I made it to the short list and now my story, Glue will be published in THE BOOK OF WITTY WOMEN By Farrago in March 2024.
The judges wrote: “The quality of the writing stood out for us, fantastic and well rounded characters we’ve never seen before and loved spending time with.”
Thrilled to be on the long list for this prestigious prize with my short story – GLUE. Watch this space for the short list in February 2023!
I was delighted to be announced as the winner of the EGT short story competition at an awards ceremony at the beautiful Beth Chatto gardens.
Bill’s Garden is a story of how wild spaces and gardens can really impact on mental health and well-being.
Radio Vision October 2022
My radio play, Bounce, will be performed at Headgate Theatre, Colchester in October 2022 as part of the fringe festival. Griff Scott’s play will be performed alongside this as part of RADIO VISION – radio plays you can watch and hear!
OCT 2021 -The Launch of the COLCHESTER WRITENIGHT Anthology was held in Colchester Library where I was pleased to do a reading of THE SKIES WILL OPEN.
Set in Maine in 1953, during the droughts, the blueberry farmers engage Reich and his cloud busting machine to save the day. Was this an early sign of global warming?
I attended the Frinton Literary Festival and was presented with my winner’s prize by Lady Glencower who gave a hilarious talk about her time as Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret.
It was good to meet the other runners up and all our stories are on the festival website.
I read my short story – THE CLOCK IS TICKING – in the Speaker’s tent at the Eco Festival in Colchester 2021. It was a fantastic day, and want to thank everyone involved in making it happen.
Told from the point of view of someone yet to be born, this is a story to remind us that time is running out for us to address the climate crisis.
My article – MAKE WRITING THE NEW CIGARETTE BREAK (Clare Shaw)- was published in Writer Writer in March 2019. Check it out here.
https://www.writer-writer.com/blog/make-writing-the-new-cigarette-break
I am delighted that my short story ‘Veranda’ (Clare Shaw) will be read at the Solstice Shorts Festival In Cork on 21st December 2018
