Poems: 2009
| Dec | “Poem Noir”, Aesthetica Creative Works Annual |
| Winter | “Airbag”, “A Venetian Mask”, “Button Surgery”, “Holy Ground” and “Measures”, Obsessed with Pipework |
| Dec | “Undine”, Champion Poems Anthology, from Sentinel Literary Quarterly, http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/champion_poems.php |
| Winter | “Chains”, “Thread”, Purple Patch |
| Winter | “A Rose”, “Rainflowers”, “Gerontius Today” , “Husbandry” and “Woodland Rain” Inclement |
| December | Coffee House Poetry Troubadour Competition website: “The Price of Chocolate” |
| November | “Eating our words”, Reach Poetry |
| Autumn | “Fairytale”, “Shore to Shore”: Decanto |
| October | “A thought experiment”, “Dandelion Clock”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Gratitudes”, Sarasvati |
| October | “Into, not from”, Blue Hyacinths Anthology |
| October | “On the Edge of Something”, “Snapshot” Matter |
| October | “Mathematics of Chrysanthemums”, Aspire |
| October | “Gran bought me a bike”, Chapter and Verse |
| October | “Eclipsed”, “The Final Stretch”, Candelabrum |
| October | “Burning Bush” e-zine. Little PinkShack at http://littlepinkshack.webs.com/poetry.htm |
| October | “Sky-clad“, The Frogmore Papers |
| September | “Stop”, streetcake e-zine: http://streetcakemagazine.com/index.html |
| July | “Small Holding”, Weyfarers #106 |
| June | “Sabretooth”, Envoi |
| June | “Planting Dorothy’s Garden”, The North #43 |
| May | “Proxima Centauri”, When the Tide is Right, anthology |
| May | “Conjuror’s Hat” and “The Lost and the Damned”, Monkey Kettle #31 |
| April | “Particles”, Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau, website |
| March | “Contact”, Skin Deep, anthology |
| March | “Foxssense”, Read This website |
| March | “A sky of accidentals”, Read This |
| February | “Late”, (published mistakenly as “Trucks”), Now Then |
| January | “Talk of the Town” and “Unawake”, Now Then |
Other publications 2009
| Winter | Review: Now Then |
| Autumn | Review: The North |
| Sept | Poem “E-valuation”, performed and exhibited at Haddon Library of Archaelogy and Anthropology, Cambridge |
| July | Review of Michael McCarthy’s “Cold Hill Pond“, in Now Then |
| March | Poetry reviews of River Wolton’s “The Purpose of Your Visit” and Ben Wilkinson’s “The Sparks” in Now Then |
| Spring | Short story: “The Silver Quill” in Words #60 |
Prizes and Awards 2009
| Dec | “The Cake Plate” First Prize in Speakeasy Poetry competition (Milton Keynes writers) |
| Dec | “See Kim Run” highly commended in Newark Poetry competition |
| Nov | “The Price of Chocolate” commended in Coffee House Troubadour competition |
| Nov | Shortlisted in Sheffield Off the Shelf “Birthday Letters” competition |
| Oct | One poem shortlisted in Torbay Poetry competition |
| Oct | “Poem Noir”, finalist and Highly Commended, Aesthetica Creative Works competition |
| Oct | “Gran bought me a bike” awarded Honours, “The Cake Plate” and “The Rest” Highly Commended, Trowell and District competition |
| Oct | Joint winner, “How to reject rejection”, Ladder Writers Article competition : http://ladderwriters.com/bonuswinner.shtml |
| Sept | One of several runners up, “e-valuation”, Cambridge Haddon Library poetry competition |
| Sept | “The Ogre’s Elevator”, highly commended in City of Derby short story competition |
| Sept | Achieved narrowed longlist for Cinnamon Press pamphlet competition |
| August 1 | “Undine”, Special Mention in Sentinel Literary Quarterly poetry competition |
| June | “See Kim Run”, shortlisted Chapter One Poetry Competition |
| July | “Overgrown”, longlisted, Virginia Warbey competition |
| July | “My Cup of tea”, shortlisted at Woodseats Literary Festival, Sheffield |
| June | “Skating Close”, submitted by Orbis for The Forward Prize: Best Single Poem in memory of Michael Donaghy |
| June | Awarded Arts Council England grant for “Poetry off the Page” project, June to Dec |
| May | “The Cake Plate”, commended and shortlisted in Grace Dieu Writers competition |
| May | “Consolations of the Geriatrics’ Porter”, Third Prize, Red Shed Open Poetry Competition |
| April | “Particles”, Third Prize and “chuckle bonus”, Jacqui Bennett Writers Bureau poetry competition. Published on website: http://www.jbwb.co.uk/nwp.htm |
| April | “Proxima Centauri”, Highly Commended, Norwich Writers’ Open Competition |
| March | “Sabretooth”, Runner up Envoi Poetry competition |
| March | “Near Crookes Cemetery”, Highly Commended Chesterfield Time Bank poetry competition |
| March | “Two Girls Binding Wood” Special Merit, National Galleries of Scotland writing competition, |
| March | “Walsingham: the Start of a Barefoot Mile” shortlisted for The Poetry Business Sheffield poem competition |
| March | Bank Street Arts: Appointed Resident Artist (Researcher in Creative Writing) |
| Feb | Editorial committee: Matter magazine, Feb to November |
| Jan | Poem “Skating Close”, 3rd place in Readers’ vote competition, Orbis #144 |
Readings 2009
| October | Tuesday Poetsat The Fusion Cafe, Sheffield, in Off the Shelf |
| October | Reading as part of the launch of Matter magazine Blackwells, Sheffield, in Off the Shelf |
| Sept | “e-valuation“, (but not read by me) at Haddon Library Prize ceremony, Cambridge |
| Sept | Guest reading of Louise Wilford’s “Walking Round Elsecar Reservoir”, 3rd placed for The Poetry Business Sheffield Poem, Millenium Galleries, Sheffield |
| July | Woodseats Festival,Sheffield |
| June | Broomhill Festival Open Mike,Sheffield |
| April, June, Oct, Nov | Speakeasy Open Mike, Sheffield |
| May | Prize reading at Red ShedPoets, Wakefield |
| May | Prize reading at National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. (Unfortunately illness prevented me doing this, so my prize poem was read on my behalf) |
| March | Word Life, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield |
| March | Prize reading at Parish Centre, Chesterfield |
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