FIRST PRIZE
2019 ACW Flash Fiction competition
2015 Idea Generators competition at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School
2015 Swanwick Writers’ Summer School short story competition with Dear Marcus, 
published in Writing Magazine’s Competition Special www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
2014 Cornish Gorsedh short story competition with How to be a Cornish Genius. (Unpublished)
2014 Rhyme and Reason prose competition with Lorna, to be published in the 2015 and 2016 Rhyme and Reason Diaries, supporting the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home care service. www.renniegrove.org/
2014 What The Dickens Magazine and Miracle E-zine spooky tales competition with Miss Swanson’s Dog, published in an e-book. http://shop.wtd-magazine.com/spooky-tales
2013 Society of Civil and Public Service Writers’ Children’s short story competition with The Mini-beast Project published in the society’s magazine Author
2013 Association of Christian Writers Competition with Carer, Cleaner, Writer, Spy… Published online at www.christian writers.org.uk and in the Christian Writer, Summer 2013
2012 Greenacre Writers short story competition with A Perfect World, in the Greenacres Anthology 2 and on online at http://greenacrewriters.blogspot.co.uk See their entry for Dec 2012.
2012 National Association of Writers’ Groups short story competition with A gift from the horse chestnut tree, in The Write Path, NAWG 2013 anthology and online at http://www.nawg.co.uk/category/competitions/
2012 Tenby Arts Festival Writing Competition with Into the Rain (unpublished)
2012 Swanwick Summer School, story for children competition with Beast City, published in Writing Magazine’s Competition Special
2012 Writers’ News with The boy who was Orson Cart, published July 2012 in Writers’ News, and online at www.writers-online.co.uk
2011 Town and Village competition with Shoes, published Dec 2011 in the Town and Village Magazine, mags4dorset
2011 Speakeasy Open Creative Writing Competition with The Sign, published on the Speakeasy website
2011 Writers Reign short story competition with Stargazing, published on Writers Reign website
2011 Hampshire Chronicle short story competition with Feeding the Birds, published in the 2011 Winchester Writers’ Conference Anthology
2008 Town and Village competition with African Sanctus, published October 2008 in the Town and Village Magazine, mags4dorset
2005 Woman & Home short story competition with Out of the Apple Tree, published in the November 2005 edition of Woman & Home; also published 2006, in The Sunday Night Book Club (a collection of short stories), Random House Group Ltd.The Sunday Night Book Club was reviewed by New Books, a literary magazine for readers and reading groups, in the September/October issue, 2006. Out of the Apple Tree was published in the same edition, too.
SECOND PRIZE
2015 (Joint runner-up to the winning story) Felixstowe Book festival short story competition with The Night Visitor, read out at the festival
2014 Alfie Dog International competition for unpublished stories with How to be a Cornish Genius.
Published at http://alfiedog.com/
2014 Swanwick Writers’ Summer School, short story competition, with A Typical Day
2014 Writers’ News with The Gardener published online at www.writers-online.co.uk
2013 Infanca Hélène James short story competition with A hole in the sky published online at www.ifancahelenejames.wordpress.com
2013 Writers’ News with A Bit of Peace and Quiet, published online at www.writers-online.co.uk
2012 Writers’ News with Autumn Term, published online at www.writers-online.co.uk
2012 Theatre Royal Hyde, Onward writing competition, short story section, with Comfort Food, published in the Onward Writing Anthology 2012
2011 New Eastbourne Writers with Rainbow Laughter, published on website
2011 Writers’ News with The Portrait, published online at writers-online.co.uk
2011 Rhyme and Reason short short story competition with The Number Seven Bus, published in the 2012 desk diary
2010 Speakeasy Open Creative writing competition with Second Chance, published on the website
2009 The HE Bates Short Story Competition with The Cake Stall, published in Beauty in the Bog by Northampton Writers’ Group
THIRD PRIZE
2016 Retreat West short story competition with Ten things I can tell you about Abraham Lincoln, published in What was Left, an anthology. A Retreat West Books publication.
2016 Swanwick Writers’ Summer School, short story competition with The Whole-Face Smile
2015 Chudleigh Phoenix short story competition with Mr Wacker’s Quay, published online at www.chudleighphoenix.co.uk
2013 Hysteria (The Hysterectomy Association) with School is for Boys, published in Hysteria 2, an anthology
2013 mags4dorset Creative Writing Awards with The Last Rays, published in 4dorset magazine, April 2014
2013 Ilkley Literature Festival short story comp with Cloud Paintings
2013 Porlock Arts Festival short story comp with A City Boy’s List, published online at www.porlockfestival.org
2013 Writers Reign short story competition with The Man at the Allotments, published online at www.writersreign.co.uk
2011 Swanwick Writers’ Summer School, short story competition with I looked out of my window
2011 Association of Christian Writers short story competition with The Next Instalment, published on the ACW website
2010 Swanwick Writers’ Summer School, writing for children competition with Dancing for Marigold
THIRD PLACE, BUT SADLY, NO PRIZE!
2013 West Country Writers’ Association short story competition
2012 Hampshire Chronicle short story competition
ALSO PUBLISHED
2017 Spelk website spelkfiction.com on 25th October with With the freak. Not smiling
2017 Spelk website spelkfiction.com on 23rd June with A set of flying ducks
2016 Rhyme and Reason/Iain Rennie 2017 diary with Mrs Alexander, and Kingfisher (poem)
2016 16 and all that, anthology of the Plymouth Writers’ Group, with My Sister
2016 Alfie Dog, for purchase at www.alfiedog.com – The Lavender Fields
2016 Alfie Dog, for purchase at www.alfiedog.com – Miss Swanson’s Dog
2016 Spelk website spelkfiction.com on 28th Sept with Martha
2016 Spelk website spelkfiction.com on 10th June with My Sister
2016 Methodist Women in Britain mwib.org.uk with I used to sing (poem)
2015 Time and Tide, anthology of the Plymouth Writers’ Group, with The Master Builder, The Cake Stall, and A Scottish Summer (poem)
2015 Readers’ Digest (September 2015) with Educating Colin
2015 Readers’ Digest (July, 2015) with Teacher’s Pet?
2014 War and Other Pieces, anthology of the Plymouth Writers’ Group, with Ypres 1915, The Man at the Allotments, and The Number Seven Bus
2014 The Write Path 2014 anthology of NAWG, with Gone, (100 word story)
2014 Greenacre Writers Anthology 3 with The Tightrope Walker (Runner-up)
2013 Chorley & District Writers’ Circle (Betrayal theme) with Leaving it all behind (Runner-up) published online in AWARE 2013 at www.chorleywriters.org.uk
2013 Belper anthology of top twelve competition stories with The Lavender Fields
2012 Rhyme and Reason/Iain Rennie 2013 diary with Shoot
2012 Rhyme and Reason/Iain Rennie 2013 diary with Summer Jazz
2012 Rhyme and Reason/Iain Rennie 2013 diary with A Scottish Summer (poem)
2011 Theatre Onward Anthology 2 with Dancing for Marigold
2009 Legend Writing Awards (Hastings Writers) anthology Six of the Best, with Story Time