Credits

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UBodnar via pixabay

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 Cutjust 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