Award and Competitions

2014      Australian Writers’ Centre ‘Best Australian Blogs 2014’ competition

twenty six – this very website – was a finalist in the Best Australian Blogs competition for 2014

 

2008       Kathleen Mitchell Award

Novel ‘Rohypnol’ received special commendation in the Kathleen Mitchell Award

 

2007       Canberra Critics’ Circle Awards

Novel ‘Rohypnol’ winner in the annual Canberra Critics’ Circle Awards

 

2006       Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Novel ‘Rohypnol’ winner of The Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Writer

 

2005       Express Media National Mentorship Program

Novel ‘Rohypnol’ chosen for mentorship with Christos Tsiolkas

 

2004       Cancer Council Daffodil Day Arts Awards

Short Story ‘Sarah Said it was Okay’ – Commended

 

2003       Eastern Writers Group Slippery When Wet Short Story Competition

Short Story ‘Road Trip’ – Finalist Prize

 

2003       Cancer Council Daffodil Day Arts Awards

Short Story ‘The Storm’ – Highly Commended

 

2002       Alan Marshall Short Story Competition

Short Story ‘Meeting People‘ – First Prize

 

2002       Southern Cross Literary Competition

Short Story ‘Clenched Fist’ – Commended

 

2002       Daylesford Words in Winter Literary Competition

Short Story ‘The Storm’ – Commended

 

2002       FAW Mornington Peninsula Literary Competition

Short Story ‘Fade Out’ – Commended

 

2002       Ballaarat Writing Council Youth Writes Short Story Competition

Short Story ‘My World’ – First Prize

 

2001       Hume Mooney Valley Literary Competition

Short Story ‘Perfect World’ – First Prize