May 2016: Awarded residency at Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales

• February 2016: Awarded residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamakerrig

• August 2014: ‘Keeper of the Keys’ longlisted Over The Edge, Galway

• March 2014;: ‘A Perfect Prayer’ shortlisted for Hennessy award

• 2013: Awarded Cecil Day Lewis Literary Bursary for emerging writer by Kildare Co.Council

• October 2013: ‘The peace of Evening’ Ist prize, James Plunkett award: Writers Union

• 2013: ‘Waiting’ longlisted for a WOW award

• 2013: ‘Freezing Raspberries’ longlisted Over The Edge

• March 2013: ‘A Perfect Prayer’: selected for New Irish Writing, Irish Independent

• 2012: ‘Love and chocolate’ shortlisted Jonathan swift Saggart

• 2012: Boy on a Window Ledge’ long and shortlisted Over the edge, Galway

• 2011: ‘Boy on a Window Ledge’. Selected by Nuala Ni Conchubair for ‘Lonely Voice’ readings in the Irish Writers centre

• 2010: ‘Waiting’ long and shortlisted in Over the edge New Writer of the year competition

• 2009: ‘Woman walking in Nassau St’: chosen for ‘Stories for the Ear’ by Neil Donnelly for K.C.C.

• 2009: ‘Snapshots’ long listed in Fish short story competition

• 2007: ‘Tick – Tock’ winner of humorous essay section Writers week originals Listowel

• 2007: ‘Tryst’ selected as runner up in RTE/ Poolbeg competition ‘Do the Write Thing’

• 2004: ‘Tryst’ short-listed to last ten in internat. section of British ‘Real Writers’ comp.

• 2004: ‘No More Flowers’ won first prize in short story ‘Cecil Day Lewis’ Literary competition