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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Over the course of my career, my work as a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and poet has received recognition from literary organisations, international film festivals, screenplay competitions and reviewers across the United Kingdom, the United States and beyond.

 

My writing spans novels, stage plays, screenplays, poetry collections and poetry films, with projects honoured through international awards, finalists' honours, nominations, official selections and editorial acclaim. While each work has followed its own creative journey, together they reflect a sustained commitment to telling stories that explore the human experience with honesty, compassion and authenticity.

 

This page brings together the principal awards, honours and professional recognition received across my body of work. Organised by individual project, it provides a comprehensive record of the achievements of my novels, screenplays, stage plays, poetry collections and poetry films, and will continue to be updated as new work is recognised.

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The Pebble Champion Novel

 

Major Awards

  • B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree – IndieBRAG Awards, USA (2024)

  • Winner – Best Book – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

  • Winner – Silver Award (Novel Writing Category) – LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, Delaware, USA (2022)

Finalists

  • Finalist – The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, UK (2024)

  • Finalist – Page Turner Book Awards, UK (2021)

  • Finalist Award – Outstanding LGBTQ Novel – Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards, USA (2021)

  • Finalist Award – LGBTQ Best Book – Readers' Favorite Book Awards, Miami, USA (2019)

Honourable Mentions

  • Honourable Mention – WriteMovies Spring Screenwriting Contest, Beverly Hills, USA (2021)

Nominations

  • Official Nominee – Action on Film Megafest International Film Festival & Writers' Competition, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

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​The Pebble Champion Feature Screenplay

 

Award Winners

  • Winner – Best Screenplay – Chicago Feedback Film Festival, Chicago, USA (2024)

  • Winner – Best UK Screenplay – Cambridge Script Festival, Cambridge, UK (2025)

  • Winner – Silver Remi, Best Adapted Screenplay – WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA (2025)

Platinum Honours

  • Platinum Screenwriting Award – LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, Houston, USA (2026)

Gold List

  • Gold List – British Independent Film Festival, UK (2025)

Nominees

  • Nominee – Best Feature Screenplay – Rome Prisma Film Awards, Italy (2024)

  • Nominee – Best Feature Screenplay – Hollywood Blvd Film Festival, USA (2024)

  • Nominee – Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada (2025)

Finalists

  • Finalist – Best British Screenplay – Best Script Awards, London, UK (2025)

  • Finalist – Los Angeles Screenplay Awards, USA (2025)

  • Finalist – New Renaissance Film Festival, London, UK (2025)

  • Finalist – Oxford Script Awards, UK (2025)

  • Finalist – Chicago Script Awards, USA (2025)

Semi-finalists

  • Semi-finalist – Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA (2025)

  • Semi-finalist – Wiki Screenplay Contest, Hollywood, USA (2024)

  • Semi-finalist – Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, USA (2025)

Quarter-finalists

  • Quarter-finalist – StoryPros Annual Screenplay Contest (2024)

  • Quarter-finalist – Page Turner Screenplays (2024)

  • Quarter-finalist – Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, USA (2025)

  • Quarter-finalist – Table Read My Screenplay – Cannes (2025)

  • Quarter-finalist – The Golden Script Competition, USA (2025)

  • Quarter-finalist – PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, USA (2025)

Honourable Mentions

  • Honourable Mention – Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, New York, USA (2024)

  • Honourable Mention – Los Angeles Movie Awards, Los Angeles, USA (2025)

  • Honourable Mention – Finish Line Script Competition, USA (2025)

  • Honourable Mention – Mediterranean Film Festival, Cannes–Milan–Athens (2025)

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – Hollywood Screenwriters' Showcase, Pinewood Studios, UK (2024)

  • Official Selection – UK Film Festival, London, UK (2024)

  • Official Selection – Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship, USA (2025)

  • Official Selection – American Screenwriting Conference, USA (2025)

  • Official Selection – LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival, USA (2026)

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​One of Us - Short Screenplay 

Award Winners

  • Winner – Best Short Screenplay of the Year – Rome Prisma International Film Festival, Rome, Italy (2022)

  • Winner – Best LGBT Screenplay – Cannes Film Awards, France (2022)

  • Winner – Best Screenplay – Hollywood Just4Shorts Film & Screenplay Competition, Hollywood, USA (2022)

  • Winner – Best First-Time Writer (Short Screenplay) – Oxford Script Awards, UK (2023)

Dragon List

  • Dragon List (Screenplays of Outstanding Quality) – International Film Festival of Wales (2022)

Nominees

  • Nominee – Best Technique – London Paper Screenplay Awards (2022)

  • Official Nominee – Miracle Makers International Film Festival, Hollywood, USA (2023)

Finalists

  • Finalist – Red Flight Pictures Screenplay Awards, Philadelphia, USA (2022)

  • Finalist – Paris Screenplay Awards, Paris, France (2023)

  • Official Nominee / Finalist – Lonely Wolf International Film Festival, London, UK (2023)

Semi-finalists

  • Semi-finalist – Best Short Screenplay – Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, California, USA (2024)

