Awards and Acknowledgements

• Winner, Catherine Fenerty Humour Prize, Southport Writers’ Circle International Poetry Competition, A Halloween Love Story, 2021
• Honorable Mention, Rate Your Story Awesome Openers Contest for picture book, Along Came a Spider, 2020
• 3^rd place, Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest for chapter book, My Best Friend, Her Royal Highness, 2019
• 4^th place, CYA Competition, Chapter Books category, My Best Friend, Her Royal Highness, 2019
• Long-listed, YorkMix Poems for Children Competition for The Ogre and the Witch, 2019
• Highly Commended, Greenleaf Press Competition for chapter book manuscript, My Best Friend, Her Royal Highness, 2019
• Finalist, Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest for picture book manuscript This is Home, 2017
• 2^nd place, Writers Unleashed Picture Book Competition for picture book manuscript Best. Gift. Ever., 2016
• 4^th place, 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category for picture book manuscript Best. Gift. Ever, 2016
• Honorable Mention, 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category for picture book manuscript The Day the Clock Stopped, 2016
• Highly Commended, CJ Dennis Poetry Competition for The Day the Clock Stopped, 2016
• 5^th place, Creative Kids Tales eBook Anthology competition for A Timely Tale, 2016
• 3^rd place, Writers Unleashed Picture Book Competition for Allen the Alien, 2015
• Acknowledged as a contributor in Tana’s Habitat: The Ultimate Guide to Finding, Affording and Styling Your First Place (Perigee Trade) 

Writing Activities and Industry Memberships

• Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 2014 – present
• Book Reviewer, Armadillo Magazine, 2019 – present
• Member, Australian Society of Authors, 2019
• Member, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, 2019
• Book Reviewer, Children’s Book Council of Australia, 2015 – 2017
• Member, NSW Writers’ Centre, 2015 – 2017