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FIRST PRIZES
1996 - Golden Valley short story competition with Kitemaker.
2003 - Wales and West section of Real Writers short story competition, with Mr Cupcake's Pigeon, published in RW magazine.
2006 - The Frogmore Papers short story competition with Going On, published in the September 2006 edition.
2007 - Fish/Historical Novel Association short story competition, with The Burning, published in anthology, Harlem River Blues, 2008.
2008 - JBWB poetry competition with A Friend Dying, published on web.
2008 - Doris Gooderson short story competition with The Curious Incident of the Second Hand Scarf.
2008 - Speakeasy short story competition with Big Night Out
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SECOND PRIZES
2007 - Lymm Lines short story competition with Seven.
2007 - Newark poetry competition with The Book and Its Cover.
2007 - Hastings International Poetry Competition with Diversion in Islington.
THIRD PRIZES
2008 - PrimeProse Flash Fiction with Twenty Six
2008 - Roundyhouse poetry competition, with Frog, published in issue 25, Roundyhouse magazine
SHORTLISTED and RUNNER-UP
1994 - Ian St James Awards with Hooks, published in Harper/Collins anthology Brought to Book.
1996 - Asham Literary Endowment Trust Awards with The Drawing Room, published in Serpent's Tail anthology The Catch. Subsequently broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Story slot in 2001 as one of its Five Women series, and again in May, billed in the Radio Times Choice column as 'arguably the best.'
2006 - Fish/Historical Novel Society short story competition with Titian's Rose, published in the Fish anthology All The King's Horses.
2006 - Balbriggan Arts Festival with New Paint.
2007 - Hertford University short story competition with The Picture of Edward Downie, and published in the UH Press Vision anthology.
2007 - Pomegranate Theatre's one act play competition with The Same Boat.
2007 - New Writer short story competition with Say Nothing.
2007 - Cadenza short story competition with A Long Immortal Dream.
2008 - Windsor Fringe Marriott with one act play, Lovely Flowers.
2008 - Wells Short Story competition with Wounded.
2008 - Southport Short Story competition with The Coffee Business.
2008 - H.E.Bates Short Story competition with A Briefer Encounter, to be published in anthology in 2009.
COMMENDED
2006 - Commonwealth short story competition with New Paint.
2006 - Writers' Forum, short story competition with Woodman, Woodman.
2007 - Writing Magazine poetry competition with White Wedding Blues.
2007 - Ilkley poetry competition with Appearances.
2007 - Writers' Forum with The Rant of the Skywalker.
2008 - Leaf Humour with Ask Mairghread, published on website
THEATRE
1999 - Full length play, Rushmount - an adapation of the film Rashomon - chosen by Exeter University for its 'Reading the Future' project and performed at the Northcott Theatre.
2005 - One act play, A Hitch in Time, performed at Northcott Theatre as part of an evening of short plays by Northcott Community Company's playwriting group.
2006 - Monologue, Killing Time, performed at the Northcott Theatre, in an evening of short monologues written by members of the Northcott Community Company.
2006 - Full-length adaptation of Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm, performed by Topsham's Estuary Players (see the production photos), and currently under review with Curtis Brown.
2007 - One act play, Besieged, performed as part of series of ecological plays by Northcott Community playwriting group.
2007 - Two one-minute plays, No and Bomb Disposal, performed at Harrogate Festival as part of the GI60 One Minute Play Festival: see the results and video (the whole series worth watching, but mine are at 13:00 and 47:00).
2008 - Two ten-minute monologues, Killing Time, and Big Night Out, performed at the MAD Festival, Cambridge , on 15th June 2008.
2008 - Two one act plays, Besieged and Lamb, performed by Naked Stage, Cambridge, on 5th October 2008.
1996 - Golden Valley short story competition with Kitemaker.
2003 - Wales and West section of Real Writers short story competition, with Mr Cupcake's Pigeon, published in RW magazine.
2006 - The Frogmore Papers short story competition with Going On, published in the September 2006 edition.
2007 - Fish/Historical Novel Association short story competition, with The Burning, published in anthology, Harlem River Blues, 2008.
2008 - JBWB poetry competition with A Friend Dying, published on web.
2008 - Doris Gooderson short story competition with The Curious Incident of the Second Hand Scarf.
2008 - Speakeasy short story competition with Big Night Out
___________________________________________________________________
SECOND PRIZES
2007 - Lymm Lines short story competition with Seven.
2007 - Newark poetry competition with The Book and Its Cover.
2007 - Hastings International Poetry Competition with Diversion in Islington.
THIRD PRIZES
2008 - PrimeProse Flash Fiction with Twenty Six
2008 - Roundyhouse poetry competition, with Frog, published in issue 25, Roundyhouse magazine
SHORTLISTED and RUNNER-UP
1994 - Ian St James Awards with Hooks, published in Harper/Collins anthology Brought to Book.
1996 - Asham Literary Endowment Trust Awards with The Drawing Room, published in Serpent's Tail anthology The Catch. Subsequently broadcast in Radio 4's Afternoon Story slot in 2001 as one of its Five Women series, and again in May, billed in the Radio Times Choice column as 'arguably the best.'
2006 - Fish/Historical Novel Society short story competition with Titian's Rose, published in the Fish anthology All The King's Horses.
2006 - Balbriggan Arts Festival with New Paint.
2007 - Hertford University short story competition with The Picture of Edward Downie, and published in the UH Press Vision anthology.
2007 - Pomegranate Theatre's one act play competition with The Same Boat.
2007 - New Writer short story competition with Say Nothing.
2007 - Cadenza short story competition with A Long Immortal Dream.
2008 - Windsor Fringe Marriott with one act play, Lovely Flowers.
2008 - Wells Short Story competition with Wounded.
2008 - Southport Short Story competition with The Coffee Business.
2008 - H.E.Bates Short Story competition with A Briefer Encounter, to be published in anthology in 2009.
COMMENDED
2006 - Commonwealth short story competition with New Paint.
2006 - Writers' Forum, short story competition with Woodman, Woodman.
2007 - Writing Magazine poetry competition with White Wedding Blues.
2007 - Ilkley poetry competition with Appearances.
2007 - Writers' Forum with The Rant of the Skywalker.
2008 - Leaf Humour with Ask Mairghread, published on website
THEATRE
1999 - Full length play, Rushmount - an adapation of the film Rashomon - chosen by Exeter University for its 'Reading the Future' project and performed at the Northcott Theatre.
2005 - One act play, A Hitch in Time, performed at Northcott Theatre as part of an evening of short plays by Northcott Community Company's playwriting group.
2006 - Monologue, Killing Time, performed at the Northcott Theatre, in an evening of short monologues written by members of the Northcott Community Company.
2006 - Full-length adaptation of Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm, performed by Topsham's Estuary Players (see the production photos), and currently under review with Curtis Brown.
2007 - One act play, Besieged, performed as part of series of ecological plays by Northcott Community playwriting group.
2007 - Two one-minute plays, No and Bomb Disposal, performed at Harrogate Festival as part of the GI60 One Minute Play Festival: see the results and video (the whole series worth watching, but mine are at 13:00 and 47:00).
2008 - Two ten-minute monologues, Killing Time, and Big Night Out, performed at the MAD Festival, Cambridge , on 15th June 2008.
2008 - Two one act plays, Besieged and Lamb, performed by Naked Stage, Cambridge, on 5th October 2008.