  • Semi-finalist – Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards, Los Angeles, USA (2024)

  • Semi-finalist – New York International Screenplay Awards (2022)

  • Semi-finalist – Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, California, USA (2022)

Quarter-finalists

  • Quarter-finalist – New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition (2022)

Honourable Mentions

  • Honourable Mention – Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Greece (2022)

  • Honourable Mention – Best Short Screenplay – Bowery Film Festival, New York, USA (2022)

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – Fort Myers International Film Festival, Florida, USA (2022)

  • Official Selection – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, USA (2022)

  • Official Selection – Amsterdam Freedom Film Festival, Netherlands (2022)

  • Official Selection – New York Script Awards, USA (2022)

  • Official Selection – Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, Germany (2023)

  • Official Selection – ScreenWriter's Launchpad Series Festival (2023)

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Genius - Stage Play

Finalist

  • Finalist – Welsh Young Farmers' Play Festival (National Competition), Wales (2000)

Productions

  • Brecon Theatre, Brecon, Wales

  • Hafren Theatre, Newtown, Wales (2013)​

 

 

 

 

 

​Red-Handed - Stage Play

Award Winners

  • Winner – 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival, Bali, Indonesia (2021)

  • Winner – Best Script Award Festival, London, UK (2021)

  • Winner – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

Semi-finalists

  • Semi-finalist – Script & Storyboard Showcase Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2021)

  • Semi-finalist (Stage Play Category) – Bull City International Film & Screenwriting Festival, Durham, North Carolina, USA (2022)

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – FilmBox International Film Festival (2021)

  • Official Selection (Short Script Category) – Hamburg Film Awards, Germany (2022)

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Advancing Backwards Poetry Collection

 

Published Works

Poems from Advancing Backwards have been selected for publication in more than 32 literary magazines, journals, poetry anthologies and literary websites worldwide.

 

Recognition

  • Poet of the Month – The Poets' Society, London, UK (2005)

  • Invited Reader – Poetry Café, Covent Garden, London, UK

 

Poetry Film

  • Official Selection – Like So – Visible Verse Poetry Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2013)

 

Other Recognition

  • "Consequence" was selected as the soundtrack for a student choreography assignment at Western Kentucky University, USA.

  • "How We Deal With It" was published in Beyond Queer Words, Germany (2021).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Window Spit Poetry Collection

 

Awards & Recognition

  • Finalist – Eyelands International Book Awards, Greece (2019)

  • Nominee / Finalist – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

 

Critical Acclaim

Described as "an intoxicating look at today's reality" by author Rosie Malzier.

 

Anthology Publications

Poems from Window Spit have also appeared in a number of anthologies and literary journals, including:

  • "Pivot Point" – The Joys of Ageing (Poets Choice, Mumbai, India)

  • "I Need to Know", "Pivot Point" and "Seismic" – The Rabble Review Literary Journal

  • "Party" – Dreamers Canzonet (The Linnet's Wings, Ireland)

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Poetry Films

​Poetry from Window Spit has also been adapted into a series of poetry films and video poems, receiving recognition at international poetry film festivals and short film competitions around the world.

 

Seismic

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Award Winner

  • Winner – Best Poetry Film (Creative Touching Concept) – 3rd Hottomela International Film Festival, Kolkata, India (2021)

 

Finalist

  • Finalist – Fentress Fest for Writers (2022)

 

Semi-finalist

  • Semi-finalist – Bologna in Lettere: Multidisciplinary Festival of Contemporary Literature & Video Poetry, Bologna, Italy (2022)

 

Nominee

  • Nominee – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

 

Official Selections

  • Official Selection (Super Short Film Category) – Hamburg Film Awards, Germany (2022)

  • Official Selection – Newlyn PZ International Film Festival, UK (2021)

 

The Chosen Few

 

Award Winner

  • Winner – Director's Choice Award – International Poetry Film Festival, Hollywood, USA (2022)

 

Finalists

  • Finalist – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

 

Quarter-finalist

  • Quarter-finalist – Serbest International Film Festival, Moldova (2022)

 

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – International Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece (2021)

  • Official Selection – International Art Film Festival, London, UK (2021)

 

 

The Letting Go

 

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

  • Official Selection – Cadence Video Poetry Festival, Seattle, USA (2020)


Distance

 

Award Winners

  • Winner – Best Micro Film – Roma International Short Film Festival, Rome, Italy (2022)

  • Winner – Best Film Poetry – So Limitless and Free International Film Festival, Quebec, Canada (2021)

 

Finalist

  • Finalist – Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan (2022)

 

Official Selections

  • Official Selection – Tri-State New York Film Festival, USA (2021)

  • Official Selection – Miracle Makers International Film & Writers' Festival, Las Vegas, USA (2021)

 

Pivot Point

 

Quarter-finalist

  • Quarter-finalist – Serbest International Film Festival, Moldova (2022)

 

Official Selection

  • Official Selection – Fotogenia Film Festival, Mexico (2021)

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CERTIFICATES
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Anthologies in which my poems have appeared
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SOME OTHER AWARDS RECEIVED

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