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Prizes and Published Shortlisted and Longlisted Stories 

Top Table, winner Frome Festival competition for local writers 2011, long listed Ink Tears 2013.

 

Rain in Morecambe, 2nd prize SHE/This Morning short story competition 2009

 

Grounded, 2nd prize Worcester Literature Festival flash competition 2013 and published in Flashes of Fiction.

 

A Birthday Treat, 2nd place 999 words competition 99 Fiction 2014

 

An Inheritance, 2nd place Frome Festival competition for local writers 2012, top ten place 'Woman and Home' magazine short story competition 2012

 

Robbed, 2nd place NAWG 100 word comp,  May 2016

 

Processing, 2nd prize, HISSAC flash comp, October 2018 link

Cabbage Pie, 2nd prize Reflex Fiction, November 2022 link

 

Raw Deal, 3rd place Frome Festival competition for local writers 2009

 

A Rescue, 3rd place Writers' Forum October 2013 competition, published in Writers' Forum issue 147

 

A Weekend Away, 3rd place NFFD micro competition 2015 link

 

Sweat and Tears, Top five place in League of Extraordinary Writers flash competition 2012, published by FlashFlood 2013 link

 

Striking a Deal, Highly Commended Ink Tears Flash Competition 2013. Published in their anthology Splashes of Ink 2019

 

Like a Mother, Highly Commended in Erewash short story competition 2016, subsequently published in Black Pear Anthology On the Day of the Dead

 

Clearing the Air, Honorary Mention in Five Stop Story December 2012 and published on their phone app and website.

 

Something Better, Honorary Mention in Five Stop Story June 2012 and published on their phone app and website.

 

Something in Common, Honorary Mention in Five Stop Story October 2012 and published on their phone app and website.

 

A Day or Two, runner up in Hysteria 2014 Flash Competition and published in Hysteria 3

 

A Delicate Operation, runner up in Hysteria 2014 Flash Competition and published in Hysteria 3

 

An Education, runner up in Writers' Forum March 2015 Flash comp

 

Free Range, Honorary Mention Five Stop Story 2013, Commended Mid-Somerset Festival, shortlisted Doris Gooderson

 

Playing House, shortlisted in Worcester Litfest 2014 Flash Competition and published in Fifty Flashes of Fiction

 

Closing the Door, selected for the inaugural Speakeasy Bath event and performed on 28 April 2016, longlisted Bath Flash Fiction Award 2015 and published in their flash anthology To Carry Her Home Feb 2017

 

Unbalanced, shortlisted for 99Fiction April 2014 Flash Competition and published on their website

 

Stopping In, shortlisted in Black Pear 2014 short story competition and published in their anthology Seaglass and Other Stories

 

From Memory, shortlisted in Worcs LItfest 2015 flash competition and published in their anthology A Stash of Flashes

 

Deposed, shortlisted for Worcs LitFest flash competition 2016 and published in their anthology in the anthology A Cache of Flashes

 

Saturday Nights, shortlisted in Retreat West annual competition. Published in their anthology What was Left in autumn 2017. Subsequently published in 2018 FlashFlood link   Published in Ellipses 5, e2019

Six Months Yesterday, shortlisted for Bath Flash Award and published in their anthology The Lobsters Run Free 2017. Longlisted Ink Tears 2018

 

My Dad, shortlisted in Worcs LIt Fest 2018 and published in their anthology Sacrifice

 

Dividing Time, shortlisted as one of 22 stories published as part of New Zealand's micro madness competition 2018. link

Dancing, shortlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award and will be published in their anthology in December 2020

No Record, shortlisted in New Zealand's Micro Madness 2021 and published on their website link

 

Chipping Away, longlisted in Flashbang 2014 flash competition and published on their website (link)

 

Another Country, longlisted in Worcester Literature Festival flash competition 2013 and published in Flashes of Fiction

 

Just Perfect, longlisted in Bath Flash Competition and published in their anthology Things Left And Found By The side Of The Road

Office Politics, selected for performance at Story Fridays, Bath and performed on 9 January 2015, previously longlisted in Greenacre Writers November 2014 competition

Thirst, longlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award and published in their anthology With One Eye on the Cows

