"our bodies sing shabda hymns"

Poetry - In Competition​

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2022

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• "The Seventeenth" - First Place in Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition Open Category

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2021

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• "Transmission Gully" - Commended in New Zealand Poetry Society 2021 International Poetry Competition

• "Scintilla" - Commended in Ver Poets Open Competition 2021

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​2020

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• ​Longlisted for The Frontier Poetry 2020 Industry Prize 

• "Sugar or ..." - 2nd place in the 2020 Ambit Poetry Competition

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• "A Ritual Only We Know" - Commended in the New Zealand Poetry Society 2020 International Poetry Competition

• "Il y a toujours du brouillard" - Finalist in the 2020 Puerto del Sol Poetry Competition

• Shortlisted for the 2020 "Getting Older" Candlestick Press Competition

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2019

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• Semi-finalist in Boulevard 2019 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets

• "the blackout" - Longlisted and Published in the Live Canon International Poetry Competition Anthology 2019

• Longlisted for 2019 Hastings Literary Festival Poetry Competition

• Arrival/Departure - Semi-finalist in the Fourth Annual Open Chapbook Period The Atlas Review 2019

• "September Third, Twenty Seventy Five, Common Era" - Commended in 2019 Verve Poetry Festival Competition

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2017

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• "Lumb Bank" - Highly Commended in 2017 Castleberg International Poetry Prize

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Short Stories - In Competition

 

• “And from a distance, the dogs barking” - Longlisted for the 2017 Bridport Short Story Award

• “Kissing Tiny Flowers” - Longlisted for the 2016 Colm Tóibín International Short Story Award