ICWS Online

ICWS ONLINE

welcome to our new blog space. Here you can find compelling and involved pieces uploaded by students every week. If you are interested in writing for the blog, use the say hello button to drop us an email, we would love to hear from you

Members' Room: Discovery By Charles Johnston

Hesandi Jayasekara

Nov 21, 20215 min read

Members' Room: Discovery By Charles Johnston

In this piece, Charles Johnston gives an interesting and creative viewpoint as to how it feels like to explore the depths of the ocean....

Members' Room: Arsonist by Elise Ronan-Ulley

Hesandi Jayasekara

Oct 24, 20211 min read

Members' Room: Arsonist by Elise Ronan-Ulley

In this poem, Elise Ronan-Ulley evocatively describes how it is to be intrinstically tied to another being by a destructive force....

Hesandi Jayasekara

Sep 20, 20210 min read

Members' Room: season by season, reason by reason by hesandi jayasekara

This is a poignant piece set around the themes of hopelesness and loss that remains when you cling on to a relationship that has outgrown...

Anthology Archives: String of Love by Rakshita Batra

Anna Jenks

Jul 5, 20211 min read

Anthology Archives: String of Love by Rakshita Batra

From our 2021 Anthology "Perseverance". The power of literature in its ability to extend across international borders played a major role...

Anthology Archives: Replying "I'm Okay..." By Tave Burnett

Nay Assassa

Mar 16, 20211 min read

Anthology Archives: Replying "I'm Okay..." By Tave Burnett

With a tumultuous few weeks in the midst of National Women's Month, I was conflicted over what to bring to the blog.

Nay Assassa

Mar 5, 20212 min read

Member's Room: Mama by Nay Assassa

It would feel quite odd to give a review of my own work as I tend to do before all ICWS Online posts, instead I have opted to give a very...

Member's Room: The Flight of Little Bakhita by Lino Arop Kuol

Nay Assassa

Mar 3, 20215 min read

Member's Room: The Flight of Little Bakhita by Lino Arop Kuol

Few pieces of work can stun you right from the start. Such is the case for this active and physical piece submitted through our...

Member's Room: Chaos and Starlight by Anna Drobek-Jenks

Nay Assassa

Feb 23, 20211 min read

Member's Room: Chaos and Starlight by Anna Drobek-Jenks

When coming to curate an anthology, we try to consider what feels honest to the current moment, what emotions are real and vulnerable and...

Anthology Archives: Life's Hidden Gifts by Heidi Needham

Nay Assassa

Feb 20, 20211 min read

Anthology Archives: Life's Hidden Gifts by Heidi Needham

From Resolution (2017) Our Anthology Archives celebrate the previous work of the talented writers who have submitted their work to ICWS,...

Members' Room: Salt In the Wound by Ruo Wei Lim

Nay Assassa

Feb 4, 20212 min read

Members' Room: Salt In the Wound by Ruo Wei Lim

Ruo Wei Lim gives us a powerful piece of prose centered on self-reflection. This is an exciting piece to start off our Members' Room series

The Super Musical Brothers: A Conversation on creativity

Evie Cleden

Nov 26, 20203 min read

The Super Musical Brothers: A Conversation on creativity

The Super Musical Brothers is one of many events of 2020 making the ambitious move to an online format.

icws

Nov 19, 20201 min read

Welcome to ICWS Online

For years ICWS has collected stories from across the globe and put them into print. Our anthologies have varied in mediums, backgrounds,...