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HOW TO SEND OFF THE OLDEST CHEERLEADER IN TOWN – #6 in group for round 1 of the NYC Midnight 250 word micro-fiction competition.
SEPTEMBER, SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX – Honourable mention in round two of the NYC Midnight 250 word microfiction competition
LOST AND FOUND – #1 in group in round 1 of the NYC Midnight Rhyming Story Competition 2023
DREAD THE DENTIST – NYC Midnight Rhyming Story competition round 2
YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE – Placed 4th in round 1 of the NYC Midnight 500 Short Story Challenge 2023
THE NET WORTH OF MARY-JANE CASEY -Runner up and People’s Prize winner for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction July 2023
THE COLOURS OF MAGIC – published in the Parracombe Prize 2023 Anthology
HOME – shortlisted for Retreat West Monthly Flash Fiction May 2023
HEAVEN IS A BEACH IN NORTH DEVON – Long-listed for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction April 2023
ONE FOR SORROW – flash fiction competition long-listed
SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO SLOWER – long-listed for Free Flash Fiction Competition 14
INGREDIENTS FOR A SOUFFLE GOOD ENOUGH TO UNITE NATIONS – Long-listed for the Retreat West Monthly Microfiction Jan 2023
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A TOWN CALLED MADNESS – The 25 Hour Novella
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Historical Novel Society – category shortlist
Written on 1 Mar 2026
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