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In search of celebration, I share some of my fiction here.

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Most of my fiction falls under microfiction (100 words or less), flash fiction (1000 words or less) and the occasional short story.

 

If you'd like to learn more, I've written about my love of these literary forms for a few writing publications:

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What is Micro & Flash Fiction?

write or die tribe

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How Long Should a Short Story Be?

writers edit

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Folding Time & Space With Flash Fiction

neon books

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Flash Fiction Collections to Dip & Dive Into

aniko press

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writerly development / things
 
Grammar Therapy - 4-week grammar course for fiction with UWA
 
Write What You Know - 4-week writing course with WritersHQ
 
Flash Fiction Fan Club  - 8-week writing course with Centre for Stories
 
Write Drunk, Edit Sober - Half-day self-editing workshop with Centre for Stories
 
Writing Place & Setting - Full-day workshop with Robbie Arnott
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Show Don't Tell Short Stories - Online course with Writer's Write
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Writing Children's Picture Books - Online course with BBC Maestro
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Creative Writing: Concept & Craft - Under. Grad Unit, University of Tasmania
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awards | fellowships
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Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction 2022, Shortlisted
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Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2021, Longlisted
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Katharine Susannah Prichard Fellowship Recipient 2021
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Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Competition 2020, Shortlisted
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Bath Flash Fiction Summer 2020, Longlisted
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National Flash Fiction Day Award 2019, Highly Commended
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Writers HQ Flash Fiction Prize 2019, Third Place
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Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition 2019, Longlisted
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Reflex Press Flash Fiction Prize 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, Longlisted
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anthology inclusion
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In Defence of Pseudoscience, Reflex Press Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. Five
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JUMP, Hawkeye Books Publishing Sydney Hammond Competition Anthology 2021
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Branching Out, Brilliant Flash Fiction Anthology 2021
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The Best Haiku, Haiku Crush Anthology 2021 
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Restore to Factory Settings, Bath Flash Fiction Vol. Five
 
From the Inside Looking Out, Geelong Writers Annual Anthology 2020
 
Where Are We Now?, Geelong Writers Annual Anthology 2019
 
And We Pass Through, National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2019
 
A Girl's Guide to Fly Fishing, Reflex Press Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. Three
 
The Real Jazz Baby, Reflex Press Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. Two
 
Barely Casting a Shadow, Reflex Press Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. One

publications

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twenty twenty three

 

The Last Matchmaker

Short Story

Shortlisted for the Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition

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Unravel

Micro Fiction

Published: Blink Ink Magazine

 

You Can't See Stars in London

Short Story

Published: Sad Girl Diaries
 

Entropic Spectacles

Flash Fiction

Published: Hills Hoist Journal

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twenty twenty two

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The Person I'm Dating Loves to Watch Monster Movies

Short Story

Published: Swim Meet Lit

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Grandad Keeps His Heart in the Shed

Short Story

Shortlisted for the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction 2022
 

The Day I Think I May Be Crazy is the Day My Reflection Doesn't Blink

Flash Fiction

Published: The Amphibian Literary Journal

 

twenty twenty-one

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Transatlanticism

Short Story

Longlisted for the Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2021

Published: JUMP Anthology

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Three Haiku for E.

Haiku

Published: Burrow
 

A Lack of Awareness

Flash Fiction

Published: Brilliant Flash Fiction

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Brittle

Flash Fiction

Published: Every Day Fiction

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The Lover Asks Questions They Cannot Answer

Flash Fiction

Longlisted in the Reflex Press Spring Competition

Published: In Defence of Pseudoscience Anthology
 

Freezing to Death

Flash Fiction

Published: Sad Girls Club

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Just a Moth

Haiku

Published: Haiku Crush

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Phantom Limbs

Micro Fiction

Published: Blink Ink

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twenty twenty

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दया, Daya

Micro Fiction

Published: Blink Ink

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Three Haiku For Loss

Haiku

Published: Blue Bottle Journal

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Furusato 故郷

Creative Non-Fiction

Published: Sawtooth ARI

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Rust & Bone

Flash Fiction

Published: Human/Kind Journal

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The Disconcerting Discovery of Shoes on a Beach

Flash Fiction

Long-listed for the Reflex Press Winter 2019 Competition

Published: A Girls' Guide to Fly Fishing Anthology

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twenty nineteen

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Love is the Greatest of Dreams, Yet the Worst of Nightmares

Flash Fiction

Published: Geelong Writers Annual Anthology

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Today I Dropped a Punnet of Blueberries

Flash Fiction

Published: Every Day Fiction

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Rattas, Mammalia

Creative Non-Fiction

Published: The Suburban Review 

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Anomic Aphasia

Flash Fiction

Awarded Third Place in the Writers HQ Flash Fiction Prize

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Last Night I Saved a Moth from Drowning

Micro Fiction

Highly Commended in the National Flash Fiction Day Prize

Published: And We Pass Through Anthology

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Every Second Thursday

Flash Fiction

Long-listed for the Reflex Press Winter 2018 prize

Published: The Real Jazz Baby Anthology

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Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.

Melinda Haynes

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