AWARDS
2018 – Highly Commended in the Sutherland Shire Literary Competition
Ray, which is set on Tasmania's Bruny Island, was Highly Commended the 2018 Sutherland Shire Literary Competition.
2018 – Longlisted for the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
My collection of Tyler Bramble stories The Dying Rain and Other Forays into the Bramble Noir was longlisted for the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award.
2017 – First Prize in Joe O'Sullivan Writers' Prize
The Centre Cannot Hold was awarded the 2017 Joe O'Sullivan Writers' Prize. It appears in The Journal from the Australian Irish Heritage Association and Award Winning Australian Writing 2018.
2015 – First Prize (Open Division) in City of Rockingham Short Fiction Awards
My crime story Frank was awarded First Prize in the Open Division of the 2015 City of Rockingham Short Fiction Awards. It was subsequently published in Westerly: New Creative and Award Winning Australian Writing 2016.
2014 – Emerging Writer in Residence at Fellowship of Australian Writers (Western Australia)
In 2014, I completed a two week residency at Mattie Furphy House in Swanbourne in conjunction with the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA).
2013 – Best Fiction in IP Rolling Picks
Yellowcake Summer was awarded Best Fiction in IP Rolling Picks 2013 and was subsequently published by Interactive Publications.
2013 – Shortlisted for Carmel Bird Award
My Tyler Bramble story, A Void, was shortlisted for the 2013 Carmel Bird Award and was subsequently published in The Great Unknown from Spineless Wonders.
2013 – Emerging Writer in Residence at Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre
In 2013, I completed a four week residency at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre in Greenmount.
2012 – Yellowcake Springs shortlisted for the Norma K Hemming Award
Yellowcake Springs was shortlisted for the Norma K Hemming Award in 2012.
2011 – Winner Best Fiction for Yellowcake Springs in IP Picks
Yellowcake Springs was awarded Best Fiction in IP Picks 2011 and was subsequently published by Interactive Publications.
