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Feb 12
2 min

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 splendo...

Feb 6
4 min

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 1
3 min

Celebrating Our Creative Nonfiction Award Winner

We are delighted to publish the winning story in the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) Creative Nonfiction category written by Annmarie...

Dec 7, 2020
1 min

Last Chance...

... to enter the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards. Deadline: midnight, Thursday, December 10. Deadlines. They can be the bane of our lives. O...

Nov 27, 2020
6 min

Finding Nature Right Before Your Very Eyes

I’d like to share with you some of the instances in which I relied on Nature to help me encourage a certain mood or expectation in my reader

Nov 22, 2020
3 min

Former CNN editor offers tips on incorporating Nature in writing

This lesson by author John DeDakis links closely to the second edition of WAWA competition focusing on the use of Nature in...

Nov 9, 2020
5 min

Irish ‘landscape laureate’ considers Nature a key element of writing

Few authors are more adept at integrating Nature and landscape in their prose than multiple-book, northern Irish crime writer, Anthony J....

Oct 31, 2020
5 min

Stories to Help You Celebrate Samhain

We wish you all a Happy Samhain weekend & look forward to reading your creative entries in our new WAWA competition over the coming weeks.

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