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Giant Furry Hamster And Catastrophic Earthquake, Contrasting Themes Of WAWA Winners
Two women in southern England - Emma Frances Simpson and Annie Percik - emerged as winners of the latest ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’...
Jun 26, 20237 min read


Let Paris Ignite Your Passion For Writing
‘A magnet, a Mecca, an incubator, a hothouse for writers. No other city has attracted so much literary talent or produced such a wealth...
Jun 14, 20234 min read


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 19, 202312 min read


Yorkshire & Texas Writers Emerge As Winners Of WAWA On Beauty
Winners of WAWA on Beauty
Dec 13, 20227 min read


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...
Dec 3, 20223 min read


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)...
Aug 11, 20228 min read


International Participants Enjoy Latest Creative Writing Retreat In Ireland
Germany, the US, England and Ireland - an array of participants from different countries attended varied writing workshops in our latest...
Jun 22, 20223 min read


Death and devices: winning themes in ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’
Writing about the death of a friend and the emptiness it leaves is never easy but Canada-born Alli Mckenzie found it a cathartic...
Jun 11, 20226 min read


'Untying the Bracelets' & 'Time Runs Out'Â Are Two More Finalists
Scotland-born, Christine Colliar whose story Time Runs Out was a finalist in the flash fiction category of our ‘Three Word Headline’ Wild...
Apr 22, 20227 min read


French Countryside Writing Retreat Meets With Success
Under azure blue skies and brilliant sunshine, writers from Iceland, the US, Scotland, England and Canada gathered together for our...
Apr 12, 20222 min read


Ndaga Dancing, God's Particle And Catalonia Trilogy- All In One Lifetime
After a futile attempt to conform to English society by working for the Civil Service - an experience she describes as simply...
Mar 19, 20227 min read


Butterflies And Snakes, Exotic MusesÂ
“I opened the email and almost cried. Unbelievable! And perfect timing. My husband had just undergone cancer surgery. I needed a...
Mar 14, 20227 min read


Catalan dance performance at Spring retreat in Languedoc
For an authentic flavour of Catalonia, visitors to the region must witness the lively traditional dances of the region and we are...
Feb 26, 20222 min read


Lifelong learning expert speaks at Languedoc retreat in March
From bank clerk to band leader, from RAF corporal to international executive and more than a quarter of a century travelling worldwide as...
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Don’t Miss This Offer:
Time To Travel To The ‘Hidden Jewel’ Of France With Covid travel restrictions now eased, ‘Ireland Writing Retreat’ is delighted to...
Jan 19, 20223 min read


‘Time’ For A New Writing Competition
Welcome to the fifth ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA) competition to welcome the New Year which we hope will provide challenge,...
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Mother Of Two Achieves A Double
As it has never happened before in our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ competitions, we simply had to highlight it - a single writer...
Aug 16, 20216 min read


Hot News: How-To Workshops On Memoir & Travel Writing
With participants and authors from Germany, the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland taking part, our inaugural Virtual Writing Retreat...
Mar 11, 20213 min read


Are You Up For This Challenge?
With Valentine’s Day upon us, no better way to kick-off our third ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA) than to choose that ‘many...
Feb 12, 20212 min read


Congratulations To The WAWA Flash Fiction Winner
We are delighted to publish below the winning story in the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) Flash Fiction category written by Arabella...
Feb 6, 20214 min read
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