Shortlists

Bath Flash Fiction Competition (Pa’s a wonky shopping trolley), Flash 500 (800 times in succession), Fish Publishing Shortlist (Rocketship set-up guide), Bridport (Milk oozing from their C-cup), Mslexia (Why my Brother won’t Dance), Ellipsis Zine (Flash fiction collection: Scream if you want to).

Longlists

Wigleaf 2024 Long List for stories published in Janus Literary and The Citron Review, Bridport (Hoist), Reflex (Boiled Eggs), Fish Publishing (Sinclair and Jeff, Why my Brother won’t dance), Retreat West (Seagull), Oxford (Grapefruit in June).

Other stuff

Failing Writers Podcast Flash Fiction Competition, November 2025, 3rd Place with It’s bring your kid to work day.

Allingham Festival, November 2025, 3rd Place, When you walk down Longdogs Lane, judged by Nuala O’Connor.

Scottish Arts Trust Anthology 2024 for When you hang your family out to dry.

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/anthology-2024

Best micro fiction anthology 2024 for Mother Tongue.

https://www.pelekinesis.com/catalog/best_microfiction-2024.html

Books Ireland Flash Fiction Competition 2024, Amaya and the Kite, Second Place, June 2024

Flash Fiction Day Micro Competition 2023, Arthur Rimbaud speaks to his shadow. Highly Commended.

Smokelong Quarterly Micro Competition (The Mikey), Mother Tongue, Third Place, Nov 2023

Does it Have Pockets Competition 2023, On the off-beat, Winner.

Propelling Pencil Competition 2023, Middle-aged woman in rip-current, Winner.

Best small fictions nomination for Litro and The Metrolope. 2022

Best micro fiction nomination for Bending Genres and Elizabeth wants her pillow back 2021