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).
“Last Stop, Silence” named one of Chill Subs’ 12 Short pieces of writing that brought the Wow factor (2022).
short stories & flash fiction
“Self-Portrait of Someone Else,” New Flash Fiction Review, Issue 37, Summer 2025 (UK)—forthcoming
“Last Stop, Silence,” Treehouse Literary Review, Winter 2022 (USA)—“12 Short pieces of writing that brought the Wow factor.”
poems & prose poems
“weather warning,” Beyond Words, Issue 57, April—May 2025 (Germany)—won Beyond Words’ Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge
“Channel Seascape” and “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
“mother tongue,” Transformation: A Women Who Submit Anthology, Jamii Press, 2024 (USA)
“harvest diptych,” Word Up Pages, Issue 01 (“Origins”), September 2023 (Netherlands)
“Campfire” and “wreckage,” 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
”Writing The Little Room: in conversation with Jonathan Everitt,” Passengers Journal, July 2024 (USA)
“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)
“Chiagoziem Confidence Jideofor: music, identity, and memory,” Passengers Journal, October 2022 (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).