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

Memoir legal advice
by Pete Devlin
20th August 2023

Does anyone have any experience of publishing a memoir that required legal checks to avoid any possible defamation case/claims? My written memoir...

Recently shared works

NEW: Truth or Scare [Book #1 in Lana Lazar's Hallow Street]
by Lana Lazar
4th February 2024

“Scare,” he whispered. “Scare, Chloe.”
I started to back away, my hands held up as though to protect myself.
“I really don't-”
“...

NEW: Truth or Scare [Book #1 in Lana Lazar's Hallow Street]
by Lana Lazar
4th February 2024

“Scare,” he whispered. “Scare, Chloe.”
I started to back away, my hands held up as though to protect myself.
“I really don't-”
“...

NEW: Voices - An Exorcist Novel
by Lana Lazar
4th February 2024

Rory has been hearing strange voices in her head for a long time. Raspy, murderous voices that can make her do anything they want . . . however...

Writing Calendar Competitions

Artist Link- Up - Poetry Slam
Deadline -
Artist Link-Up are hosting a weekly POETRY SLAM
 
 Weekly prize- £10 gift card- Reading Railway Pub bar + entry to 2024 competition 
 
 EVERY THURSDAY 
The People's Friend Writing Bursary
UK's biggest prize for unpublished authors, with a £10k top prize. Deadline Feb 5.
Northern Life Magazine Short Story Competition
Deadline -
The winning short story will be published in Northern Life magazine.