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I am a prize winning writer (I'd like to thank the man who walks past my window every day, the woman behind the counter in the Post office, the dog with the limp ...)
 
December 2006 - "100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human" nominated in the best book (Humour) category in the Dog Writers Association of America Writing Awards 2006.
 

October 2006 - Award for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers' Guild for my series of walks in Country & Border Life magazine.
 
September 2006 - 1st Prize in the National Association of Writers' Groups Article Competition
 

June 2006 - reached final 4 of NAWG article competition - decision announced Sept 2006.
 

April 2006 - 3rd Prize in the Swanley Scribblers Short Story Competition - Winter 2006
 

July 2005 - Short listed in the Frome Festival Short Story Competition
 

April 2005 -  1st Prize in the Shrewsbury Readers & Writers Literary Competition 2005 - Article Category 
 

March 2005 - 1st Prize in the Signpost Travel Writing Competition
 

July 2004 - Highly Commended in the National Association of Writers' Groups Short Story Competition
 

September 2003 - Short listed in the Writers News Postcard Competition
 

July 2003 - Short listed in the King's Lynn Writers' Circle Competition
 

In October 2001, my stage play Rambling On, was awarded second prize in the Derek Lomas National Playwriting Competition.    The organisers of the competition said "All the judges found 'Rambling On' a very enjoyable, good old-fashioned farce.  The joke of the footpath held up well, there were a number of good pieces of farce and the characters were well drawn, giving the actors something to work on.....

...it was easily the best comedy entered into this competition".
 

In April 1998, my short story Blindingly Foggy, won First Prize in the Writers News magazine short story competition. 
 
 
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