Exploring the intersections of nature, creativity, writing and personal transformation. A space for creative dreamers to deepen their relationship with the natural world, explore their creative lives, and participate in the Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize.
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Wild Encounters: The Longlist of the Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize 2026
“Nature’s power to heal, guide and transform.”
We received more entries to the prize this year than ever before and I want to start with thanking every single writer for trusting us with their precious pieces.
My gratitude also goes out...
How Do We Unfurl After Uncertainty? with Rashmin Sagoo
"This book felt very much like, oops, I've dropped the kaleidoscope. The glass is just everywhere. The beads and the colors are everywhere. And oh, well, I'm just going to let it all shine." Rashmin Sagoo
This was a special live for me. I...
The Art of Not Knowing Where you’re Going
“I no longer come to a sit spot through a process of elimination. I might even let myself spend the whole afternoon finding the spot, aware that the learning can happen without ever sitting!”
IT’S A LITTLE AFTER seven in the morning. We’re...
THE ART OF DAWDLING
“We can go into nature and remain entirely inside our minds. Or we can learn to enter into a different relationship with the living world.”
During the first module of my shamanic training, which was informed by the teachings of Alberto Vil...
Can we heal as nature heals? with Sanjida Kay
From the relationship between nature and healing to the challenges of writing memoir and the craft of storytelling, my live conversation with was such a treat!
“All I have control over is the actual writing. Words on the page, my craft.”...
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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.
#NorthernDebutAward 2020 | Long-listed #NanShepherdPrize | #WriteNow2020 | #IndigoPoet | Founder @WildWomenPress | F/T carer & mum | Unruly genes
I believe creativity is one of the ways we enter into conversation with the mystery of being alive. Earth & Verse is where I teach, gather, and make from that place.
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🌿This year's theme is nature's power to heal, guide and transform.
Hello. I’m Joanna Wolfarth, a writer, educator and art historian - with a background in philosophy. I'm the author of MILK: An Intimate History of Feeding and run regular creative workshops based around art and writing.
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.
Painting + the imaginal + plants. Expression as ritual. www.mollyreeder.com
A wee bit witchy 🧙♀️ Poet, wildlife photographer, ally. 💚 Head writer at The Messy Writers Club, a monthly writing circle. Author of “Upon Learning That” and “All these Living Things” available at the link in my bio ✍️
I’m an award-winning thriller & nature non-fiction writer. I teach writing to people who want to be published.
author, poet, international lawyer, nature nut 🌿 'the unfurling-poems for reimagining the world'
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.
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