• The Teens Speech Award & Event

    Calling young people aged 14-19 in Barnsley & across South Yorkshire… Ever wanted to stand somewhere grand and make your voice heard? Well, now’s your chance! We are inviting young people aged 14–19 (from across Barnsley & South Yorkshire) to enter the Teens Speech Award by writing…

  • 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…

  • 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 Teens Speech Award & Event

Calling young people aged 14-19 in Barnsley & across South Yorkshire… Ever wanted to stand somewhere grand and make your voice heard? Well, now’s your chance! We are inviting young people aged 14–19 (from across Barnsley & South Yorkshire) to enter the Teens Speech Award by writing…

From Sidelines to Summit: My Forward Prize Weekend

It was my second time attending the Young Poets Summit and Forward Prize events, the last being in 2023 in Leeds. Once again, I enjoyed it immensely, but this time I was challenged to step out of the sidelines in several exciting roles…

Congratulations Nathan! Foyle Young Poets…

A huge congratulations to 16-year-old Rotherham Young Writer Nathan Graham – one of the 15 winning poets of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2025! This year a record-breaking 28,344 poems were entered into the competition from 10,920 young poets. Young people from 135 countries took part from…