FIRST PRIZES
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 website.
2008 - Doris Gooderson short story competition with The Curious Incident of the Second Hand Scarf.
2008 - Speakeasy short story competition with Big Night Out.
2009 - The New Writer short story competition with Something To Tell You, published in July/August issue.
2009 - Kaixin short story competition with The Three Secrets of The Tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di, published on website.
2010 - Writers' Village Short Story competition with Kitemaker, published on website.
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.
2010 - Sentinel short story competition with Wages.
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 - New Writer short story competition with Say Nothing.
2007 - Cadenza short story competition with A Long Immortal Dream.
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, published in anthology, Handprints.
2009 - The New Writer short story competition with What Will Survive
2009 - Lichfield short story competition with New Paint.
2009 - Writers' Bureau short story with Twenty Six.
2011 - Leaf Diary Competition with Sunday Lunch in Dawlish
LONGLISTED and 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
2008 - Hay short story competition with Killing Time, published in anthology, Stories of Loss and Deception.
2009 - Leaf nano-fiction with The Traveller
2009 - Earlyworks flash fiction with Fisherman.
2009 - Sunpenny with Eastward, in Eden, published in anthology.
2010 - The New Writer with What Will Survive.
2010 - Leaf Wales competition with Sin Eater, published in anthology
THEATRE
1999 - Full length play, Rushmount - a modern interpretation of the film Rashomon - chosen by Exeter University for its 'Reading the Future' project and given a rehearsed reading 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 blocked by Curtis Brown, due to licensing diffculties.
2007 - One act play, Besieged, performed as part of series of ecological plays by Northcott Community playwriting group.
2007 - Shortlisted in Pomegranate Theatre's one act play competition with The Same Boat.
2007 - Two one-minute plays, No and Bomb Disposal, performed at Harrogate Festival as part of the GI60 One Minute Play Festival: see the video (No is at 13.00, Bomb Disposal is at 47.00. The whole series is well worth watching.)
2008 - Shortlisted for Windsor Fringe Marriott with one act play, Lovely Flowers.
2008 - Two monologues, Killing Time, and Big Night Out, performed at the MAD Festival, Cambridge, on 15th June.
2008 - Two one act plays, Besieged and Lamb, performed by Naked Stage, Cambridge, on 5th October.
2009 - Two five-minute playlets, Helping Jerry Out and No, accepted for Table Talk, Cambridge, performed 29th March.
2009 - Four short monologues and duologues, Passing It On, The Conan Marriage Crisis, Ladies in Red and The Speech For The Defence In The Hansel And Gretel Proceedings, accepted for MAD Festival, Cambridge, performed on 3rd May.
2009 - 1-minute play, Goldfish, accepted for GI60 One Minute Play Festival, Halifax, performed on June 5th. View either by clicking on above or at http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id%7C41%7CLqqgFeRj* Goldfish is at 9.00.
2009 - One act play, A Gift of Marguerites, accepted by Cygnet stage school, Exeter, and performed on July 23rd and 24th.
2009 - One act play, Still Standing, accepted for Naked Stage, Cambridge and performed on 11th October.
2009 - Ten minute play, Yes, But ... , accepted for Semper Station, Sutton Coldfield, performed on 20th October.
2009 - Monologue, Waiting, accepted for Trading Local, Exeter, and performed on 14th November. Requested for further performance in Bristol in October 2010.
2010 - Extract from full length play, Rushmount, accepted for Open Page, London, and given rehearsed reading on 28th January.
2010 - One act play, A Hitch in Time, accepted for Naked Stage, Cambridge, and performed on 21st February.
2010 - Ten minute play, Father, accepted by Semper Station, Sutton Coldfield, performed on 9th March
2010 - Short plays, Yes, But ... and The Speech for the Defence in the Hansel and Gretel Proceedings accepted by Dartington Ways With Words and performed on 18th July
2010 - One act play, What Are Friends For? accepted by Cygnet stage school, Exeter, and performed on July 21st and 22nd.
2011 - 20 minute play, Father, shortlisted for Bristol Folk.
2011 - 15 minute monologue, A Briefer Encounter, accepted by MAD, Cambridge, performed on 11th July.
2011 - 90 minute play, A Quiet Gentleman, accepted by Cygnet Stage School, Exeter, and performed on 28th July.
