Stephen Wade                

Irish Writer

My first submitted short story garnered first prize in the Telecho/Rank Xerox Short Story Competition in 1990.

Sidetracked by the demands of university studies, and then by the vagaries and demands of earning a living, it wasn’t until relatively recently I once more immersed myself in writing. It was whilst living and working as an English language teacher in Sardinia, a position that gave me the necessary time and solitude, that I began in earnest a commitment to writing short stories and novels.

Sample of my Work : Podcasts.ie | Voices from Ireland
 

The Alpha and the Beta -  Strands (weebly.com)

Short Fiction Steve Wade / strandspublishers.weebly.com

Write of Way: In Fields of Butterfly Flames by Steve Wade (published Oct 2020)

The twenty-two stories in this collection were written over a period of about fifteen years. Most of the stories first appeared in magazines and anthologies. Some of them have won awards, while others were placed in writing competitions. Among the themes that arc through the stories is the fraught ...

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Irish Writer Steve Wade Accolade in International Short Story Competition

In Last Refuge, going to work with his Da’ is a birthday treat for young Tommy. But, as Da’ grifts his way from one end of town to the other, Tommy’s special day turns into a tragedy as his father’s luck finally runs out.

Steve Wade’s story will be included in an anthology – Zawadi & other short stories – bringing together the very best competition submissions that hail from across the British Isles and Europe, and further afield from Israel, Japan and North America. (writing.ie 21 August 2020)

Children's Book

Christmas in the Forest is an easy reader book (6-9 years) accepted for publication by Little Acorn Press.

Children's Book

   Like a Lion is an easy reader book (6-9 years) accepted for publication by Little Acorn Press.

Novel

On Hiker's Hill, Steve's novel, was awarded First Prize in the UK abook2read Manuscript.

First prize in the Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Short Story Competition 2020

Short story published in Boyne Berries 27 Spring 2020

Short story published in 'Zawadi & Other Stories 2020

Short story published in Fresher Writing Anthology 2019

Short story published in 'Nativity' an anthology 2019

Short story published in 'Heartland' Penfro Anthology 2019

First prize in the Delvin Garradrimna Short Story Competition

2019 (fourth consecutive year to win this prize)

Short story published in Crannóg 50 2019

Short story published in Second Taste - Book a Break Anthology 2018

Short story published in Boyne Berries 24 2018

Short story published in Teachers who Write an Anthology 2018

Short story published in The Loop 2018

Short story published in Ghostly Tales for Christmas Eve 2018

Short story published in Crackers 2018

Short story highly commended in MTP competition, and to be published in anthology called 'Turkish Delight'

First Prize in the Delvin Garradrimna Short Story Competition 2017

Short story published in 'The Rider', an anthology by Crimson Cloak Publishing 2017

Short story published in The Crowvus Christmas Spirit 2017

What Judges Think!

"Dublin-based, Steve Wade, has received a ‘Commended’ accolade for his work Last Refuge in the Ouen Press International Short Story Competition – with its brief for a work of fiction that involved a ‘Gift’ of any type, at any time, from any place in this world or another." (Zawadi Publication)

"It is quite a gift to make someone, who has read so much, actively want to read more, which your stories certainly did." (Clio Gray, novelist and HISSAC Judge Chair). Brian Lister of Biscuit Publishing described Steve as "a writer of excellence" after he finished second in The Biscuit International Short Story Prize. 

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Excerpt from Steve's Book 'On Hikers' Hill'

Five years old I was when my granny told me Bluebottles were 'dirty things.'

So I squished them between the net-curtain and the front window. The white mush expelled by the tiny carcases gave off a nasty pungency that tickled the inside of my nostrils. This stink I could avoid by alternatively removing the bluebottles’ wings and sticking pins into the bug bodies.