Over the years, my novels and short fiction have received recognition in a range of book awards and writing competitions. My first competition success came in 2020, when The Moon’s Silver Path was runner-up in Graffiti Magazine’s Silver competition.
Book awards
Chill with a Book Awards
Keepers — Premier Award, 2023
Shortlisted for Book of the Month
Readers’ Favorite
Keepers — Five Stars, 2023
Self-Publishing Review Book Awards
River Witch — Finalist, 2022
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
River Witch — Gold Medalist, 2024
Short fiction and writing competitions
Dorothy Dunnett / Historical Writers’ Association Short Story Award
Letters to Mam — Longlisted, 2026
Who Can Believe in Witches in the Year of Our Lord 1906? — Shortlisted, 2023
The Making of a Wise Woman — Longlisted, 2020
Flash 500
The Texture of Pastry, the Crunch of a Homemade Biscuit — Fourth prize, 2022
The Clarity of Sun on Water — Longlisted, 2021
1941 — Longlisted, 2020
The Shanty Keeper’s Wife — Novel Opening, Shortlisted, 2020
Gloucestershire Writers Network
Carriers of Grief — Highly Commended, 2021
Graffiti Magazine
The Moon’s Silver Path — Runner-up, 2020
Ottery St Mary
Peacock Kite — Third Prize, 2022
Orchard Kingdom — Winner, 2020
Reflex Fiction
The Texture of Pastry, the Crunch of a Homemade Biscuit — Fourth Prize, 2022
Retreat West
The Shanty Keeper’s Wife — First Chapter Competition, Longlisted, 2022
If You Scream Long Enough into Darkness — Winner, 2021
Bridges Are What You Make of Them — Shortlisted, 2021
Secret Attic
Sabrina Rising — Winner, 2020
Stroud Short Stories
What the Sea Mist Brought — Longlisted, 2024
Sabrina Rising — Shortlisted, 2021
Most of these stories have appeared in my two short story collections which you can find here. Some have also been selected for various anthologies which are listed here.