Poetry Competitions
Highly commended, Ottakers Poetry Competition, 2004 (Picking Brambles)
Runner Up, BBC Wildlife Magazine Nature Poet of the Year, 2005 (Grey Seal, Loch Etive)
Highly Commended, William Soutar Prize, 2007 (Storm Babies) Judge, Tessa Ransford.
First Prize, ‘Inspired? Get Writing!’ National Galleries of Scotland, 2007 (For a Sister)
Highly Commended, ‘Inspired? Get Writing! National Galleries of Scotland, 2007 (The Ways of Owls.)
Highly Commended, ‘Inspired? Get Writing!’ National Galleries of Scotland 2008 (Two Men)
Runner Up, William Soutar Prize, 2009 (Pheasant) Judge, Robert Alan Jamieson.
First Prize, BBC Wildlife Magazine Nature Poet of the Year 2009 (A Murmuration.)
First Prize, The Plough Prize, Poem for Children, 2009. (Chinese Whispers)
Runner Up, The James Kirkup Prize 2009 (Pheasant)
Shortlisted, The Plough Prize, Poem for Children (Collective Nouns)
Local Prize, William Soutar Prize 2011 (What Part of No?) Judge Helena Nelson
Short Story Competitions
Highly Commended, William Soutar Prize 2008 (Whatever the Sea Brings) Judge, Laura Hird
Runner Up, ‘Inspired? Get Wrting!’ National Galleries of Scotland, 2009 (Adam)
First Prize, Shortbread Short Story Prize 2009 (With a Little Help from My Friends)
Third Prize, Ilkley Short Story Competition 2009 (Kiss) Judge,Jeremy Dyson.
Third Prize, Happenstance Short Story Competition 2009 (Aaaagh!) Judge, Janice Galloway.
Runner Up, ‘Inspired? Get Writing!’ National Galleries of Scotland 2010 (Allegory)
Runner Up, William Soutar Prize 2010 (Four Stages to Butterfly) Judge, Ron Butlin.
Poetry in Publications
Loch Creran , (The Scots Magazine,Oct 2009)
Sometimes I Just Say Oldham, (Pennine Ink 28)
Grey Seal, Loch Etive ( BBC Wildlife Magazine, October 2005 )
Discombobulating, (New Writing Scotland 25)
Storm Babies (A thin Bright Blade – Anthology of poems from the William Soutar Prize 2007)
‘And it’s Stewed Beef on Sundays’, ’A poetry Reading’ and ‘Deflowered’ (Pushing Out The Boat 8 )
For a Sister (Antholgy from Inspired? Get Writing! 2007/2008, National Galleries of Scotland)
For a Sister (The Scotsman, April 18th 2007)
A Saint for Small Kindnesses (One Leaf One Life 2008)
Three Ways to imitate a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Bards in the Bog, selected by Jen Hadfield 2009)
‘Full Moon’, Pantoum for the Lowly Earthworm’ and ‘Not Cawing but Singing’ (The Scrumbler, Issue 1, Summer 2009)
A Murmuration (BBC Wildlife Magazine, October 2009)
Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back, and, I’ll Give You Sorry (Markings 29, November 2009)
‘Street Light Aurora, Dundee,’ and, The S Word (Pushing Out The Boat, issue 9)
Barnacles (Northwords Now, Autumn 2010)
Poetry Online
Case Study (qarrtsiluni.com)
Even After Seven Halves of Cider (www.lightenuponline.co.uk, Autumn 2009)
Dandelion Clock ( Snakeskin Issue 165)
A Poetry Reading (www.lightenuponline.co.uk, Summer 2010)
Short Stories in Publications
Turning (Riptide, Issue 1)
Adam (Inspired? Get Writing Anthology, National Galleries of Scotland 2008/2009)
Towards the Light ( Pushing Out the Boat, issue 8, 2009)
Egg Races (Pushing Out The Boat issue 9, 2010)
Aaagh (Happenstance Short Story Competition Anthology 2009)
Short Stories Online
Whatever the Sea Brings ( laurahird.com)
With a Little Help From My Friends, And I Let the Fish Go and Night Swimming (www.shortbreadstories.co.uk)
Broadcasts
The Ways of owls (Radio Scotland’s Book Cafe, January 2009)
A Murmuration (Poetry Please, Radio 4, February 21st 2010)
Kiss (Opening Lines, Radio 4, 19th August 2010)
Festival Appearances
Bydgoscz Literary Festival 2009 (Poland)
Poetry Scotland Poetry Weekend 2011