Publications

Non Fiction

Fangland – Bacopa Literary Review 2020 (Oct 2020) Creative Non-Fiction

Mslexia #amwriting column – Writing whilst parenting a child with disabilities (Sept 2020)

SEN Magazine – Opinion: A parent shares Covid 19 Return to School worries (Sept 2020)

The London Reader – Travels with Cape & Cane (Winter, 2017) Travelling in Transylvania with my vampire obsessed teenager with additional needs

Mamalode – Mind the Gap (Nov 2016) Siblings of children with disabilities sometimes have to step up

He got his Fangs – shortlisted in Winchester Festival Memoir Contest 2017, also shortlisted at Fish Memoir Prize 2019. What happened when my teenage vampire got a blood disorder. Essay due to be published Sept 2020 – watch this space!

Star Tribune – The Blanket Room (Nov 2010) Tales from NICU

Extract from Memoir-in-Progress – Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers by Kate Hopper

Short Fiction

Conrad’s Proposal, The Third Streetlamp, The Holly & the Ivy, Black Cat Blues – all published in Yours Fiction / Yours Magazine (Various issues 2020)

Monogomy & Other Conspiracy Theories – Published in Unmute – Ten Stories from 2020

Cane Life – 3rd place Exeter Writers Short Story Prize 2020 and interview here

The Stutter – Nominated for a Pushcart Prize! Published in Retreat West Future Shock Anthology

The Eleventh Hour – Silver Apples Magazine, Redemption Issue, 2020.

The Baggage Handler – Shortlisted 1k Word Challenge (Sept 2019) and commended at Strands Lit Magazine competition

Brand New with Tags – Second place 1k Word Challenge (June 2019) with judges comments here.

Departures – Winner 1k Word Challenge (Dec 2018) with judges comments here

Target Weight – Winner Retreat West Creating Complex Characters Competition (Nov 2017)

Resume – Runner up in The Writers & Artists Short Story Competition Scroll down to find the story

Flash Fiction

Silent Partner – Splonk (Issue 4)

How your Birthday Unfolded – due to be published by Storgy. Link when available!

The Bone House – First place in the London Independent Story Prize Also scroll down and see my other highly commended story The Folding Stuff on the same webpage.

Two Ostomates – Second place in Brilliant Flash Fiction contest 2019. Scroll down to read my story.

Fresh & Frozen – Storgy Christmas Flash Advent Calendar Day 8

Finger Food – Racontuer, First Place

Two Hairdressers – Lucent Dreaming Issue 5

Cold Cream – Spelk Fiction, March 2019

Ward Rounds – New Flash Fiction Review, Issue 16, March 2019

School Gates – Highly recommended The London Independent Story Prize (Winter, 2018) Scroll down to find the story. Also read my interview with LISP here.

Mercy Dash – Shortlisted Retreat West Photo Flash Challenge Scroll down to find the story

Poetry

Wanton Boys – The Wild Word (October 2019)

First Christmas – The Wild Word (December 2018)

Not an Emergency – Highly commended Poetry Nook

Five – Milestones, the Poetry Anthology

This City – Anthesiology (2020)