Hive poets perform at National Poetry Collectives Showcase
We’re delighted that Hive poets Safa Maryam and Holly Thorpe will be representing Hive at the National Poetry Collectives Showcase in London on Saturday 18th July. Bringing together nine of the UK’s leading poetry collectives…
If Buildings Could Speak Writing Workshop August at Barnsley Civic
If buildings could speak, what would they tell us? What have they seen and what have they heard? What tales would they weave about the strangeness of their spaces, or about the humans (and ghosts) who move through them? Join us at Barnsley Civic on Saturday 22nd August for a wonderfully creative (and free!) workshop exploring….
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…
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…
Behind the Scenes: Writing for the Screen
Behind the Scenes: Writing for the Screen: How do we get the scene in our head onto the page? How do we create characters that we can believe in? And how do we keep the audience glued to the screen until the final frame?
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…
Shaping Great Stories: from take-off to landing, with Dan Powell
Shaping Great Stories: from take-off to landing, a Hive Short Story Day with Dan Powell | All experience levels welcome | For young people aged 15-25 | How do we find the right beginning for a story? Or the right ending? And how do we navigate the space between beginning and ending to craft a story that carries a reader meaningfully from first line to last?
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!