• Chosen as shortlisted winner in the Leonard A. Koval Memorial Prize Competition. Story to be published in 'Gem Street' by Labello Press in June 2012.

• Made it to the shortlist in the Doire Press Chapbook competition.

• First Prize in Christmas Chillers Competition

• Short story accepted by Wordlegs. To be published in the Spring 2012 issue

• Short Story chosen as monthly winner in A Vogel's 'A Story for Bedtime' Competition

• Short story shortlisted among five in the Fiction section of the Wasafari New Writing Prize 2011

• Short story accepted for inclusion in The Grey Sparrow Journal (U.S.)

• Flash Fiction piece shortlisted in Author Essentials Competition. Story to be included in anthology to be published by Indepenpress

• Shortlisted in the Over the Edge 2011 short story competition

• Prose piece to be included in Boyne Berries 10 in September

• Short story in top ten in Biscuit International Short Story Competition, 2011. The story will be included in the winners' anthology, which will be launched in late September

• Award Nominee for the PEN/O'Henry Award 2011.  Previous winners of the award include William Trevor, Steven King, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Woody Allen, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner

• Short Story shortlisted in Bryan MacMahon Short Story Competition in conjunction with Listowel Writers' Week

• Two short stories published in Fjords Journal

• Short story published in Words Undone 2011 Bumper Magazine

• Short story published in online magazine, Wordlegs

• Short Story published in Aesthetica Creative Works Annual 2011

• Short Story shortlisted in 2010 Christmas Chillers Competition

•  Chosen by 'The Long and the Short of It' as one among a dozen writers to attend a workshop given by John MacKenna at The Irish Writers' Centre.  Along with attendance of the workshop comes a space to write at the centre for the month of March.

2010

• 'On Hikers' Hill' awarded First Prize in ABook2Read Novel-Writng Competition, December 2010. Among the final Judges was The British Lyricist Tim Rice

• A finalist in the Aesthetica Short Story Competition (4,000 entries worldwide received)

• Short Story shortlisted in 2010 Christmas Chillers Competition

• 'Daisy Chains No More' shortlisted in the Highlands & Islands Short Story Competition, 2010

• Short Story in top three in competition run by 'In the Write Light' in conjunction with The Sunday Independent, October 2010

• Selected by The Lonely Voice monthly competition to read short story ‘The Land of the Ever Young’ at the Irish Writers’ Centre on November 25th

• Short Story longlisted by BBC Radio Drama

• Shortlisted for the Over the Edge competition 2010 Writersbillboard, August Short Fiction Winner

• Shortlisted for prize with Trinity College publication, 'College Green' 

• Shortlisted for the Limnisa Short Story Competition

• The Fish International Short Story Competition (Longlisted)

• Shortlisted for The Irish Writers' Centre's Lonely Voice, March

• 'On Hikers' Hill' very highly commended in UKA Opening Pages Competition, October 2010

• Christmas Chillers Short Story Competition 2009 - First Prize

• Directory for Writers Online Competition – September Winner

• Writersbillboard Firstchapter Competition – Winner

• The People’s College Writing Competition – three short stories (Shortlisted)

• The Fish Short Story Prize – (Shortlisted) 

• Short Story Radio Competition (UK) (Honourable mention)

• Limnisa writing Competition – short story (Runner-up)

• Hennessy Award – short story (Nomination)

2008

• Biscuit International Short Story Competition – Second Prize winner

• Cuirt New Writing Prize – (Nomination)