A woman, a writer, a dancer, a soul seeker, a dreamer, a super nanny, a wild heart, a pirate who hunts #poems #MAWYP, Short listed on WriterMenor'24

Bath, England
Joined March 2021
Drum roll please🥁. . . We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the Times Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2025! Congratulations to our talented longlisted authors. Keep an eye on our channels for updates 👀
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I’ve kept this to cheer myself up during the january blues. So grateful for these awards, they really help us move and write. ✍🏾🤩🪩 #seachlight
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Entering competitions is my new found way to polish my work, gather enthusiasm, and keep on the dreaming. Thank you #SearchlightAwards
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I had to sit for that one. I didn't grow up in a culture that celebrated writers achievements, nor was it a culture of trophies. And I had mixed feelings about them, I admit. But now I won have my own trophy all I can say is thank you @writementor
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Thanks for the great article, @HelenJoC, and good luck for the launch of your funny, sassy new take on the super hero story, #TheLoveInterest! @BloomsburyBooks #MAWFYP
MA in writing for Young People Alumni, Helen Comerford, graduated in 2021. Her debut YA novel, feminist superhero rom-com 'The Love Interest' comes out in 2 days! Here, she reflects on how to deal with editorial feedback mawfypanthology.com/blog/sev… #amediting #amwriting #kidslit
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My verse novel Dancing on Fire is the YA awarded winner. Thank you @writementor for championing me. Thank you for the learning #MAWYP @BathSpaUni. A special thank you to @tiafisher_ for encouraging me this morning to ‘shoutout from the roof top’ write-mentor.com/2024/05/23/…
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My two favourite things that keep my #sanity, to #Move and #Writenow put together in this experiencial five weeks long online workshop. #Consciousdance #poetry in motion villytichkova.com/wordsinmot…
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Where will our wild words take you? Here’s a sneak peek of the opening lines of our books – this is from Dancing on Fire by @VTichkova :
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This is Villy Tichkova @VTichkova Villy's book Dancing on Fire is a YA contemporary verse novel about a girl choosing who she wants to be. Find out more about Villy on our website. The link is in our bio! #MAWFYP #MAWYP #WildWords #WritingCommunity
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Beautiful poetry. I just subscribed to The Kissing Nothing We Become hannahemerson.substack.com/s…
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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’ C.S. Lewis #FridayFeeling
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‘It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.’ Gabriel García Márquez #MondayMotivation
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The new report from #IPCC has captured headlines about the reality of #climatechange – but what about its impact on modern slavery around the world? Find out more about how the #climateEmergency is driving #modernslavery freedomunited.org/speak-free… #ClimateReport #IPCC
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