Winner of Writers.inc Writers of the Year Award 2008 (sponsored by Arts Council, England) in 2 categories
i) Childrens story 12 16 for Kill the Cockroaches inspired by the life story of a Rwandan refugee
ii) Journalism for Hutongs in Beijing
Runner up in Chapterone International Short Story competition 2006 for A Spotticelli Angel
Runner up in Independent/Bradt travel competition 2007 for My White Lady an account of Trinidad carnival
Runner up in Cinnamon Press short story competition 2009 for Saddleworth Moor
Runner up in Narrative short story award 2009 (US) for The Three Bishops
Runner up in Guardian Summer Travel Writing Award for Dancing on the Streets, article on Notting Hill Carnival (published Guardian Sept 2009)
Highly Commended in Shorter Short Story competition of the Winchester Writer's Competition 2009 for Foucault over the Garden Fence
Runner up in The New Writer Prose and Poetry prizes 2010. Novella Category for The Spotticelli Angel
Commended and published in the Leaf Books memoir competition/anthology 2010 for Legs Eleven, Go to Heaven
Runner up in the Chapterone Promotions 2010 Novel competition for A Spotticelli Angel
Honorable mention in Writer's Digest Competition (US/2010) magazine feature category for Back Streets of Beijing
Runner up in Yellow Room short story competition 2010 for Foucault over the Garden Fence and Google
Runner up and published in Leaf Books travel writing Competition 2010 for Return to Sri Lanka 2010
Runner up in Kuoni/Telegraph travel writing competition 2010
Runner up in UKA Opening Pages 2010 - A Spotticelli Angel
Runner up in Legend Writing Award 2010 for Foucault over the Garden Fence
Runner up in Chorley Writing Award 2010 for Little White Lies
Runner up in Cinnamon Press short story award 2011 for Hosanna in Mare Street ( to be published 2012)
Third prize in Winchester Life Writing 2011 for A Spotticelli Angel
Highly commended in Winchester Echo Feature Article 2011 for The Holy City of Sanliurfa
Commended in Winchester shorter short story 2011 for Foucault over the Garden Fence
i) Childrens story 12 16 for Kill the Cockroaches inspired by the life story of a Rwandan refugee
ii) Journalism for Hutongs in Beijing
Runner up in Chapterone International Short Story competition 2006 for A Spotticelli Angel
Runner up in Independent/Bradt travel competition 2007 for My White Lady an account of Trinidad carnival
Runner up in Cinnamon Press short story competition 2009 for Saddleworth Moor
Runner up in Narrative short story award 2009 (US) for The Three Bishops
Runner up in Guardian Summer Travel Writing Award for Dancing on the Streets, article on Notting Hill Carnival (published Guardian Sept 2009)
Highly Commended in Shorter Short Story competition of the Winchester Writer's Competition 2009 for Foucault over the Garden Fence
Runner up in The New Writer Prose and Poetry prizes 2010. Novella Category for The Spotticelli Angel
Commended and published in the Leaf Books memoir competition/anthology 2010 for Legs Eleven, Go to Heaven
Runner up in the Chapterone Promotions 2010 Novel competition for A Spotticelli Angel
Honorable mention in Writer's Digest Competition (US/2010) magazine feature category for Back Streets of Beijing
Runner up in Yellow Room short story competition 2010 for Foucault over the Garden Fence and Google
Runner up and published in Leaf Books travel writing Competition 2010 for Return to Sri Lanka 2010
Runner up in Kuoni/Telegraph travel writing competition 2010
Runner up in UKA Opening Pages 2010 - A Spotticelli Angel
Runner up in Legend Writing Award 2010 for Foucault over the Garden Fence
Runner up in Chorley Writing Award 2010 for Little White Lies
Runner up in Cinnamon Press short story award 2011 for Hosanna in Mare Street ( to be published 2012)
Third prize in Winchester Life Writing 2011 for A Spotticelli Angel
Highly commended in Winchester Echo Feature Article 2011 for The Holy City of Sanliurfa
Commended in Winchester shorter short story 2011 for Foucault over the Garden Fence