Memoirist Talks About Nature in Writing
With just one week left until the deadline for our ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards,’ we’re delighted to continue our series of essays by...
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Nov 27, 20206 min read
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, 20203 min read
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 16, 20205 min read
Crime novelist-pathologist-Santa Claus says Nature can play key role in writing
To say author and pathologist, Dr. Bradley Harper, has been busy recently is a severe understatement. Aside from being a volunteer...
Nov 9, 20205 min read
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, 20205 min read
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.
Oct 21, 20205 min read
1,000 Euro Prize Money Could Be Yours
With our second edition of WAWA open for entries we are sharing some stories that reached the final round of our first edition.
Oct 1, 20202 min read
'Wild Atlantic Writing Awards' are back
‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (WAWA), is now open for entries in two categories: fiction and creative nonfiction. See how you can enter...
Sep 13, 20206 min read
More WAWA Stories for Your End-of-Summer Pleasure
The Dance by Janet West It started gradually, the separation. I didn’t notice anything for a long while, maybe I chose to ignore the...
Aug 19, 20203 min read
...from scholars to funeral sandwiches...
The Funeral Sandwich by Jocelyn Doyle The triangles pile across platters flanked with bowls of soup and endless cups of tea, tall black...
Aug 6, 20201 min read
Add Magic To Your Writing
We are introducing a Summer Offer exclusive to Friends of Ireland Writing Retreat...
Jul 25, 20204 min read
Celebrating Our WAWA Winners
Read the winning stories for the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) for flash fiction and creative non fiction...
Jul 14, 20203 min read
And the winners of WAWA are…
Winners of the Wild Atlantic Writing Awards are...
Jun 17, 20202 min read
Stories to brighten our quiet days
Winners of WAWA competition to be announced in...
May 26, 20204 min read
Countdown to Deadline: Midnight, Sunday, May 31st
Announcing the line-up for WAWA judging panel.
May 10, 20204 min read
Writing advice from our tutors
With just three weeks left until the May 31 deadline for our inaugural ‘Wild Atlantic Writing Awards’ (3,000 euro worth of prizes), we...
Apr 30, 20203 min read
Proud of Our Participants
We have been very fortunate over the last five years to have enjoyed the company of wonderful, positive minded people, fine writers...
Apr 23, 20203 min read
A chat with our writing tutors
Authors who have been wonderful tutors at 'Ireland Writing Retreat' consider entering writing awards a worthwhile activity.
Mar 27, 20203 min read
We’re launching our own writing competition, with generous prizes
New creative writing awards from Ireland Writing Retreat: flash fiction and creative nonfiction competition
Feb 19, 20203 min read
Meditation & hypnotherapy to awaken creativity at the Black Sea Writing Retreat
Not only sunshine, sandy beaches and fascinating excursions to historic places in both Romania and Bulgaria, but our creative writing...
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