Resume

Qualifications:

2001-Present Freelance Writer
2011-Present Tutor, Creative Writing (CECC and Camp Creative, Bellingen)
2001 MA Professional Writing (UTS)
1990 Graduate Diploma Social Ecology (UWS)
1988-1993 Principal, Libby Sommer Productions Pty Ltd
1977-1988 Assistant Producer, Dramas and Documentaries (ABC TV)

Awards:

Lost in Cooper Park (novel) notable entry Disquiet Literary Contest 2018
Lost In Cooper Park (novel) notable entry Seizure's Viva La Novella Competition 2018
My Year With Sammy, (novella) winner Society of Women Writer's Fiction Book Award 2016
The Foreign Speaker novel-in-progress made Final Shortlist of Varuna Residential Fellowship 2016
My Year With Sammy, (novella) one of six shortlisted manuscripts in Seizure's Viva La Novella Competition 2015
My Year With Sammy, (novella) longlisted for the Mslexia Memoir Competition in the UK in 2014
It's Pot Luck When You Move Into A Unit, winning entry in the UTS Alumni Short Short Story Competition 2014
Morning Storm, Outstanding Essay Certificate, Black Dog Institute 2008
Joint winner Waverley Council Haiku Contest January 2007
The Usual Story (novel), Emerging Writers Grant for New Work, Literature Board, Australia Council, October 2006
The Usual Story (novel) short-listed for Varuna/Harper Collins Award for Manuscript Development, February 2005
The Usual Story (novel), Emerging Writers Grant for New Work, Literature Board, Australia Council, October 2004
Stories from Bondi (novel) short-shortlisted for Varuna/Harper Collins Award for Manuscript Development. February 2003
Stories from Bondi (novel) developed as part of Varuna Emerging Writer’s Mentorship Program with Amanda Lohrey, (Australia Council) August 2000
Stories from Bondi (novel) shortlisted and highly commended for the DJ O’Hearn MemorialFellowshipWriter-in-ResidencyMelbourne University 2000
It’s All in the Rhythm (story) shortlisted CanberraNatShortStoryAwards 1999
Bronte Café (poem) shortlisted Waverley Council Shifting Sands Comp 1998