Awards and Publications

Publications

  • Regular column in the Flemington Kensington News (2007–present)
  • ‘The Blank Page’ (article), Victoria Writer, June/July 2019 issue
  • ‘Inherited Pain’ (essay), ‘Frozen’ (poem), ‘Counting’ (poem) and ‘Have you tried’ (poem), Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain, UWA Publishing, May 2017
  • ‘Learners thrive in a culture of change’ (article), School-News.com.au, March 2017
  • ‘On the Binns’ (short non fiction), Building Bridges, 2016 Reconciliation Writing Competition, Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation, November 2016
  • ‘Dining at the Big Table’ (article), Victoria Writer, October/November 2016 issue
  • ‘Shadow’ (creative non fiction), Grieve Volume 4 Anthology, Hunter Writers Centre, August 2016
  • ‘Eggshells ‘ (creative non fiction), Grieve Volume 3 Anthology, Hunter Writers Centre, August 2015
  • ‘Eggshells’ (creative non fiction), Flash Fiction Journal, June 2015
  • ‘Comatose’, Frayed Anthology, Clover Press, November 2015
  • ‘Run’ (short story), The Writing Group, Kensington Neighbourhood House, September 2014
  • ‘An Apple A Day’ (poem), The Writing Group, Kensington Neighbourhood House, September 2014
  • ‘The Orb’ (short story), The Writing Group, Kensington Neighbourhood House, September 2014
  • Successfully starting employees in small business (book), Tony Morgan, Megan Morgan (maiden name), Timothy Allchin, Burgundy Crest Templestowe Heights, Vic 1999

Awards

  • 2018 Judy Duffy Award from RMIT Professional Writing and Editing Program for an all-around achievement and contribution to the program through adversity
  • ‘On the Binns’, Second Prize, Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation Writing Competition, November 2016
  • Intrepid Reporter Award, Flemington Kensington News, December 2012

Shortlistings, Longlistings and Mentions

  • ‘Murder by Biscuit,’ Honourable Mention in the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest, 2019
  • The Dry Lands (unpublished young adult climate change fiction manuscript), Shortlisted for the 2018 Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program
  • ‘Fault Lines’, Shortlisted for #METOO Trigger Warning Nonfiction Essay Contest, Memoir Magazine, April 2018
  • ‘The Bush’, Longlisted in the EJ Brady Short Story Competition, April 2018
  • ‘The Bush’, Shortlisted for Petrichor, Visible Ink 2015, August 2015