Some of my work that has placed in writing contests.
"One Joke Too Many" Third Place in the Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition, published online (Theme: April Fools)
"Aroha" finalist for LISP (London Independent Story Prize) Competition to be published in an anthology
"The Night of the Skins" Finalist in the Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Literary Prize [story not published online]
"Splinters" placed 14th in TL;DR Press 2K Terrors Short Story Competition, published in Head First into the Maw: Winners of the 2024 2k Terrors Competition
"Don't" winner of Specul8 Flash Fiction Challenge #2 published online and to be published in a Christmas anthology
"Matariki" winner for the Holidays on Story Street Contest, published online in Story Street Review
"Needs Must be Met" Third Place for the Hammond House 2024 International Literary Prize and published in an anthology, TIME: Award Winning Short Stories
"Leaving a Legacy" Second Place in the Fall 2024 Writer's Weekly 24-hour Short Story Contest
"Tongue Lashings" Third Place in the Summer 2024 Writer'sWeekly 24-hour Short Story Contest
"The Golden Child" overall contest winner for issue 31 Bad Blood, Elegant Literature. Published online along with judge's comments https://www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/
"Intertwined" May Flash Fiction winner "Skin theme"
Apex Magazine, issue 145, July 2024 and on Patreon
"The Other Me" showcase, published in June Furious Fiction
2024 "The Early Bird Catches the Worm" Highly Commended on their short List for the January 2024 Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction. Published online, and read online on their podcast: https://notquitewritepodcast.com/results-of-the-january-2024-not-quite-write-prize-for-flash-fiction/
Also now published in an anthology
2023 “Bent out of Shape”, winner Autumn Writing Battle, Halloween Frights genre, published on website with my interview: https://writingbattle.com/past-winners?year=2023&battle=Autumn&featured=1
2023 "A Suitcase of Colours” placed sixth in the seventh Writers’ Playground, published online
2023 “A Numerical Revelation” Third place, in the 42nd 'On The Premises' short story contest, published in their online magazine, "Picture This" edition.
2023 "Cracks" Winner of Cambridge Autumn Short Story Festival Competition, published in Cambridge newspaper and online
2022 "Marjorie" Winner of Writers Online Twist Short Story Competition, published in their magazine and online
2017 "The Body" second prize, The Writers at Lovedean Short Story Competition