Shortlisted/Longlisted
2022
Eyelands International Book Awards – Published Novel 2021
(Winner)
Book: The Landlord of Hummingbird House (Jane Harvey)
Link to awards page – eyelandsawards.com
Royal Dragonfly Awards
Category: Book Trailer
(Highly Commended)
Book: She Had Met Liars Before
Category: Collection of Short Stories
(Honourable Mention)
Book: She Had Met Liars Before
Link to awards page – www.dragonflybookawards.com

Shortlisted/Longlisted
2021
Self-Published Review – Book Awards 2020 (announced 2021)
(Finalist)
Book: Bird Wing
Link to awards page – www.selfpublishingreview.com
Fractured Lit – Fractured Fairy-tale Competition
(Longlisted)
Story: The Mermaid’s Tale
Link to awards page – fracturedlit.com
Cranked Anvil – Flash Fiction Competition
(Shortlisted)
February
Link to awards page – crankedanvil.co.uk
Published (Online)
2021
The (almost entirely true) Story of Jessie and the Mountain
Available at Flashback Fiction
The Haircut
Available at Cabinet of Heed (you will need to scroll down to story)
Shortlisted/Longlisted
2020
Flash500 International Flash Fiction Competition First Quarter
(1st Place)
Story: The 91 1/2 Reasons Why It Can’t be True
Flash500 International Flash Fiction Competition First Quarter
(Highly Commended)
Story: Little Squares
Retreat West Monthly Micro
(Shortlisted)
February / March / May
Furious Fiction International Competition
(Shortlisted)
Story: Half Moon (scroll down)
Feedback: This piece weaves poetic descriptions and symbols together like an expertly mixed batter – creating haunting imagery of woman sleep wandering through memories and lost love.
Published (Online)
2020
Changeling
Available at Reflex Fiction.
The 91 1/2 Reasons Why It Can’t be True
1st Place winner of the Flash500 International Competition and available as spoken word as part of the ArtHouse Jersey Presents series (12th June 2020).
Fire Ants
Available at 101 Words.
Mina is Five
Available at Paragraph Planet.
Crane Fly
Available at Cabinet of Heed.
Half Moon
Shortlisted in the Furious Fiction International Competition and available on their website – you will need to scroll down to view the story.
Feedback: This piece weaves poetic descriptions and symbols together like an expertly mixed batter – creating haunting imagery of woman sleep wandering through memories and lost love.
Weeding
Available at 101 Words.
Innocent
Available at Storypony
Dust to Dust
Available at The Dribble Drabble Review (you will need to scroll to the 3rd story):
Shortlisted/Longlisted
2019:
Flash500 Competition Third Quarter
(Shortlisted)
Reflex Fiction Summer 2019 Flash Fiction Competition
(Longlisted)
Click here to read my entry
Flash500 Competition Second Quarter
(shortlisted and longlisted)
Retreat West July Monthly Micro Competition
(Longlisted)
Eyelands International 2019 Flash Fiction Competition
(shortlisted and published)
Flash500 Competition First Quarter
(shortlisted)
Retreat West – April Flash Fiction Competition
(2nd Place)
Click here to read my entry
Fish Publications Annual Flash Fiction Competition
Published (Online)
2019:
Lying
This story was originally longlisted in the Reflex Fiction Summer 2019 Flash Fiction Competition and available on their website.
At Night She Came Alive
This story originally placed 2nd in the Retreat West April Flash Fiction Competition and is available on their website.
Shortlisted/Longlisted
2018:
Wells Festival of Literature, Short Story Competition
Eyelands International Short Story Competition
(published)
Retreat West – Short Story Competition
2017
Mslexia Annual Short Story Competition
(Longlisted – top 50)
2016
The Bridport Prize Short Story Competition
(Longlisted – top 100)
Collected
Short Stories for the Modern World. All three books - The Blue Hour, The Day I Nearly Drowned and Bird Wing.