In 2003, I won the "Previously Unpublished" category of the inaugural Robbie Burns Poetry Competition with a poem titled Rain Wild Magic, and have since been actively writing, reading, workshopping and performing poetry. I won the A2O poetry competition (Australia) in 2007 and was a finalist in the Takahe national poetry competition in both 2006 and 2008.
I am a member of the New Zealand Poetry Society and host a monthly poetry feature for Women on Air, Plains 96.9 FM, where I get to talk with poets about their work and showcase their poetry to Christchurch and Canterbury listeners.
Click here to read The Wayfarer or Birdlings Flat or winter sun (a haiku)
2009 |
Fey and Backwards published in Takahe 68 Haiku, after the funeral, Highly Commended in the New Zealand Poetry Society International Haiku Competition 2009 and published in the NZ Poetry Society anthology, moments in the whirlwind The Begonias, published in the NZ Poetry Society anthology, moments in the whirlwind A Nor'west Season, Castle Rock and Ti published in Crest to Crest, Impressions of Canterbury Prose & Poetry, Wily Publications, October 2009. The Curve of the World published in JAAM 27, Wanderings, September 2009 do you and Tomo published in Blackmail Press 24: Secrets Conversations published in The Christchurch Press, 1 April 2009 Invited to be a guest reader at the Canterbury Poets Collective series of autumn readings, at Madras Cafe Bookshop, appearing on March 25th with David Howard and Marissa Johnpillai |
2008 |
Fey, Finalist in the Takahe National Poetry Competition Leaving and Boundaries published in Before the Sirocco, the New Zealand Poetry Society anthology 2008 Haiku, Silver Wedding Day Commended in the New Zealand Poetry Society International Haiku Competition 2008 and subsequently published in the anthology Before the Sirocco North published in Bravado 14 The Trojan Shore and Homing (Ithaca Conversations sequence) published in JAAM 26 Outback and Shout published in Poetry NZ 37 Haiku, May Day and Yellow Admiral published in the taste of nashi, the third New Zealand haiku anthology Generations and Ti published in the Blackmail Press special edition: "Crossed Cultures" (18 April 2008) You're Lucky, Cafê and White Night published in Foam:e 2008 The Trojan Shore and Homing (Ithaca Conversations sequence) published in JAAM 26. Read the review of JAAM 26 in the Otago Daily Times Belle Lettres column here |
2007 |
The Wayfarer, Orison and from the hill featured in Takahe literary magazine (Vol. 62) Rain, Commended in the Gum Blossoms (Australia) short poetry contest; published Scribbligum, July 2007 Castle Rock, published in The Christchurch Press, 18 July 2007 Argos, First; This is My Heart, Second, in the Alpha2Omega Poetry Competition 2007 (Australia); Birdlings Flat, published in The Christchurch Press, April 18, 2007 Art Deco, Highly Commended in the Scribbligum (Australia) short poetry contest; published Scribbligum, March 2007 Haiku, hanging out washing published as Kiwihaiku in the NZ Poetry Society journal, a fine line, March 2007 Invited to front a monthly programme for Women on Air, Plains (96.9) FM, featuring women's voices in poetry |
2006 |
The Wayfarer, Finalist in the Takahe National Poetry Competition My Dunedin, Highly Commended in the Yellow Moon (Australia) "Spirit of Place" Competition; published in Yellow Moon magazine, December 2006 (Volume 20) Haiku, winter sun... published in the NZ Poetry Society Anthology, Tiny Gaps, November 2006 New Zealand Dredge, Highly Commended in the Gems and Jewels Literary Competition (Australia) |
2005 |
Yellow Moon (Australia):
Guest Poet, Women on Air, Plains 96.9 FM, 24 September 2005 Wings, published in the Fugacity '05 Online Poetry Anthology, NZ Electronic Poetry Centre |