Achievements & Reviews
ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 Jackie Hosking’s Spring Competition:
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Highly Commended for children’s rhyming story, 'Frights'.
2024 QPoetry! Conference Competition:
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Poetry chapbook Moments and Spaces selected for printing and exhibition at Judith Wright Arts Centre, Brisbane, Queensland. Cover art by Christine Sharp.
2024 CYA (Children's, Young Adult, Adult) Conference Writing and Illustrating Competition:
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Highly Commended award for non-fiction picture book manuscript, 'Sea Search'.
2023 NYC Midnight Rhyming Short Story Challenge:
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Round One finalist with historical fiction rhyming short story, 'Active Treatment'.
2023 NYC Midnight Short Story Competition:
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First place in Round One with mystery short story, 'Death in the Long Run'.
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First place in Round Two with suspense short story, 'Relocation'.
2023 NYC Midnight 500-word Fiction Competition:
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Second place in Round One with horror short story, 'Degenerative A.I.'
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2022 NYC Midnight Rhyming Story Challenge:
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Round One finalist with comedy rhyming short story, 'Cows in Capes'.
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First place in Round Two with historical fiction rhyming short story, 'Gateway to Riches'.
2022 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition:
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Highly Commended for short story, 'Arrested Expression'.
2022 Regulus Press Literary Taxidermy Competition:
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Honourable Mention for rhyming short story, 'The Collector'. Result listed in 'I Found Happiness and Tragedy: Selections from the 2022 Literary Taxidermy Competition'. Edited by Mark Malamud. Regulus Press, 2022.
REVIEWS
RHYMING STORIES
NYC Midnight Judges
The rhyming scheme is so smooth that it just flows, right up to and including the perfect ending.
Utterly transporting.
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A lovely picture of the chemistry between the two characters - my heart melted.
Wonderfully romantic! Adorable.
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The author has created a unique setting and populated it with memorable characters. An absolutely entertaining piece.
SHORT STORIES
NYC Midnight Judges
Great powers of description.
Beautifully crafted.
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I was engrossed from beginning to end.
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A surreal, beautiful and haunting piece of writing.
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Truly a unique story.
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Made me laugh out loud.