Writing CV

Books:

2012 – The Positively Productive Writer

2010 – (Contributor to) 100 Greatest Walks in Britain (by Country Walking magazine)

2009 – The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking.

2008 – The Bluffer’s Guide to Banking.

2007 – The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom.

2007 – Fundraising for a Community Project.

2007 – Best Walks in the Welsh Borders.

2005 – Puppytalk – 50 Ways To Make Friends With Your Puppy – over 13,200 copies sold.

2005 – Running A Writers’ Circle.

2004 – 100 Muddy Paws For Thought – 50,000 copies sold.

2003 – 100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human – 222,700 now copies sold.

Commercial Projects

“Crossing the Threshold” toolkit for the Hereford Diocese conference of the same name.

Click here to download the toolkit.

Articles:

Regular contributor to Country & Border Life magazine between 2004-2010.

Regular Contributor to The New Writer magazine since 2006.

Contributed numerous walking descriptions for Country Walking magazine.

Other feature articles published in Hotel, The Lady, SelfBuild & Design, Daily Express, Water Gardener, Dogs Monthly, Walking Wales, BBC CountryFile, In Britain, Heritage, Country Quest, Holiday Cottages, Cumbria & Lake District, People’s Friend and many more.

Short Stories:

Published in a variety of magazines including People’s Friend, Yours, Take a Break, Fiction Feast in the UK and Ireland’s Own in the UK and Ireland and That’s Life Fast Fiction in Australia.

Award Winning:

NAWG Open Short Story Shortlisted Certificate

2012 – Third Place – 5minutefiction.co.uk Valentine’s Day competition

2011 – Shortlisted – The First NAWG Open Short Story competition.

2011 – Shortlisted – Exeter Writers Circle Short Story competition

2009 – Top 5 – Write Space “Families” competition

2007 – First Prize – Doris Gooderson Short Story competition.

2006 – Award for Excellence from the Outdoor Writer’s and Photographer’s Guild for my features in Country & Border Life magazine.

Award for Excellence for Simon's features in COuntry & Border Life magazine

2006 – Third Prize in Swanley Scribblers Short Story Competition.

2006 – First Prize National Association of Writers’ Groups – Article competition.

2005 – First Prize in the County Signpost Travel Article competition.

2005 – First prize in the Shrewsbury Readers and Writers article competition.

2001 – Second Prize in the Derek Lomas Playwriting competition.

Foggy Morning Certificate

1998 – First Prize – Writers News magazine Foggy Morning short story competition.

©  Simon Whaley