Follow In Their Footsteps
Myrah Duckworth, a member of the City Academy Mentorship Programme writes about what Black History Month means to her. I…
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Our stories shares experiences from our City Academy students and tutors about their classes – hear about acting to singing, dance to comedy in their own words.
Meet Our Short Story Writing Competition Winner: Heike Ellwood
We sat down with the winner of our Short Story Competition 2022, Heike Ellwood, to discuss her story, What Yuri…
Read More What Yuri Got by Heike Ellwood
Following our City Academy Short Writing Competition 2022, We are delighted to introduce Heike Ellwood, the winner, with her entry…
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City Academy Short Story Competition 2022 – WINNER IS ANNOUNCED
Winner is announced. When we kicked off this year’s short story competition, the judges had one question and one question…
Read MoreThe Postcard by Jean Ashbury
The Postcard My name is Aleesha and I will be sixteen in a few months. I live with my brother…
Read MoreRed Dirt by Peter Rose
Red Dirt “You want I should bring you out a coke or lemonade or something?” It was still early morning,…
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Winning The Short Story Writing Competition: One Year On With Tong Qiu
The search is still open for the best original short story written by a previously unpublished writer. Whether you have…
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City Academy Mentorship Programme
PLEASE NOTE THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME HAS NOW CLOSED FOR 2022 Our Mentorship Programme is a…
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Artist In Residence: Deobia Oparei
All of us at City Academy are delighted to welcome actor and filmmaker DeObia Oparei, as our Artist-In-Residence in 2022/2023….
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City Academy Awarded Culture Recovery Fund Grant
City Academy has been awarded £450,000 from the third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. City Academy is among…
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