creative writing | fiction
In search of celebration, I share some of my fiction here.
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:
How Long Should a Short Story Be?
writers edit
Flash Fiction Collections to Dip & Dive Into
aniko press
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
Show Don't Tell Short Stories - Online course with Writer's Write
Creative Writing: Concept & Craft - Undergraduate Unit, University of Tasmania
Creative Writing: Professional Practice - Undergraduate Unit, University of Tasmania
awards | fellowships
AAWP & Spineless Wonders Novella Prize 2024, Highly Commended
Albury Short Story Award 2024, Shortlisted
Margaret Hazzard Short Story Prize 2024, Shortlisted
Tasmanian Writer's Prize 2024, Finalist
Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2023, Shortlisted
Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction 2022, Shortlisted
Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2021, Longlisted
Katharine Susannah Prichard Fellowship Recipient 2021
Bath Flash Fiction Summer 2020, Longlisted
National Flash Fiction Day Award 2019, Highly Commended
Writers HQ Flash Fiction Prize 2019, Third Place
Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition 2019, Longlisted
Reflex Press Flash Fiction Prize 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, Longlisted
anthology inclusion
Detours, Hawkeye Books Publishing, Sydney Hammond Short Story Competition Anthology 2023
In Defence of Pseudoscience, Reflex Press Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. Five
JUMP, Hawkeye Books Publishing, Sydney Hammond Short Story Competition Anthology 2021
Branching Out, Brilliant Flash Fiction Anthology 2021
The Best Haiku, Haiku Crush Anthology 2021
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
twenty twenty four
Unspoken Reunion
Short Story
Longlisted for the Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2024
Emotional Eaters
Novella-in-stories
Highly Commended in the AAWP & Spineless Wonders Novella Prize 2024
Grandard Keeps His Heart in the Shed
Short Story
Shortlisted for the Albury Short Story Award 2024
The Quilt
Flash Fiction
June Flash Fiction Competition Winner
Published: Words of a Feather & Provocative Inklings
Baiting Crabs
Short Story
Shortlisted for the Magaret Hazzard Short Story Competition 2024
Roadkill
Short Story
Finalist for the Tasmanian Writer's Prize 2024
Published: Forthcoming anthology
Massage
Short Story
Published: Forthcoming anthology 'Is This Working?' ~ Tiny Owl Press
twenty twenty three
The Last Matchmaker
Short Story
Shortlisted for the Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition
Published: 'Detours' Anthology
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
twenty twenty two
The Person I'm Dating Loves to Watch Monster Movies
Short Story
Published: Swim Meet Lit
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
Transatlanticism
Short Story
Longlisted for the Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition 2021
Published: 'JUMP' Anthology
Three Haiku for E.
Haiku
Published: Burrow
A Lack of Awareness
Flash Fiction
Published: Brilliant Flash Fiction
Brittle
Flash Fiction
Published: Every Day Fiction
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
Just a Moth
Haiku
Published: Haiku Crush
Phantom Limbs
Micro Fiction
Published: Blink Ink
twenty twenty
दया, Daya
Micro Fiction
Published: Blink Ink
Three Haiku For Loss
Haiku
Published: Blue Bottle Journal
Furusato 故郷
Creative Non-Fiction
Published: Sawtooth ARI
Rust & Bone
Flash Fiction
Published: Human/Kind Journal
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
twenty nineteen
Love is the Greatest of Dreams, Yet the Worst of Nightmares
Flash Fiction
Published: Geelong Writers Annual Anthology
Today I Dropped a Punnet of Blueberries
Flash Fiction
Published: Every Day Fiction
Rattas, Mammalia
Creative Non-Fiction
Published: The Suburban Review
Anomic Aphasia
Flash Fiction
Awarded Third Place in the Writers HQ Flash Fiction Prize
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
Every Second Thursday
Flash Fiction
Long-listed for the Reflex Press Winter 2018 prize
Published: 'The Real Jazz Baby' Anthology