Write. Edit. Submit. Repeat.

nominations & listings

“Elegy” nominated by Rust & Moth for a 2026 Pushcart Prize

weather warning” won the Beyond Words Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge (April 2025).

“Breakwater” longlisted for Mslexia’s Women’s Poetry Pamphlet Competition, judged by Imtiaz Dharker (2023).

short stories & flash fiction

“Self-Portrait of Someone Else,” New Flash Fiction Review, Issue 37, Summer 2025 (UK)—forthcoming

poems & prose poems

“weather warning,” Beyond Words, Issue 57, April—May 2025 (Germany)—won Beyond Words’ Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge

Channel Seascapeand still lives(palindrome poem), The Passionfruit Review, Issue 12, September 2024 (UK)

“a ghazal for Doggerland,” Ink, Sweat and Tears, 22nd September 2024 (UK)

“as you light up,” Shooter Literary Magazine, Issue 18 (Nightlife), August 2024 (UK)

“mammogram,”, Black Nore Review, June 2024 (UK)

“Elegy,” Rust and Moth, Spring 2024 issue (USA)—nominated for a Pushcart Prize

“harvest diptych,” Word Up Pages, Issue 01 (“Origins”), September 2023 (Netherlands)

“Campfire” andwreckage,” Eunoia Review, June 2023 (Singapore)

“Corona Seasons, San Antonio Review, May 2022 (USA)

“monsters in the shape of people,” Wild Roof Journal, Issue 13, March 2022 (USA)

“confession,” Prometheus Dreaming, Issue 4.2, March 2022 (USA)

A Map of the Scars,” “Found Art,” and “Still Waters,” Willows Wept Review, Issue 22, Autumn 2021 (USA)

“Fairy tale ending,” Rust & Moth, Autumn 2021 issue (USA)

“Family Portrait,” Beyond Words, Issue 18, September 2021 (Germany)

film poem

Bearings (poem and voice) appears in Women on a Roll—Amsterdam, a documentary short by Alma Tabernero, AlmaBuena Films, 2022. Also released online as a stand-alone film poem.

book review

The World That the Shooter Left Us, Cyrus Cassells, Passengers Journal, July 2022 (USA)—Read Four Way Books’ lovely response here.

writer interviews

Yearning for connection: an interview with Teresa Pham-Carsillo,” Passengers Journal, December 2023 (USA)

An interview with Brenda Miller on what’s beyond the physical,” Passengers Journal, February 2023 (USA)

In conversation with Jarred McGinnis (online interview), Writers’ Talk Series, Strange Birds Writers’ Collective, July 2021

selected readings, events & workshops

tutor: ‘Poetry Play: Generative Haibun Workshop’, Passengers Express (writers’ conference) 2024

panel organiser and moderator: ‘Connectives: Creating Literary Communities, Passengers Express 2023

audience member/guest, “Writing in your own voice and the gift of flash, episode 3, Emerging Writers Community Podcast, April 2023

featured poet, Labyrinth Monthly Poetry Night, Labyrinth Poetry Cafe, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 2022

poetry reading, Writers’ Flock International Writers’ Festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 2022

organiser and interviewer, Passengers Journal: A Peek at the Spring Issue (readings and poet interviews), February 2022

featured poet, Strange Birdcalls III (online writing showcase), Strange Birds Migratory Writing Collective, October 2021

editorial experience

assistant poetry editor, Passengers Journal, 2022-2024

poetry reader, Passengers Journal, 2021-2022

other publications

Just for fun: a photo of a handmade ceramic bowl that sits on my desk was featured in Bear Necessities, a short column where writers explain why certain objects are important to their writing process. Mslexia, Issue 98, June 2023 (UK).