AWARDS/HONOURS/COMPETITION CREDITS:

 

2026:

     *  Minds Shine Bright Writing Prize –  Winner

  Interview &  Video on winning story here 

• Commonwealth Short Story Prize – longlisted 

• Mslexia Magazine Issue 108 – tidbit on giving advice to my younger writing self 

2024-2025:

• London Independent Short Story  – finalist
• TSS Cambridge Prize  – longlisted
• Hastings Book Festival Short Story – mentioned    
• Bridport Short Story Prize 2025 – top 7%

2023:

• Mslexia Best Women’s Fiction –Runner Up

• Commonwealth Story Prize – longlisted

2022:

• Mslexia Best Women’s Fiction – Runner Up

• Women on Writing Creative Non-Fiction Contest (USA) –Honourable Mention
• Minds Shine Bright Short Story (Australia) – longlisted

2021:

• Bridport Short Story Prize – longlisted
• Commonwealth Short Story Prize – longlisted
• Bournemouth Short Story Prize (story 1) –shortlisted
• Bournemouth Short Story Prize (story 2) –longlisted
• Royal Society of Literature’s Only Connect – top ten

2020:

• Mslexia Short Story Competition –longlisted
• Bridport Short Story Prize – shortlisted
• First Pages Prize Novel Opening – top 15%

2019:

• Fish Publications Short Story Prize –longlisted

2018:

• Fresher Writing Novel Opening Prize –shortlisted

1988 (no typo, that is indeed 1988!):

• The Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer Story Competition – Distinction