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Nov 21, 20231 min read

Black Friday At Ireland Writing Retreat

Black Friday offer exclusively for Friends of Ireland Writing Retreat

Nov 12, 202312 min read

This Could Be You In A Few Weeks' Time

One can never get tired of receiving the amazing enthusiasm and happy messages from finalists and winners of our writing awards. It what...

Sep 21, 20233 min read

Elvis, Herbs and Princess Anne

One of the most powerful newspaper editors in Europe who is also an author of several books, a leading feature writer whose interviewees...

Sep 13, 20232 min read

‘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...

Sep 10, 20232 min read

Jazz And Champagne Plus A Taste Of Time-Travel At Paris Writing Retreat

An exciting evening of live jazz music with champagne, cocktails and canapés at an historic luxury literary hotel in Paris and a magical...

Aug 20, 202312 min read

Finalists In Our WAWA Writing Contest Span The Globe

From South Africa to Australia’s sunny Gold Coast, from Ireland’s capital city to the home of Hollywood - finalists in our ‘Wild Atlantic...

Jul 27, 20234 min read

2024 Writing Retreats Mark Our Tenth Anniversary

These are the writing retreats we plan for 2024 with details on each. We’re on the verge of celebrating our 10th birthday next year...

Jul 10, 20232 min read

Chocolates, Irish Music, A Castle And A Thatched Cottage Make Donegal Retreat A Memorable One

An exclusive traditional Irish music performance under the rafters of a century-old thatched cottage by the sea, an evening of...

Jun 26, 20237 min read

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 14, 20234 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...

May 27, 20233 min read

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’...

May 18, 202312 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 1, 20232 min read

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, 202311 min read

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, 202312 min read

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, 20234 min read

‘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, 202311 min read

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, 20232 min read

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, 202213 min read

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, 20227 min read

Yorkshire & Texas Writers Emerge As Winners Of WAWA On Beauty

Winners of WAWA on Beauty

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