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PRIZES My Mother Was an Upright Piano, Grand Prize Winner, Binnacle 2009 Ultra short competition, to be published in the Ultra-Short issue, nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize.

Exchange Rates, Winner, 2009 Total Beast Six-Minute Play Competition, performed Bridewell Theatre, London, 31st Jan 2010.

Straight Up, European regional winner, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's short story competition 2008-9 & Highly Commended, Biscuit Publishing's 2009 Flash Fiction competition, Highly Commended, Aesthetica Creative Works competition 2009.

Vegetable, Mineral
Joint winner, Biscuit Publishing's 2008 Flash Fiction competition; finalist, PANK magazine's 1,001 Awesome Words contest 2009

Plaits, winner, Creating Reality's 2nd Flash 300 competition.



Mugs
, 2nd prize in Creating Reality's 3rd Flash 300 competition. 

My Name is Henry, 2nd prizein the Entelechy Journal's Biofiction contest, published in Issue #7. 

Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon won 2nd prize in the Vignette Press 2008 short story competition and 3rd prize in the Momaya Press 2008 short story competition.



North Cold, Screenplay adapted from my story, finalist, Waterford Film Festival short screenplay competition 2009

And the Crowd Went Wild  and Transparency shortlisted Fish One-Page prize 2009.

Come Back Tomorrow,
originally published in Dogzplot, is included in Wigleaf's 2009 Top 50 stories under 1000 words.


Exchange Rates
the short play I adapted from my story of the same name, shortlisted for the Total Beast Six Minute Play competition and will be performed in London, with the other shortlisted plays, in 2009.

Evie and the Arfids
,finalist, Belvedere Writers Club competition, published in Talking to Strangers competition anthology. 

The Hand, finalist, Binnacle 2007 Ultra short competition, published in the Ultra-short issue.

Sorry, finalist in Slingink's 2007 140-word short shorts competition,  published in the competition anthology. 

Thin Ice,finalist in the 2008 Binnacle Ultra-Short competition, published in their Ultra-short edition

Heavy Bones, shortlisted, Frogmore Press short shorts competition, published in March 2007 issue.


Rainstiffness, short-listed, Cadenza 2006 Short Story Competition, 2006 Philip Good Memorial Competition and given an Honorable Mention in the Abroad Writers Short Story Contest 2007

The Last Page,
short-listed, People's College Short Story Competition 2007 

The Incredible Exploding Victor,
short-listed for the Cadenza Short Story Competition Sept 2007.


Egged On,
shortlisted in the  Biscuit Flash Fiction Prize 2007.

Back there shortlisted for Fish One-Page prize 2008.

On A Roll,
 highly commended in the Tom Howard John Reid 2007 Short Story Competition.


The Library Book,
commended, Leaf Books Micro-Fiction competition

The White Road
(stage play adapted by me from my short story) commended in Total Beast 6-Minute Play comp

A Quark and A Smile
long-listed for the Carve Magazine Short Story Award 2006

Self Raising,
long-listed for the Fish Short Story Prize 2006/7

Garden Baby,
long-listed, Happenstance Short Story Prize 2006/7

North Cold
long-listed, Cadenza March 2007 Short Story Competition.




I provide short story critiquing & editing through The Writers' Workshop.

Contact them for more details.