Queer Poets Reading
Looking for a great poetry reading in Sheffield? Head to Sheffield Central Library on 22 April for an evening of queer poetry in the Carpenter Room, featuring three brilliant poets, Hive poet and Sheffield Poet Laureate Beth Davies, Sarah Lasoye and Eden Chicken…
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…
WordPath creative writing for wellbeing programme for 16–24 year-olds
WordPath is a free creative writing for wellbeing programme for 16–24 year-olds living across South Yorkshire offering creative writing sessions & 1-to-1 mentoring for young people experiencing anxiety, depression, or other mild to moderate mental health challenges…
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…
Slug Manifesto: An exhibition-inspired creative writing workshop
Are you a young person interested in creative writing and art? Then this is the perfect opportunity to join us for a fun and relaxed writing workshop inspired by Site Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Slime Mother, opening 3rd October….
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…
Canal Works a crowd-sourced poem by Warda Yassin
In 2021, as part of her role as Sheffield Poet Laureate [202-22], Hive poet and founder of Hive’s Mixing Roots, Warda Yassin, ran the Canal Works project – a Waterlines collaboration between The Poetry Society and the Canal & River Trust – aimed at celebrating…
Hive Young Writers Groups
If you’re a secret scribbler, vocal wordsmith, closet novelist or part-time poet, Hive runs a network of young writers groups in Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. Come build your skills and confidence, be creative and meet others with like-minded interests…
Hive Young Writers Competition 2024/25
Hive Young Writers’ Competition 2024/25 NOW OPEN!! A writing competition for 14 to 30s from or based in Yorkshire, the nearby north & midlands | Poetry | Flash Fiction | Stories | deadline: midnight 23rd Feb 2025
Call for submissions – Mixing Roots Anthology
We are open for submissions of poetry and poetic flash fiction until 10th July 2024 – from new, aspiring and emerging young women writers of colour (aged 15 to 30), for our first full-length Mixing Roots anthology…
Our Young Writers Groups (14-19s)
If you’re a secret scribbler, vocal wordsmith, closet novelist or part-time poet, Hive runs a network of young writers groups in Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. We’re looking for new members to start autumn 2022…
Barnsley Young Writers at The Civic
Calling young people aged 14-19 in the Barnsley area… Like creative writing? Like photography too? (Not essential!) Want to join something fun and creative with others who share the same interests? If so, join us at the new Barnsley Young Writers! (FREE!) We’re looking for aspiring young writers to join our new monthly group….
Poetry free reads & mentoring support
Hive is offering a number of free reads, feedback & mentorship support to young poets [aged 17 to 30 years] who are at a stage where they are getting ready to send their work out into the world for a pamphlet submission…
Hive Poetry Collective
Hive Poetry Collective is a poetry workshop for young people 17 to 30 yrs from across South Yorkshire & nearby…Write poems, read poems, get ideas, build skills, learn from feedback, hear about opportunities and be inspired by others with an interest in poetry. Be it hobby interest, serious career or portfolio focus, join us to stay in your creative groove!