Delving into the profound intersections of nature, creativity, and personal healing. Here, creative dreamers can explore their relationship with the natural world and participate in the Wild Muse nature writing prize.
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'Losing Leaves' - Shortlisted for the Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize
"I found the version of the girl I needed to be and followed her home."
Hallie Marbet, Shortlisted for the Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize, 2025
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We’re also continuing to sha...
Meet Alice Vincent, Judge of the 2026 Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize
“Enjoy your ignorance.” Alice Vincent
It was a real treat to chat with Alice yesterday. She wove together her experience as a journalist, editor, memoirist and nature writer as we explored what it was that makes nature writing resonate wit...
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Home of the Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize. For nature lovers, writers, & dreamers seeking deeper relationship with themselves, their work, & the living world. By award-winning writer Gabriela Blandy.
writer | environmentalist | creative entrepreneur | speaker | popular live online writing workshops & courses | Magical Craft of Creative Nonfiction | www.janisseray.com | award-winning books
internationally bestselling author of books including Hark, How Women Listen; and Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil Sisterhood. I write savour, a newsletter about writing, motherhood and the delicious things in life.
#NorthernDebutAward 2020 | Long-listed #NanShepherdPrize | #WriteNow2020 | #IndigoPoet | Founder @WildWomenPress | F/T carer & mum | Unruly genes
These are the things my garden told me.
I am an artist, writer and designer who loves the natural world and encourages others to explore it with me. I connect people to place using creative practices and run regular 'Dwellbeing' retreats in Kent.
Helping writers find their creative flow. Essayist, photographer, and author of four poetry collections. Senior Poetry Editor at Phil Lit Journal.
The Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize invites personal stories, poems, and essays that explore our relationship with the living world - Submissions for 2026 are open until 14th Sept\ud83c\udf3fThis year's theme is nature's power to heal, guide and transform.
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