Prizes & Recognition
Selected literary awards, shortlistings and nominations.
2026
Bridport Short Story Prize
Shortlisted
Bath Short Story Award
Shortlisted · Deeper Than It Looks
From the Well
Runner-up · Stealing Jesus
New Writers Flash Fiction Competition
Shortlisted
Bedford Prize
Longlisted
Hope Prize
Longlisted
Fractured Lit Flash Prize
Longlisted
Fish Prize
Longlisted
Exeter Novel Prize
Top 10% · Summer Orphans
2025
Hammond House International Literary Prize
Winner
From the Well
Second place · Night, Joxer
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
Honorable Mention · Notes on Liam Cusack
Pushcart Prize
Nomination · The Third Pint · The Storms
CRAFT Short Fiction Prize
Shortlisted
London Independent Story Prize
Finalist
SmokeLong Flash Fiction Award
Longlisted
Freedom to Write Award
Selected
Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award
Longlisted · Summer Orphans
CRAFT First Chapters Contest
Longlisted · Summer Orphans
Blue Pencil Pitch Prize
Longlisted · Summer Orphans
Date With An Agent · International Literature Festival Dublin
Selected · Summer Orphans