Winners Announced In ‘Hope’ Wild Atlantic Writing Awards
With several hundred stories to read, the task, while enjoyable, wasn’t easy for judges of the latest ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’...
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- May 18
- 12 min
Life Experiences Shape Dramatic Stories
Aside from the sheer reading pleasure they provide, one of the delights of receiving stories for our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ is...
- May 1
- 2 min
Dragons, Sea Adventure And A Centuries-Old Mystery
Dragons and other fantastic creatures, time travel, dramatic escape on the High Seas and an intriguing search for a long-lost woman. Such...
- Mar 18
- 11 min
Brain Surgery, Music, Eroticism And Route 66
A brave woman from the San Francisco Bay area writes poignantly about her struggle to accept beauty after brain tumor surgery left half...
- Feb 27
- 12 min
WAWA Finalists, Please Take A Bow
A professional dancer in New York, a legal secretary in Ireland, a school teacher in Colorado and a Nature lover in the historic English...
- Feb 15
- 4 min
‘I Love Paris…’
Cole Porter wrote this classic song, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra made it famous… so… With two of our writing retreats this year...
- Jan 25
- 11 min
Highlighting Finalists Of WAWA 'Time' Competition
As many of you may be working hard to perfect your stories for our latest writing competition, the seventh edition of WAWA on the theme...
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Here’s Hoping You Win Our New Writing Competition
With the New Year upon us, there’s one simple word that springs eternal - ‘hope.’ As such, we thought it appropriate to kick off our...
- Dec 28, 2022
- 13 min
Four Stories From Wild Atlantic Writing Awards ‘Time’ Competition
We are proud to present the writers and stories of four of the finalists in our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA) competition on the...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 7 min
Yorkshire & Texas Writers Emerge As Winners Of WAWA On Beauty
Winners of WAWA on Beauty
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
Beauty in Flash Fiction and Creative Non Fiction: Winners and Finalists
From a wide range of highly imaginative stories, we are delighted to announce the winners and finalists in our latest ‘Wild Atlantic...
- Nov 18, 2022
- 12 min
Four Proud Women Finalists In The ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’
Our four wonderful writing finalists featured here share at least one thing in common - they show that age is nothing but a number and...
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Exclusive Offer To Enjoy Writing In The South Of France
Following the success of our recent week-long get-together in Paris, we’d like to offer all our ‘Friends of Ireland Writing Retreat’ an...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
‘Library of Scents’ In 17th Century Paris Building Kicks Off Writing Retreat
by Sean Hillen A multi-national group of wordsmiths - from countries as diverse as Mexico, France, Ireland, England, Belgium, the US and...
- Sep 26, 2022
- 3 min
Success in Donegal, Now Paris Here We Come
Strange to say, especially as we organise writing retreats, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. So here, in vivid color,...
- Sep 10, 2022
- 2 min
Ireland Writing Retreat Welcomes Exciting New Member To Our Diverse Team Of Tutors
With our next creative writing retreat less than three weeks away, excitement is mounting and preparations well underway in Donegal for...
- Aug 21, 2022
- 7 min
Driver's Diary- Death at the Mouth of Flowers
a novella by Sean Hillen, inspired by true events August 15, 2022 - Bun na Leaca (Brinaleck), Donegal Colm answered the door on the first...
- Aug 11, 2022
- 8 min
Grief, Immortality And Pollution: Themes That Dominate These Finalist Stories In WAWA Competitions
While she grew up in Tennessee, 29-year-old Veronica Shreve - flash fiction finalist in the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA)...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Golden Autumnal Leaves of Paris And An Exclusive Literary Salon Beside Notre Dame
If you signed up to our week-long writing retreat in beautiful Paris (October 17-23) you're in for an extraordinary treat - a special...
- Jul 15, 2022
- 8 min
From Ohio to Tennessee, more ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ finalists
We’re delighted to highlight the work of two finalists in our previous ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ including one participant, Abby...
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