Publications

 

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1. Encrypted and The Watchers Above were accepted as elements in Winchester Wordwalk, 2021. 

2. The Lady appeared in the 'Twisted Tales' Autumn 2021 edition of Makarelle.  See here.  It also appears in Makerelle: Anthology One.  See here.

3. Far Flung Knowledge appeared in 'Red Letter Days', the 40th Anniversary Anthology of the Open University Poetry Society.  See here.

4. The Morgan appeared in the December 2021 edition of 'Miscellany', the Morgan Sports Car Club magazine.

5. My Javanese Inamorato  appeared in the the 'Love is Love' Winter 2021 edition of Makarelle.   See here.

6. ​And is there honey still for tea? appeared in the February 2022  'Culture Matters' edition of 'A Fish Rots from the Head'.  See here.

7. 20 July 1969 appeared in Connections: Creative Writers Association Anthology 2021-2022, the Stirling Creative Writers anthology, 2022.

8. The Sunken Garden, appeared in the 'Landmarks' Spring 2022 edition of Makarelle.  See here.

9. The Morgan appeared in 'Openings 39', the anthology of OU Poets, the Open University Poet's Society , 2022.

10. The Melted Heart appeared in the MMU Poetry & Short Fiction Creation Society Anthology 2022.

11. An Excess of Expression, A pamphlet of poetry, self published via KDP: see here.

12. A night without Mercy appeared in the 'Sizzling Misdemeanours' Summer 2022 edition of Makarelle. 

13. Vne appeared in the 13th August 2022 update of the Cafelit online magazine

14. A Final Dawn, The Elephant and the Banana, The Girl in the Blue Costume, A Love Letter, That Wasn’t All She Saw, First Contact. Solo all appear in Why Would You Go Through There?: An Anthology Of Shorts From Selected Writers,ed A. Fitzpatrick, Castle Priory Press, 2023, available at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZ94DDTZ.

15. Crowded Conglomerations appeared in 'Openings 40', the anthology of OU Poets, the Open University Poetry Society, 2023

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Competitions

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1. Joe Cortana received a Highly Commended in the 2021 Writing Magazine/Writers’ Weekend Short Story competition, part of the 2021 Winchester Writers Weekend.  See here.

2. Nothing Like The Present won 2nd place in the Hampshire Writers Society May 2023 competition.

3. The Summer of Love won 2nd place in the Hampshire Writers Society June 2023 competition.

4. Brothers in Arms won 1st place in the Hampshire Writers Society September 2023 competition.

5. A Desperate Illusion was shortlisted for the Scriptwriters&Co Winter 2024 ’Carbon / Copy’ Scratch Night.

6. In Cold and Tender Water was highly commended in the Hampshire Writers Society February 2024 competition

7. The Mismaze won 2nd place in the Hampshire Writers Society May 2024 competition.

8. Calm Countryside won 1st place in the 2024 NAWGFest Flash Poetry competition (but there were only 5 entries...).​

9. Winter,1536 won 1st place in the Hampshire Writers Society December 2024 competition.

10. Uile-bhèist won 3rd place in the Hampshire Writers Society June 2025 competition

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