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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
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                   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


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