Competitions

A list of some writing successes I've notched up over the last few years.

Unless stated, competitions were for short stories.

• Winner; Flash 500, December 2016 for "Everything After Now" (flash fiction)
• Second Place; Association of Christian Writers, February 2016 for "Walking Home"
• Second Place; Flash 500, December 2014 for "The Language of Fish" (flash fiction)
• Shortlisted with Certificate of Distinction; Mere Literary Festival, October 2014 (timed flash fiction) for The Language of Fish.
• Runner-up; Txtlit, August 2014 (flash fiction)
  
• Third Place and Local Winner; Chudleigh Phoenix, January 2014 for "Learning to Talk"
• Runner-up; Txtlit, December 2013 (flash fiction)
• Shortlisted; Flash500, March 2013 for "21 Reasons Daddy's Not Coming Back (and one why he might)"
• Winner; Speakeasy, October 2012 for "Handrails and Parachutes"
• Published; charity anthology, July 2012 for "The Final Observations of George Postlethwaite"
• Winner and runner-up; Txtlit, May 2012 (flash fiction)
• Shortlisted; Choclit Publishing, January 2012 for "The War of the Last Rolo"
• Winner; Association of Christian Writers, April 2011 for "Someone Like Me"
• Winner; Write Now!, January 2011 for "The Last Illusion" 
• Winner; Tinsel Tales, December 2010 for "Dead Cert" (flash fiction)
• Second Place; Short Story Radio, November 2010 for "Doreen and the National Trust Terrorists" 
• Runner-up; Txtlit, November 2010 (flash fiction) 
• Winner; New Eastbourne Writers, September 2010 for "Breakdown
• Second Place; Twisted Tails, June 2010 for "When All This Is Over"
• Runner-up; Txtlit, March 2010 (flash fiction)
• Shortlisted; Secret Seed Society, October 2009 for "The Leak at the Lido" (children's book)
• Highly commended; Short Story Radio, August 2009 for "A Dollop of Mother"
• Published; Earlyworks Press, July 2009 for "Starting Line"
• Runner-up with two entries; Txtlit, April 2009 (flash fiction)
• Winner; Txtlit, March 2009 (flash fiction)
• Commended; Leaf Books, January 2009 for"Things to do Before Breakfast" (flash fiction)
• Second Place; Tinsel Tales, December 2008 for"The First Present" (flash fiction)
• Runner-up; Write Now!, November 2008 for "On a Clear Day"
• Highly Commended; Speakeasy, October 2008 for "Waiting for the Green Man"
• Shortlisted; Rape and Abuse Line charity competition, October 2008 for "Queen of the World"
• Shortlisted; Helene du Coudray award for an undergraduate novelist, January 2007 for "No More Chocolate"  (novel - unpublished)