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2024
July - my poetry collection sifting fire writing coast shortlisted in the Marion ACT Literary Awards (Poetry Books)
June - 'Chroma is Greek for Colour' published in the South Coast Writers Centre Anthology 2024 CHROMA
2023
November - 'Looking for the Missing Gravestones' published in the South Coast Writers Centre Anthology 34-37 Degrees South 2023 - The Country Edition (poetry)
September - very excited! to have achieved publication of my debut poetry collection sifting fire writing coast by Walleah Press (Tasmania)
2022
December - 're/ main/ s' awarded Highly Commended in the Lambing Flat FAW National Cherry Festival Writing Competition
May - selected to attended the South Coast Writers Centre Emerging and Established Writers Retreat, Bundanon
May - my poetry manuscript Longlisted in the Flying Islands press emerging poets unpublished manuscript prize
April - May - commissioned to write creative responses to Shoalhaven Health & Arts initiative for older community members 'Listen Share Learn - Tea & Yarn', Bombaderry Community Hall. My pieces were published in South Coast Writers Centre's Anthology 2022 Mantle
March - invited to be a co contributor of Illawarra Pavilion - an installation at Wollongong Art Gallery. My poem and a prose piece titled 'Piece 231', were accessed at the exhibition via QR code linked to one of the installation objects
February - 'Washerwoman's Beach' longlisted for the South Coast Writers Centre poetry award
2021
November - 'after the fires i cannot', published in Foam:e issue 18
August - 'Firepit' was shortlisted in 2021 ACU Prize for Poetry and published in the ACU Anthology 2021: Resilience, October 2021
August - shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Poetry Festival Emerging Older Poets Mentorship Award
June - 'Syncarpia Glomifera' shortlisted for StoryFest 2021 (short story)
2020
November - 'Troopy: parked by a disaster' (narrative non-fiction) in Axon: creative explorations 10(2) issue 'Manifestos, diatribes and creative interventions'. This piece was inspired by the 2019-20 'Black Summer' bushfires and COVID lockdown
July - 'When the first rain comes' published in Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 8. This volume has a Canberra focus, guest editors Melinda Smith and Sara Saleh
June - 'Sydney to Perth: chasing dusk' was Commended for the Ethel Webb Blundell Literary Award
May - awarded a Varuna 'Writing Fire Writing Drought' Fellowship Writing Fire Writing Drought
2019
'east west east west east west east' (prose poem) shortlisted for the Booranga Prize, published in fourW thirty: New Writing-Pearl launched in Wagga Wagga
October - Launch of NOT VERY QUITE 5 and my reading of 'Eulogy: a reef' at Smith's Alternative, part of Poetry On The Move Festival Fringe
August - two poems published in Grieve: stories and poems about grief and loss Vol. 7, from the Hunter Writers Centre
May - awarded a Varuna 'Writing Fire Writing Drought' Fellowship Writing Fire Writing Drought
March - 'list of what to take when the fire arrives', one of my fire poems published on the website of Westerly in 'from the editors desk' tagged as #authorsforfireys.
2019
December - 'The Yass Fossils' published in Axon: Creative Explorations section three, issue 9.2 'Living in the World: Creativity, Science, Environments'
'east west east west east west east' (prose poem) shortlisted for the Booranga Prize, published in fourW thirty: New Writing-Pearl launched in Wagga Wagga
October - Launch of NOT VERY QUITE 5 and my reading of 'Eulogy: a reef' at Smith's Alternative, part of Poetry On The Move Festival Fringe
August - two poems published in Grieve: stories and poems about grief and loss Vol. 7, from the Hunter Writers Centre
June - Participated in 'Poetry Science Women: Celebrating the Amazing' hosted by NOT VERY QUIET at 'Smith's Alternative' Canberra. Fifteen poems, commissioned from women poets, were read by eminent female scientists. My poem 'The Yass Fossils' was introduced and read thoughtfully by Dr Fiona Dyer, thank you Fiona
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