Awards

2025 – WINNER – ‘The Museum of Disease’ – First Place, 2025 Australasian Horror Writers’ Association short story competition

2024 – FINALIST – ‘When Dark Roots Hunt’ – Best Novel Finalist, 2024 Ditmar Award

2023 – WINNER – ‘About Time’ – First Place, 2023 Port Writers Open Writing Competition

2023 – Second place – ‘Good Enough’ – Second Place, 2023 FAW Hills Open Writing Competition

2023 – Commendation – ‘Good Enough’ – Honourable Mention, 2023 Marj Wilke Short Story Award

2023 – Commendation – ‘Keeping Words’ – Highly Commended, 2020 Port Writers Open Writing Competition

2019 – Shortlisted – ‘About Time’ – Shortlisted, 2019 Marjorie Barnard Short Story Award

2017 – WINNER – ‘The Guitar Wizard’ – Best Book, 2017 WABIAD National Open category

2016 – WINNER – ‘The Time of the Jade Spider’ – Best Book, 2016 WABIAD National Open category

2015 – WINNER – ‘Rider & the Hummingbird’ – Best Book, 2015 WABIAD National Open category

2014 – WINNER – Ditmar Award for Best New Talent 2014

2014 – WINNER – ‘A Dolphin for Naia’ – Best Book, 2014 WABIAD National Open category

2013 – WINNER – ‘Darker’ – First Place, 2013 Australasian Horror Writers’ Association short story competition

2013 – WINNER – ‘Champions’ – First Place, Glen Miles Short Story Prize 2013

2013 – WINNER – ‘Scribbles in the Dark’ – Best Book, 2013 WABIAD National Open category

2013 – Semi-Finalist – ‘Darker’ – Semi-Finalist, Writers of the Future (1st Quarter, 2013)

2013 – Shortlisted – ‘A Sprig After Rain – Shortlisted, 2013 Trudy Graham and Julie Lewis Literary Award

2013 – Commendation – ‘Weighting Time’ – Highly Commended, 2013 Hadow/Stuart Short Story Competition

2012 – WINNER – ‘The Something Said’ – First Place, 2012 Fellowship of Australian Writers Manly & Peninsula Short Story Competition

2012 – WINNER – ‘A Knight Answers’ – First Place, 2012 Oberon Writing Competition

2012 – Commendation – ‘Deep’ – Honourable Mention, Writers of the Future (2nd Quarter, 2012)

2012 – Shortlisted – ‘Finding My Way’ – Shortlisted by Berkelouw Books for The Pittwater Award 2012

2011 – Commendation – ‘From Here to There’ – Superior Entry, 2011 Conflux 7

2011 – WINNER – ‘Portrait of a Model’ – First Place, 2011 Fellowship of Australian Writers Manly & Peninsula Short Story Competition

2011 – WINNER – ‘Invisible Dirt’ – First Place, 2011 Oberon Writing Competition

2010 – WINNER – ‘Fighting Off The Foxes’ – First Place, 2010 Fellowship of Australian Writers Manly & Peninsula Short Story Competition

2010 – Commendation – ‘Once, Upon A Wattle’ – Commended, 2010 Fellowship of Australian Writers Manly & Peninsula Short Story Competition

2009 – Commendation – ‘Diamonds in the Sea’ – Shortlisted, 2009 by ‘Page Seventeen’ magazine

2009 – Commendation – ‘just the way things are’ – Commended, 2009 Fellowship of Australian Writers Manly & Peninsula Short Story Competition

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