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👏 Congratulations Kevarni 👏
Incredibly proud of our @HaringeyLP student, Kevarni whose story was selected as a national finalist and took 2nd place in @FirstStory's annual Six Word Story competition🏆
A brilliant achievement in concise storytelling 📚
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Congratulations to Kevarni for achieving 2nd place in the national ‘Six Word Story’ competition! 🏆Here he is proudly holding his story—small words, big impact! @FirstStory#ThisIsAP
We have some talented writers at HLP. So impressed by this student’s poems written in today’s @FirstStory session with @ceciliaknapp, inspired by the work of @kerdonk 📚 #ThisIsAP
Our @FirstStory writer-in-residence @ceciliaknapp introduced us to the brilliant poetry of @kerdonk today. Inspired by her poems ‘Ten’ & ‘Thirty’ we wrote our own incredible pieces about our childhoods, adolescence & our imagined future selves.📚 #ThisIsAP
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Mukahang Limbu has won The@BoroughPress' non-fiction open submission competition, worth £10,000, with his memoir, Egg-Fried Rice 👇 https://t.co/jF6IMICzWp
Hive Young Writers Competition 24/25 for young writers 14-30 in the north/mids!! Ages:14-16 | 17-19 | 20-30 Poetry | Fiction | Flash. FREE entry! Open theme & resources to get you started 📚✍️♥️Pls RT🙏 Judges: Suzannah Evans & Dave Swann DL: 23rd Feb 25 https://t.co/p1otk3Rk0q
Festive creativity in full swing! 🎄🖋️ Our students were inspired to write festive poems during their @FirstStory session with our talented Writer in Residence, @ceciliaknapp . A perfect way to celebrate the season through words! 📚 #ThisIsAP
.@FirstStory has appointed Sophie Hiscock as its new c.e.o., taking over from Antonia Byatt who has led the education and creative writing charity since 2019 👇 https://t.co/jFQ99qDLue
We've just published our Impact Report for the last academic year 2023/24.
Take a look on the First Story website: https://t.co/EZQqVIc2Fx
A huge THANK YOU to our schools, writers, partners, volunteers and funders for making our transformative programmes such a success.
Just brilliant to be able to announce I am now working with @FirstStory They provide amazing opportunities for students to explore creative writing. Check them out!
Inspiring words taking shape! Our students are deep in thought during today’s @FirstStory session with writer-in-residence @ceciliaknapp . We love their six word stories! #ThisIsAP
Follow the link to read this week's @SchoolLongcroft Newsletter: https://t.co/rM4wCpoQqr We feature our @Humberbeat Cadets, our @FirstStory workshops with Maureen Lennon, pupils' successes including @TrackBoxing's Luci who met @TonyBellew and Natasha Jonas, and much more!
We're reflecting on our work over the past 16 year's today on the National Lottery's 30th Birthday. Here's Alumni Hannah Mohammed (now a School Librarian) on the impact First Story's Young Writers Programme had on her.
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