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Congratulations BBC Young Writers’ Award 2025

A massive congratulations to 17-year-old Sheffield Young Writer Rebecca Smith, one of five shortlisted for the BBC Young Writers’ Short Story Award 2025 with Cambridge University…
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….
Young Northern Writers Awards 2025

A huge congratulations to Charlie Jolley, Haider Nazir and Maisie Mair, who were all placed in the Young Northern Writers Awards 2025! The awards were announced in a ceremony at Northumbria University in Newcastle on 24th June 2025…
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…

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….

Luke Worthy ‘In the Mist’ commissioned poem

Congratulations to Hive poet Luke Worthy, whose commissioned poem ‘square moon; little raft’, responding to ‘In the Mist’, a VR film experience by Chou Tung-Yen, is currently being exhibited alongside the film at Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam [July 16-18]…

Luke Worthy shortllisted for the Northern Debut Award for Poetry

A huge congratulations to Hive poet and Sheffield Young Writer alumnus Luke Worthy whose collection On What Could String has been shortlisted in the Northern Debut Award for Poetry in the 2025 Northern Writers Award…