‘Change’ Is The Theme For Our New ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA) Competition
Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, is quoted as saying “change is the only constant in life” - and he was right. And change comes in many...
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- Jun 11, 2022
- 6 min
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...
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
Creative Nonfiction Winner and Finalists are…
From Virginia, New York and Florida in the US to Clare and Donegal in western Ireland, from Creswick rural Australia to Lewisham suburban...
- Apr 22, 2022
- 7 min
'Untying the Bracelets' & 'Time Runs Out' 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...
- Mar 19, 2022
- 7 min
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...
- Jan 13, 2022
- 5 min
Teddy Bears And Tantrums
Tracy Jones, a finalist in the creative non-fiction section of our ‘WAWA Love’ competition with her touching story entitled ‘Foster...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 8 min
Cheers For Winning Writers And Their Stories
Winning the flash fiction competition of our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAW) with her story, ‘Share the Vision,’ came as a great...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 6 min
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...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 9 min
One Week To Go, Writers Tell Their Stories
Writing flash fiction or creative non fiction in 500 words or less is no easy task so, with just one week to go before next Sunday’s...
- Apr 20, 2021
- 6 min
Crisis Turns To Opportunity
A year ago our collective world underwent a change never seen before with everyone tapping into their reserves of creativity not only to...
- Apr 5, 2021
- 6 min
'Silver Waves' And 'The Susurrant Silence'
We are honored to continue sharing with you works by some of the talented writers among the 'Top Ten' finalists in our previous Wild...
- Feb 12, 2021
- 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...
- Feb 6, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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....
- 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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