W&A Community

The W&A Community contains a host of brilliant features: take part in discussions, join or start groups with like-minded writers, and share extracts of your work to receive objective feedback.

Community engagement also means reward points added to your profile, so expect us to be in regular contact to make you aware of exclusive discounts across W&A events, editing services, and more.

Finally, our free Writing Calendar gives you the chance to make all W&A Community members aware of a writing or publishing event you’re involved in.

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Connect with other users and benefit from the following:

  • Receive objective feedback on extracts of your work
  • Ask questions, offer insight and help others
  • Build a network of writers and/or illustrators you can call on
  • Earn discounts on events and services for regular Community interaction
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Form and join groups on W&A and benefit from the following:

  • Search for others at a similar stage of the writing process
  • Base groups around fiction/non-fiction genres you love
  • Find others inspired by particular writers, artists or creative movements
  • Start your own writing group with other members of the W&A community
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Recently started discussions

Recently shared works

I Will Become an Apple
by Nasser Yousefi
7th November 2024

I Will Become an Apple

 By Nasser Yousefi 

 

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The Demon Left Behind
by Rachelle Lopoua
29th October 2024

Q sat, knees pulled to their chest, within the four bleak walls that were their whole world. The room seemed endless and at the same time...

I love autumn just like you
by Nasser Yousefi
24th October 2024

I love autumn just like you.

By Nasser Yousefi 

 

Mary and her grandmother were...

Writing Calendar Competitions

Discoveries
Deadline -
Discoveries is the Women’s Prize’s writer development programme designed to address the specific challenges that women face as writers.
Marlowe and Christie Christmas Flash Fiction Prize
Submit a 250 word story inspired by Christmas.
Marlowe and Christie Novel Prize
Deadline -
Submit the opening 3000 words of your novel. Conventionally published novelists are not eligible to enter.  First Prize £1,100 See www.marloweandchristie.com