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
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
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.
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
