Awards

• The Straining Rowlocks:  Second prize – Tom Collins National Poetry Prize 2019
• The Light of Dawn:  Second prize – Scribes Writers Poetic Licence Awards 2019
• Involuntary Witness:  Shortlisted  –  Poetry Matters Competition 2020
• Migration of the Bar-tailed Godwits:  First prize – Scribes Writers Poetic Licence Awards 2020
• Sonnet of the Fire:  Highly Commended –  Scribes Writers Poetic Licence Awards 2020
• Flute Notes:  Commended – Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2020
• Generations of Ritual:  Commended –  WB Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia 2020
• Sonnet Set in Time:  First prize – Scribes Writers Poetic Licence Awards 2021
• Gang-gang:  First prize – Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2021
• The Buoyancy of Butterflies: Longlisted – Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2021
• A Redolent Revival: Commended – Robyn Mathison Poetry Prize 2021
• From Impermanence: First prize – Jean Stone Poetry Award 2022
• Musk Lorikeet in the Time of Covid: Longlisted – Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2022
• The Old Hume: Commended – Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition 2022
• Drifting Waters: Commended – Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition 2022
• Wedge-tailed Eagle: Third prize – Tom Collins National Poetry Prize 2023
• Protective Pinny: Commended – Silver Tree Poetry Competition 2023
• Route 66: Commended – Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2023
• Evenings of Moths: Commended – The Studio Prize 2023
• The Challenge of Algebra: Longlisted – Liquid Amber Poetry Prize 2024
• Verandah: First prize –Whitsunday Poetry Prize 2024
• Theatre Conjectures: Shortlisted – Whitsunday Poetry Prize 2024
• Run of the River: Longlisted – University of Canberra Vice Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize 2024