All Wrong, longlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award published in the 2021 anthology Snow Crow

Paying Heed, longlisted in New Zealand's Micro Madness 2023 and published on their website link to video

Dulwich, 1943, longlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award 2024 


 

 

 

 

 

A Fair Exchange, published in The Yellow Room issue 7

Calling Time, published in The Yellow Room issue 9. Previously longlisted for The Fish 2010

 

At the Weekend, FlashFlood 2013 link

 

Perfect in Pink, published in Kissing Frankenstein & Other Stories 

 

Images, published in Scraps, the National Flash Fiction Day anthology 2013, published in New Flash Fiction Review link

A Week of Tweets, published in issue 55 of Mslexia link

 

Launch Pad, published in Eating My Words, the National Flash Fiction Day anthology 2014. Previously shortlisted in Flash 500 and Retreat West flash competitions
 

Not a Bean, published in Flashes of Fiction 2014

 

Moving On, published in Fifty Flashes of Fiction 2014

 

The Right Recipe, published in FlashFlood 2015 link

 

A New Route, published in A Stash of Flashes in November 2015

 

Art Appreciation, published in A Stash of Flashes in November 2015

 

A Collection, published in A Box of Stars Beneath the Bed' the National Flash Fiction Day anthology 2016. Longlisted Ink Tears 2017. Previously shortlisted for Flash 500. Performed on 100voices100 years website: linkPerformed on Radio Bristol in November 2018, re-published in 100 Voices anthology 2022

 

Matching,  published on FlashFlood on 25 June 2016 link

 

Searching, published in A Cache of Flashes, Worcs Lit Fest anthology in November 2016

 

Apple Picking, published in Firefly online mag, issue 9 link

 

Cheese, Perfume, published in the inaugural DNA print magazine in May 2017 link

 

Dancing Partners, published in Sleep is a Beautiful Colour, the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day anthology. Longlisted Ink Tears 2018. Prior to publication it was shortlisted in Flash 500 and TSS Flash 500

 

Ballet Lessons,  published in the 2017 Worcs Lit Fest flash anthology Wired

Home Comforts,  published in the 2017 Worcs Lit Fest flash anthology Wired

 

Freedom of Expression,  published in 2017 Worcs Lit Fest flash anthology Wired

 

Domestic Science, published in DNA magazine issue two link

 

Finding a Way, published in Flash Fiction Festival  One

 

A Picnic in the Park, published in 2018 National Flash Fiction Day anthology Ripening

A Long Way Away, published by FlashBack Fiction. You can read or listen to it here: link

 

Dressing with Care,  published in the Worcs Lit Fest anthology Sacrifice

 

Playing the Right Tune, published in the Worcs Lit Fest anthology Sacrifice

Haggis, published in Flash Fiction Festival Two

Odette,  published in 2019's NFFD anthology And We Pass Through 

Emboldened, published in 2019's NFFD FlashFlood link

Another World, published in Flash Fiction Festival Three

Dance of the Cuckoos, published in issue 2 of Splonk magazine link

Worth a Try, published in NFFD anthology Root, Branch, Tree link to video

Support,  published in the 2021 NFFD anthology Legerdemain link to video 

Number 43,  published on 30 June 2021 in Ellipsis Zine link 

Idle,  published in Ellipsis Zine 11 In the Body of the Whale, spring 2022

All I hear, published in Flash Fiction Festival Four

Pushed Around,  published in the 2022 NFFD anthology And We Lived Happily Ever After  link to video 

The New Hospital for Women, published in Sundial  magazine link

They Wouldn't Believe, published in Flash Fiction Festival Five

Christmas Eve, published in Ellipsis 13 Hoochie Coochie

Under Water published in the 2023 NFFD anthology Scratching the Sands

Someone Might Know, published in Flash Fiction Festival Six

A Deep Breath, published in the 2024 NFFD anthology Tiny Sparks Everywhere

The New Hospital for Women, published in Across the Moors and Tides anthology

 

A Twenty-Four-Hour Pass, will be published in Flash Fiction Festival Seven 

 

Other Published Stories

Non Fiction Publications

Remembering Peter Fuller, published in Art Influence online magazine.

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