterall
• FREE online interactive experimental writing workshop
• New Poets Prize Winners 2020
• Every Little Helps – Isabel Hawksworth
• How Far Is Too Far? Isabelle Osborne
• Spring News…
• FREE online interactive creative writing workshop for 14-19s in Sheffield
• Minding How You Go
• From Stay-at-Home to Stuck-at-Home: a young mum’s lockdown story
• Home Front non-fiction commission
• Hive Young Writers Competition 2020
• Our groups are online!
• A message of support
• The Hive New Writers Prize
• Exploring Fiction
• New Writing North’s: Hachette Writing for Children Roadshow
• Poetry Edit Surgery
• Hive Young Creatives Barnsley Half term sessions
• Young Poets Writers’ Day: Putting together a pamphlet
• Lydia Allison darts residency farewell
• Hive Poetry Collective
• Buy surfing the twilight: Hive anthology
• Congratulations Lauren Hollingsworth Smith winner of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award!
• Young Writers’ Open Mic & Anthology Launch 30th Oct
• Georgie Woodhead BBC Short Story Award Congratulations!
• Mixing Roots showcase – with Warda Yassin and Guests
• Poetry in Unexpected Places with Andrew McMillan
• The Youth Word Up 2019 with Vanessa Kisuule
• My Lumb Bank Arvon Week
• My Week at The Hurst Arvon
• Congrats to Ciah White & Lauren Hollingsworth Smith: Northern Writers Award 2019
• timehop summer sessions – Barnsley
• Mixing Roots Project
• Defining Britishness
• An interview with Dan Powell
• Louise Rennison Funny Award 2020
• Sheaf Poetry Festival Hivelights :)
• Ear to the City Podcast Project
• Sheaf Poetry Festival
• Pop Up Portraits
• Scribble, Doodle, and Draw
• Thank You! Hive Young Writers’ Festival 2019
• Georgie Woodhead – Young Poet in Residence at Sheaf Poetry Festival
• Hive Young Writers’ Competition Results
• About Hive Young Writers Fest 2019
• Hive Arvon retreat bursaries
• Hatching a Cinema For All…
• Penistone Grammar Anthology
• Hive young writer Sile wins BBC Radio presenting contract!
• Stacey Sampson at Hall Cross Doncaster
• Ideas of Britishness
• From Chorus to Verse: Reimagining Quirkus
• Quirkus Exhibition – Soundscapes & New Found Words
• Bill Viola exhibition & workshop (Young Poet in Residence, Darts)
• Culture Cinema
• Young Poet in Residence at Darts
• Hatch Reads Scheme
• Building Brave New Worlds
• Spoken word & poetry workshop Burngreave
• Gun Clap – discussions needed- by Danae Wellington & Warda Yassin
• Hive young writers at So Africa Festival 2018
• Off the Shelf Festival workshops for young women
• Hive young writers at Ted Hughes Festival 2018
• Georgie Woodhead wins Foyle Young Poet of the Year
• Hive Fiction programme
• Ian McMillan interviewed by Eloise Unerman
• Our young steering group has hatched…
• Introducing the Hatch programme
• Moor Mother & Hive young writers
• Poetic narratives for performance with Andy Craven-Griffiths
• Buy halfway smile: Hive anthology
• Readings – Eloise Unerman Ledbury Festival 2018
• Hive Verse Matters with Warda Yassin
• Young Writers’ Groups
• Young Writers’ Open Mic & anthology launch
• Alternative Theatre with Andy Cook
• Congrats Georgie!
• Warda Yassin wins New Poets Prize
• The Motley Muse
• Interview with author Richard Chizmar
• Eloise Unerman, Poet in Residence at Ledbury Poetry Festival 2018
• Eloise Unerman, Poet in Residence at Ledbury Poetry Festival 2018
• Hive festival coverage from Write Radio!
• Festival thank you!
• Find out about festival happenings!
• Interview with Lowkey
• Young Writers’ Competition Results 2017/18
• Annabelle Pitcher Advice for Novelists
• An introduction to writing for stage & radio with Char March
• My week at Arvon Lumb Bank
• Young Poets Writers’ Day: Putting together a pamphlet
• An interview with poet, Peter Sansom
• Interview with novelist Tiffany Murray
• Buy Wild Poetry: Hive Anthology
• Off the Shelf Festival of Words 2017!
• Youth Word Up 2017
• Arvon bursary opportunity for performance writers interested in facilitating creative writing
• Young People’s Open Mic 30th Oct
• The Youth Word Up 2017
• When Aliens Write Poetry with Gavin Hudson
• Performance Theatre with Khadijah Ibrahiim 28th Oct
• Summer Reads on BBC Radio Sheffield
• Interview with Hannah Lowe
• gallery
• Congratulations to Eloise Unerman – Winner of the Cuckoo Northern Writers Award 2017
• Interview with fantasy author KT Davies
• South Asian mehfil, Doncaster
• Poetry workshop & talk with James Giddings
• My Arvon Experience – Louisa Rhodes
• Young writer performances May-June
• These poets, our kin / These poems, our stories
• Wild Poetry – call for submissions
• News: Talks, readings & workshops with the Writing Squad
• Open Mic Mehfil at the Alchemy Festival at Cast in Doncaster
• Poetry workshop for young people of South Asian heritage in Doncaster (16-25)
• Interview with horror writer, Simon Bestwick
• Interview with Anthony Anaxagorou
• Congratulations – Hear My Voice
• Arvon Hive Young Writers residential
• The Arvon Tate Word Exchange
• Protected: Arvon Hive Young Writers Residential
• Horror & Fantasy Writers’ Day – with Simon Bestwick & KT Davies
• Young Writers’ Open Mic
• Interview with poet, Helen Mort
• Protected: everyday hymn
• Arvon Word Exchange at Tate Modern
• January start dates for South Yorkshire young writers groups…
• The Youth Word Up 2018
• The Youth Word Up 2016
• Thanks from Hive in 2016….
• Hive’s first Verse Matters Open Mic
• Dear Future, we wrote to you today…
• Voices from Hive Young Writers’ Groups…
• Hive’s first workshop with Saju Ahmed
• Spoken word poetry workshop with Saju Ahmed in Sheffield (FREE)
• Writers’ Days
• Writing Events
• Publications
• Projects
• Hive Young Writers’ Competition
• Young Writers’ Festivial
• Arts Award
• Bizzy, bizzy, bizzy…
• About
• Hive Young Ambassadors
• Letters to the Future Workshop (FREE)
• Young Writers’ Open Mic
• Poetry, page & stage with Clare Shaw