Writing Achievements

May 2023 – THEIR FRENCH CONNECTION – commended in the Under the Silver Tree competition.

May 2023 – TOEHOLDS – commended in Short Stories Unlimited open competition, To be published in e-bbok anthology.

December 2022 – ETERNAL LIFE – published in Superlative – the short story literary journal, Volume III – Futures.

November 2022 – LONG JETTY, SHORT STORIES, VOLUME 2 – published by Ginnderra Press

August 2022 – A WINTER MORNING’S MILDLY MANIC METAMORPHOSIS – Short listed in the Short Stories Unlimited Winter themed short story competition.

July 2022 – X, Y & Z – Long listed in the Furphy Literary Award.

June 2022 – THIRD PERSON, PRESENT TENSE – published in Meniscis Literary Journal Vume 10 Issue 1

May 2022 – LONG JETTY, SHORT STORIES, VOLUME 1 – published by Ginnderra Press

November 2021 – GIVEN THE CONDITIONS – published in Superlative – the short story literary journal, Volume II – Scapes.

September 2021 – THE CONSULTANT – short story short listed in the Albury City Short Story Award as part of the Write Around the Murray festival.

April 2020 – WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HUMANS – poem published in anthology, I Protest! – Ginninderra Press

February 2020 – DEAD PEOPLE DON’T MAKE JAM – paperback and e-book collection of short stories

Published by Ginninderra Press

April 2019 – ERGOT ON RYE

Long Listed in the 2018-2019 EJ Brady Short Story Competition.

October 2018 – FISHTAILING

2nd Place in the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Lake Macquarie Branch, 2018 Alice Sinclair Memorial Writing Competition.

October 2018 – MY FRIEND, THE ESSAY

Highly Commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers, Queensland, 2018 Literary Competition.

July 2018 – MESSAGE IN THE BOTTLES

Short listed in the Literary Nillumbik’s Alan Marshall Short Story Award 2018.

May 2018 – WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HUMANS

Published online at The Fiction Pool

May 2018 – NO BLISS IN IGNORANCE

Long Listed in the EJ BRADY SHORT STORY COMPETITION

April 2018 – NO NUMBER

Published online at Jellyfish Review

April 2018 – SO LONG, SIXTEEN

Published online at Tulpa Magazine

April 2018 – EVERY STORY HAS A BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END

Published online at The Dirty Pool

February 2018 – ROCKET SCIENCE

Published online at Bull & Cross

February 2018 – GOING DOWN …

Published online at REFLEX FICTION.

December 2017 – BUSTING A RHYME OR TWO ON A LOVELY SPRING MORNING 

Highly Commended in the Michael Terrence Publishing 2017 Short Story Competition, and published in e-book and print. AVAILABLE HERE.

December 2017 – ROCKET SCIENCE 

Shortlisted in the TSS Flash Fiction Competition (winter, 2017)

October 2017 – THE D WORD

Published in Meniscus Literary Journal Vol 5 Issue 2

July 2017 – TALL TALES AND TRUE 

Highly Commended in the 2017 FAWQ Literary Competition

June 2017 – AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL

2nd Prize in the Port Writers Open Literary Competition

June 2017 – THE D WORD

Highly Commended in the Port Writers Open Literary Competition

May 2017 – SUBMISSION

Commended in the Peter Cowan 600 Word Short Story Competition

Dec 2016 – STOMACH THIS

Published by Tamarind Book Club – December Newsletter

Oct 2016 – WERZY

Published by Verity La – literary magazine

Sep 2016 – DEAD PEOPLE DON’T MAKE JAM

Short-listed in the Needle in the Hay – Everything Is Everything Award

Jul 2016 – IN TENDO CAPITAL

Short-listed in the Needle in the Hay – Poke The Mango Award

Apr 2016 – SEASON 4, EPISODE 12

Short-listed in the Needle in the Hay – Less Is Moreish Award

Apr 2016 – PILLOW TALK

Monthly Finalist in the Field of Words short story competition.

Mar 2016 –  THE TRACK

Finalist in Newcastle Short Story Award – published in anthology AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE

Feb 2016 – BASIM, TYSON, BETTY AND TED

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay Major Competition – The What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Award

Jan 2016 – MOVIN’ ON UP

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay – The Evacuation Infatuation Award

Dec 2015 – WALKING THAT PATH

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay – The Crater Mountain Award

Nov 2015 – AROMATHERAPY

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay – The Enlightenment Award

Aug 2015 – BROKEN

Long-listed and published in Brio for the Toowoomba Literary AwardsAVAILABLE TO BUY HERE

Jun 2015 – THE QUIET MAN WHO FED THE OCTOPUS

First Place in the Hervey Bay Arts Council – Adult Writing Competition

May 2015 – THE OUT-SHIRTS OF TOWN

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay – The Shirt Story Award

Apr 2015 – FOUNDATION SONG

Published in Iron for Flash Frontiers

Mar 2015 – BLANKET RULES

Winner of the Needle In The Hay – Comfortably Anon Award

Dec 2014 – ONE GOOD TURN

Short-listed in the Needle In The Hay – Norrish Gift Award