Publications
Selected Fiction (Click publication to read/buy)
“Equal” (nominated for a Pushcart Prize) in Jerry Jazz Musician (2022)
“All Her Tomorrows” in Evergreen [ISBN: 9781914199363, Bridge House Publishing] (2022)
“The Gentle War” in Seppuku Quarterly [ISBN: 976-8-9855916-5-1, Laughing Ronin Press] (2022)
“Notes From A Composer” in MainStream [ISBN: 9781912620081, Inkandescent Publishing] (2021)
“Drop It And Go” in Jerry Jazz Musician (2021)
“I’ll Never Have Another” in MIR Online (2020)
“P.O.E.T.S Day” in Litro Magazine (2017)
Selected Essays (Click publication to read)
“Bread and Salt” in DMovies (2023)
“Creature” in DMovies (2023)
“She Is Love” in DMovies (2023)
“We Tell Stories To Feel Less Alone” in No Writer Left Behind (2018)
Awards
Selected Awards & Nominations
2022 Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
2020 Special Mention for the Spread The Word Life Writing Prize 2020
2019 Long-listed for Louise Walters Books Page 100 Competition
2019 Long-listed for Agora and Peter, Fraser & Dunlop Lost The Plot Prize
2018 Awardee for Spread The Word London Writers Award (inaugural year)
2016 Short-listed for Royal Academy and Pin Drop Short Story Award
Work
Present Freelance Creative Writer Teacher, Tutor, Editor
2019 Social Media Manager for Inkandescent
2016 Editor for 44 Square
Education
Academic Education
2016 Birkbeck University
BA (Hons) Creative Writing
Additional Education Experience
06/12/21 Poetry in Prose Workshop with Michael Donkor
11/02/21 Digital Publishing with One More Chapter (HarperCollins)
09/02/21 Writing Love and Sex Scenes with Leone Ross
26/01/21 Spread The Word Workshop: DYCP Funding
07/01/21 TLC: How to Apply for Arts Council Funding with Sam Ruddock & Aki Schilz
Sep, 2020 One-to-One Mentorship with Nadine Matheson
14/11/19 Ask the Fiction Editors with THRIVE Hachette with Emad Akhtar
27/10/19 Masterclass: How to Control Your Career with Rikki Beadle-Blair
Oct, 2019 One-to-One Mentorship with Anna Vaught
25/09/19 Writing Your Life with Kerry Hudson
22/06/19 TLC Writers’ Day 2019 with Leone Ross and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
2018-19 London Writers Award Programme from Spread The Word
23-24/03/19 Intensive Crime Weekend hosted by Claire McGowan
24/10/15 Editing Short Fiction with Yuka Igarashi Workshop at Writers’ Centre Norwich
2014 Word Theatre Retreat with Andre Dubus III
Selected Fiction (Click publication to read/buy)
“Equal” (nominated for a Pushcart Prize) in Jerry Jazz Musician (2022)
“All Her Tomorrows” in Evergreen [ISBN: 9781914199363, Bridge House Publishing] (2022)
“The Gentle War” in Seppuku Quarterly [ISBN: 976-8-9855916-5-1, Laughing Ronin Press] (2022)
“Notes From A Composer” in MainStream [ISBN: 9781912620081, Inkandescent Publishing] (2021)
“Drop It And Go” in Jerry Jazz Musician (2021)
“I’ll Never Have Another” in MIR Online (2020)
“P.O.E.T.S Day” in Litro Magazine (2017)
Selected Essays (Click publication to read)
“Bread and Salt” in DMovies (2023)
“Creature” in DMovies (2023)
“She Is Love” in DMovies (2023)
“We Tell Stories To Feel Less Alone” in No Writer Left Behind (2018)
Awards
Selected Awards & Nominations
2022 Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
2020 Special Mention for the Spread The Word Life Writing Prize 2020
2019 Long-listed for Louise Walters Books Page 100 Competition
2019 Long-listed for Agora and Peter, Fraser & Dunlop Lost The Plot Prize
2018 Awardee for Spread The Word London Writers Award (inaugural year)
2016 Short-listed for Royal Academy and Pin Drop Short Story Award
Work
Present Freelance Creative Writer Teacher, Tutor, Editor
2019 Social Media Manager for Inkandescent
2016 Editor for 44 Square
Education
Academic Education
2016 Birkbeck University
BA (Hons) Creative Writing
Additional Education Experience
06/12/21 Poetry in Prose Workshop with Michael Donkor
11/02/21 Digital Publishing with One More Chapter (HarperCollins)
09/02/21 Writing Love and Sex Scenes with Leone Ross
26/01/21 Spread The Word Workshop: DYCP Funding
07/01/21 TLC: How to Apply for Arts Council Funding with Sam Ruddock & Aki Schilz
Sep, 2020 One-to-One Mentorship with Nadine Matheson
14/11/19 Ask the Fiction Editors with THRIVE Hachette with Emad Akhtar
27/10/19 Masterclass: How to Control Your Career with Rikki Beadle-Blair
Oct, 2019 One-to-One Mentorship with Anna Vaught
25/09/19 Writing Your Life with Kerry Hudson
22/06/19 TLC Writers’ Day 2019 with Leone Ross and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
2018-19 London Writers Award Programme from Spread The Word
23-24/03/19 Intensive Crime Weekend hosted by Claire McGowan
24/10/15 Editing Short Fiction with Yuka Igarashi Workshop at Writers’ Centre Norwich
2014 Word Theatre Retreat with Andre Dubus III