write. edit. submit. repeat.
competitions & nominations
“Elegy”: nominated, 2026 Pushcart Prize
“Bellybutton Baby”: selected, City St George’s, University of London City Writes Competition (July 2025)
“weather warning”: winner, Beyond Words Ekphrastic Poetry Challenge (April—May 2025)
“Breakwater”: longlisted, Mslexia Women’s Poetry Pamphlet Competition, judged by Imtiaz Dharker (2022)
short stories & flash fiction
“Self-Portrait of Someone Else,” New Flash Fiction Review, Issue 37, June 2025 (UK)
“Last Stop, Silence,” Treehouse Literary Review, Winter 2022 (USA)—Chill Subs’ 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
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
book review
The World That the Shooter Left Us, Cyrus Cassells, Passengers Journal, July 2022 (USA)—Read Four Way Books’ lovely response.
other publications
Bear Necessities, Mslexia, Issue 98, June—August 2023 (UK): A photo of a handmade ceramic bowl that sits on my desk was featured in Bear Necessities, a short column where writers submit pictures of objects and explain why they are important to their writing process.
selected readings & events
panelist, Demystifying the Submissions Process, European Writers Salon Annual Conference, Brussels, September 2025 (upcoming)
featured writer and competition winner City Writes Summer 2025, City St George’s, University of London, July 2025
audience/guest on “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
panel organiser and moderator: ‘Connectives: Creating Literary Communities’, Passengers Express (writers’ conference), July 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
selected workshops & teaching
tutor, Warm-Up Poems: Haiku and Haiga to Sustain Creative Practice, European Writers Salon Annual Conference, Brussels, September 2025 (upcoming)
co-host and organiser, Herons Poetry Feedback Group, Strange Birds Migratory Writers’ Collective, 2021—present (biweekly)
tutor, Poetry Play: a Generative Haibun Workshop, Passengers Express (writers’ conference), January 2024
primary class teacher/teaching assistant: English lessons, creative writing after-school clubs, various primary schools, London & Hertfordshire, UK, 2013—2020
editorial experience
assistant poetry editor, Passengers Journal, 2022-2024
poetry reader, Passengers Journal, 2021-2022
selected writing courses
Write a Novel Course (online), Faber Academy, taught by Sarah May, 2025—2026
Writers’ Workshop, City St George’s (formerly City), University of London, tutored by Katy Darby, January—March 2023