2015
Member of writing group NORTHANTS WRITERS’ INK
2016
LOOKING FOR HEAVEN
A sci-fi novel, longlisted for the Bath Novel Award
WHILE GLANCING OUT OF A WINDOW
Two short stories and three poems for Northants Writers’ Ink second anthology on Amazon
WRITENOW London
Selected by PenguinRandomHouse as one of 100 writers for WriteNow, an event dedicated to diversity in writing and publishing
2017
ALL THE SANDS THAT TOUCH THE SEA
First Prize, HE Bates Short Story Competition 2016 read here
BARTON TODAY
Writer of monthly fiction for this award winning local magazine. Read a story here.
MEDIUM
Writer for publications The Creative Cafe; The Writing Cooperative; Thoughts and Ideas; Collaborative Chronicles; Poets Unlimited. Plus personal blog.
NINJA WRITERS
Member of this active online writers’ group headed by Shaunta Grimes.
EARLS BARTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
Invited speaker June 2017 at this local event
TALKING WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED
Three short stories for Northants Writers’ Ink third anthology now on Amazon
2018
BARTON TODAY
Monthly fiction for an award winning local magazine, read here
MEDIUM
Contributor to Icons 1 anthology, Likewise Press, edited by Jake Lira and Brian McFadden available here
Continued contributor to numerous publications and personal blog on Medium.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Contributor to Fire anthology, Lonely Willow Press, published October 2018.
Contributor to Re:fiction 12 steps to improve your work using a self-editing checklist
2019
BARTON TODAY
Contributor of monthly fiction to award winning local magazine
EARLS BARTON LITERARY FESTIVAL
Led a workshop at local literary event on self-editing based on my article as above
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING SUMMER PROGRAMME
Completed two week residential course tutored by Prof Jem Poster
MEDIUM
Continued contributor to several publications
Completed one year mentorship in non-fiction writing with Ayodeji Awosika
2020
REFLEX FICTION FLASH CONTEST WINTER 2019
My story Final Cut ‘just missed the longlist’ and was published Feb 2020
Contributor to Water Lonely Willow Press’ third anthology of short stories
2021
Contributed occasional short stories to Barton Today
Contributed to Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints fifth anthology by Northants Writers Ink
2022
Contributed short stories to Barton Today