Literary awards:
2015 second place in Society of Women Writers NSW Non-Fiction Award
2010 second place in The Age Short Story Award for The Devil’s Music
2008 second place in Alan Marshall Short Story Award
2007 shortlisted in Hal Porter Short Story Competition
2006 first place in Sunflower Bookshop Short Story Award – Glen Eira City Council Literary Awards
Alan Marshall Short Story Competition 2008
I’m on the left of the photo at Eltham Library where I was awarded second place in the Alan Marshall Short Story Award. The judge was the wonderful storyteller, Cate Kennedy.Society of Women Writers (NSW) Literary Awards 2015
Society of Women Writers (NSW) Literary Awards 2015
Giving a short speech after accepting second place in the nonfiction category in Sydney.
Reading the opening of my memoir at the State Library, Sydney on 9 November 2016. This excerpt is part of Ink3, a collection of prize-winning work by the Society of Women Writers NSW. Author Di Morrissey (right) launched the anthology.