Competition success....
(Update-2013 Ten Seconds was the winner of the mainstream category at the Colorado Gold Writing Contest.
2013 Ten Seconds was shortlisted in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2014 Like Father Not Son (formerly titled Ten Seconds) was shortlisted and received an honorable mention in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2017 Burning Day was shortlisted for the Rachel Funari prize for fiction.
2017 The Too Tall Tree, the first in The Cull series, won the Ink & Insights Apprentice Category, and was also voted as one of the Judge's Favourites stories.
2017 Like Father Not Son came in the top ten in the Ink & Insights Master Category.
2017 Through to Challenge #3 for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge #flashfictionchallenge @nycmidnight and waiting for results to see if I make it to the last round!
2018 Honorable Mention in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge
2018 Through to Challenge #3 for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge again. My aim is to make the GF!
2018 The Knight's Curse was long listed in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category
2019 The Knight's Curse was shortlisted with an Honourable Mention in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest
2020 I've entered the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge again, after Challenge #1 I'm first in my group, will have to see how I go in Challenge #2 if I make it to Round 2. Fingers crossed! (Update - I got disqualified!! Used my object in conversation instead of as a physical object.)
2020 Surviving Insufficient Love was long listed in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2020 NYC Midnight Microfiction Challenge 250 - finished first in my group for Challenge #1, so I'm through to Challenge #2 this weekend. (Story available to read on 'My Short Stories' page)
2020 My short stories Find A Way and Love, Meryl and Popcorn, have been longlisted for the flash500 2020 Quarter 4 flash fiction contest, with the short list still to be announced.
Competitions can be fun and frustrating. I've had the same story entered in different comps and I've had judges in one comp say my writing was below standard and the same story has done well in other comps. Don't get frustrated with comments. Everything is subjective.
2013 Ten Seconds was shortlisted in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2014 Like Father Not Son (formerly titled Ten Seconds) was shortlisted and received an honorable mention in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2017 Burning Day was shortlisted for the Rachel Funari prize for fiction.
2017 The Too Tall Tree, the first in The Cull series, won the Ink & Insights Apprentice Category, and was also voted as one of the Judge's Favourites stories.
2017 Like Father Not Son came in the top ten in the Ink & Insights Master Category.
2017 Through to Challenge #3 for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge #flashfictionchallenge @nycmidnight and waiting for results to see if I make it to the last round!
2018 Honorable Mention in the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge
2018 Through to Challenge #3 for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge again. My aim is to make the GF!
2018 The Knight's Curse was long listed in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category
2019 The Knight's Curse was shortlisted with an Honourable Mention in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest
2020 I've entered the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge again, after Challenge #1 I'm first in my group, will have to see how I go in Challenge #2 if I make it to Round 2. Fingers crossed! (Update - I got disqualified!! Used my object in conversation instead of as a physical object.)
2020 Surviving Insufficient Love was long listed in the flash500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Category.
2020 NYC Midnight Microfiction Challenge 250 - finished first in my group for Challenge #1, so I'm through to Challenge #2 this weekend. (Story available to read on 'My Short Stories' page)
2020 My short stories Find A Way and Love, Meryl and Popcorn, have been longlisted for the flash500 2020 Quarter 4 flash fiction contest, with the short list still to be announced.
Competitions can be fun and frustrating. I've had the same story entered in different comps and I've had judges in one comp say my writing was below standard and the same story has done well in other comps. Don't get frustrated with comments. Everything is subjective.
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