Category: prizes
-
Arts Council England DYCP Grant

I recently completed my project period with an Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice grant. It was challenging, uplifting, renewing, affirming… all the -ings. But mostly it was a gear-change to start writing Middle Grade as well as picture books. There was a moment when I checked my email and realised I’d been awarded it.…
-
A Win at Winchester!

Really excited to announce that my picture book BOO-KIN, MORE MILK, AND THE MISSING MUMMY! received ‘Highly Commended’ from the judges at Winchester Writers’ Festival 2015. The Picture Book Category was judged by the lovely bunch at Little Tiger Press and I’m thrilled that they liked my manuscript. They said I had, “fresh narrative voice… fantastically fun…
-
Greenhouse Funny Prize 2014

My picture book text MR MUSTACHIO has been awarded third place in the Greenhouse Funny Prize. “a quirky, strong text, and an utter joy to read” Greenhouse are a leading agency and it’s amazing to have such great feedback from them about something I’ve written. They said MR MUSTACHIO was a “quirky, strong text, and an utter joy to read.”…