‘You’re the man, but I got the, I got the, I got the power You make rain, but I'll make it, I'll make it, I'll make it shower You should know, I'm the one who's in control I'll let you come take the wheel, 'long as you don't forget, yeah, yeah.’ Who got the power? I got the, I got the power.'   These verses are from a snappy hit song entitled simply ‘ Power ’ by a group called Little Mix. This is also the theme of our next Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) with a deadline

Living in Marino, a suburb of Dublin, close to where Bram Stoker, author of the well-known Gothic vampire novel, ‘Dracula,’ grew up and lived, it should come as no surprise Patricia Wall is an accomplished writer. In fact, we’re proud to introduce Patricia to you as the winner of our ‘ Wild Atlantic Writing Awards ’ flash fiction category on the theme of ‘ secrets ’ with her impressive story, ‘ Writing Material .’  Married to Stephen and mother to four-year-old daughter, Heat

Creative nonfiction finalists and winner announced on theme of 'secrets' Sex in one way or another was a key subject in many of the stories submitted for the creative nonfiction category of our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ on the theme of ‘secrets.’ From a clandestine love affair to erotic literature, from herpes to an undercover policeman posing as a prostitute. Why sex? Good question. Let’s delve into sex in literature a little. First of all, sex is considered ‘the forbid

Flash Fiction finalists and winner announced on theme of 'secrets' Fortune-telling, murder, love affairs, roaming ghosts, a wily bird, authors, organ donations, photographs, even tattoos and silver earrings - such were some of the topics in stories submitted for our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) on the theme of ‘ secrets .’ Wanna know a secret? Some stories were filled with angst, others with surprise and still others with intriguing drama and poignancy. There was also

Danger often wears many disguises: a gunman on the loose hiding in a hotel, the fury of white-water rapids or the smile of a stranger on a lonely roadside.  Three writers, Kathy Judge, Brenda Lightle and Judy Holm, used such varied scenarios to create their stories and become finalists in our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) competition on the theme of ‘danger.’ Brenda Lightle A stranger’s kindness can sometimes hide menace.  For Brenda Lightle who lives near Seattle, it s

A Canadian woman who survived an experimental bone marrow transplant, an Austrian researcher who studied polar bears and...

Meet Julia James Burns , who once lived on an exotic island in the Indian Ocean and VJ Bauer , a proud great-grandfather - winners of our...

You could win the next WAWA competition . It's on the theme of 'secrets.' Secrets mean many things to many people but one thing is...

Murder, love, family break-up, abortion, dementia, revenge, depression, even ghosts and moonwalking - these were some of the diverse...

Many were sad, some bittersweet, others held a hint of humor. Still others, hope. With the theme being ‘ endings ,’ it was only natural...

A retired clinical biochemist in Dublin, a freelance journalist in Belfast, a poet in Oxford and a pharmacist in Cork are among ....

What we fear and love, sometimes in equal measure, are endings. But unbeknownst to us, endings arrive often in the guise of beginnings,...

Illustrating the sheer diversity of people entering our Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) , we proudly introduce Shelley Arnfield , a...

WAWA Winners Plus A Chance To Choose Our Next Competition

While hundreds of stories we've received for the latest Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) competition on  the theme of ‘danger’ are...

A former midwife living in the Canary Islands paralysed after an accident, a charity volunteer and candidate for local elections from...

We were going to post an article about how much we enjoyed being with writers at our recent Travel and Discovery Retreat. But then we...

Four finalist stories from our previous writing competition and a new writing competition on the theme of 'danger'

Have you ever been in a dangerous situation in your life? What was it? How did it happen? How did you deal with it? Did it change you in...

One aged 21 from Florida, now living in Nashville and the other in her 60s from Tyrone, Northern Ireland now living in Berkshire, winners...