AWARDS
- Time and Time Again awarded first place in the Melton Short Story Competition (2011)
- Time and Time Again Highly Commended in the open short story section of THE LAND Henry Lawson Literary Awards (2011)
- Syntax Error Commended in the Melton Short Story Competition (2010)
- Survival, a collection of short stories, poems, and photographs by students at Victoria University
- Tales from 222, featuring short stories by Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing students
- Sub-editor of thee editions of SEED magazine in 2012 (around 56 pages of articles, reviews, fiction, advertisements and artwork)
- Eight-page feature article published in SEED magazine (May 2012)
- Review of Gamerunner published in SEED magazine (Feb 2012)
- Poem Letter to Vicky published in Platform magazine (Feb 2012)
- Reviews of Sektion 20 and Gamerunner published on the Caroline Springs and Melton Library websites, and Victoria University's student blog (Oct 2011)
- Page of six word stories and a poem published in Platform magazine (Sept 2011)
- Poem Letter to Vicky published in The Wordsmiths of Melton: Anthology of Poetry and Prose (2010) ISBN9780980284553
- Read my science fiction story, Slingshot, to students studying Short Story 2 at Victoria University (April 2012)
- Role-played a discussion between an editor (me) and an author (various volunteers) in front of second year editing students (April 2012)
- Spoke to students applying to study Victoria University's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing and answered questions afterwards. Received a lot of positive feedback from attendees and organizers (Dec 2011)
- Spoke to students applying to study Victoria University's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing and answered questions afterwards (Nov 2011)
- Presented an analysis of Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game, to students studying Novel at Victoria University (Sept 2011)
- Read my poem Letter to Vicky on stage at the Shire of Melton's Art Beat festival (Aug 2010)
- Managed door at Rotunda in the West events featuring Hannie Rayson and Ailsa Piper (June 2012); Michael Leunig (April 2012); Poetry Bus with Cate Kennedy and Kristin Henry (March 2012); The Philosopher (Raimond Gaita) meets The Footballer (Robert Murphy) (Feb 2012), John Clarke and Bryan Dawe (Nov 2011); welcoming quests, taking payment for tickets, collecting feedback forms, and spruiking Victoria University's short courses, the speakers’ books and forthcoming Rotunda events
- Hosted 'Creating and Maintaining a Blogger Blog' workshop at the Melton library (Nov 2011)
- Syntax Error Commended in the Melton Short Story Competition (2010)
BOOK/MAGAZINE PRODUCTION
- it's all about the writing, a collection of sixteen eclectic short stories available in print and as an eBook
- Edition thirteen of Platform, a magazine where students and emerging writers can be published beside names such as John Marsden, Cate Kennedy, Michael McGirr, Alice Pung, Brian Doyle, Paul Bateman, Tony Birch, John Weldon, Ben Pobjie, Paul Mitchell and many, many more
- Halliday History, a 205-page family history, including photos and an 8-page index
- Proofread emerging writer’s manuscript
- Edited an established writer’s CV and grant application
- Copy edited a number of articles SEED magazine and proofread the entire first issue for 2012 - 48 pages
- Edited an established writer’s CV and grant application
- Copy edited a number of articles SEED magazine and proofread the entire first issue for 2012 - 48 pages
PUBLISHED PIECES
- Editorial and short story Time and Time Again published in edition thirteen of Platform magazine (January 2013)
- Creative non-fiction Words on a Page published in Survival: the 2012 PWE anthology (November 2012)
- Feature article Creating and Maintaining a Twitter Account published in SEED magazine (October 2012)
- Various short stories published in Platform magazine (June 2012)- Eight-page feature article published in SEED magazine (May 2012)
- Review of Gamerunner published in SEED magazine (Feb 2012)
- Reviews of Sektion 20 and Gamerunner published on the Caroline Springs and Melton Library websites, and Victoria University's student blog (Oct 2011)
- Poem Letter to Vicky published in The Wordsmiths of Melton: Anthology of Poetry and Prose (2010) ISBN9780980284553
PUBLIC SPEAKING
- Introduced a speaker at Rotunda in the West's My Enduring Love Affair with Writing 2.0 event (November 2012)
- Explained the process involved in producing my collection of short stories, it's all about the writing, to class of Editing 2 students at Victoria University (October 2012)
- Lead discussion on David Eagleman and his collection of short stories, 40 Tales from the Afterlives, between a group of second year Short Story students (May 2012)- Read my science fiction story, Slingshot, to students studying Short Story 2 at Victoria University (April 2012)
- Role-played a discussion between an editor (me) and an author (various volunteers) in front of second year editing students (April 2012)
- Spoke to students applying to study Victoria University's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing and answered questions afterwards. Received a lot of positive feedback from attendees and organizers (Dec 2011)
- Spoke to students applying to study Victoria University's Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing and answered questions afterwards (Nov 2011)
- Presented an analysis of Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game, to students studying Novel at Victoria University (Sept 2011)
- Read my poem Letter to Vicky on stage at the Shire of Melton's Art Beat festival (Aug 2010)
EVENT MANAGEMENT
- Producer: Rotunda in the West goes to Art Day Out in Melton – a conversation between MC Bruno Lettieri and authors John Marsden, Michael McGirr and Sydney Smith (coming in Sept 2012)- Managed door at Rotunda in the West events featuring Hannie Rayson and Ailsa Piper (June 2012); Michael Leunig (April 2012); Poetry Bus with Cate Kennedy and Kristin Henry (March 2012); The Philosopher (Raimond Gaita) meets The Footballer (Robert Murphy) (Feb 2012), John Clarke and Bryan Dawe (Nov 2011); welcoming quests, taking payment for tickets, collecting feedback forms, and spruiking Victoria University's short courses, the speakers’ books and forthcoming Rotunda events
WORKSHOPS
- Making Hand-made Books workshop at Caroline Springs College (November 2012)
- Facilitated a day-long workshop for children and young adults, Making Hand-made Books, at the Melton Shire’s Art Day Out Festival (Sept 2012)- Hosted 'Creating and Maintaining a Blogger Blog' workshop at the Melton library (Nov 2011)
MEDIA EXPOSURE
- Mention in newspaper for winning the Melton Short Story Competition (2011)
- Mention in newspaper for Syntax Error being high commended in the Melton Short Story Competition (2010)
- Mention in newspaper with then writing group, The Wordsmiths of Melton
- Member of the Wordsmiths of Melton writing group for 18 months commencing June 2010, acted as 2IC for the last four months before leaving in Feb 2012
- Writers Victoria (previously VWC)
- Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
- Australian Society of Authors
- Mentions in The Star, Your Weekly and Melton Leader newspapers for releasing eBook short story collection, it's all about the writing
- Mention in Jan-Feb (2012) issue of The Victorian Writer for winning the Melton Short Story Competition (2011) with Time and Time Again- Mention in newspaper for winning the Melton Short Story Competition (2011)
- Mention in newspaper for Syntax Error being high commended in the Melton Short Story Competition (2010)
- Mention in newspaper with then writing group, The Wordsmiths of Melton
OTHER
- Facilitated my local writing group, The Wordsmiths of Melton, for two months while the leader was ill- Member of the Wordsmiths of Melton writing group for 18 months commencing June 2010, acted as 2IC for the last four months before leaving in Feb 2012
MEMBERSHIPS
- Shire of Melton Arts and Culture Committee- Writers Victoria (previously VWC)
- Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
- Australian Society of Authors
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- youTube
