- WRITER -
I have always written stories and poems. I have not always submitted them for publication or for competitions. I still don't always. I am a sporadic submitter at best.
Since returning to writing with serious intent in 2019, I have had some success when I do get around to submitting work. These are some of the works that have caught the eye of editors and judges.
Poetry
Curated
The Science of Seduction
Meniscus
Volume 11, Issue 1
2023
The hinge on the garlic press is loose
JAKE
22 December 2024
Democracy Tastes Like a Cheap Sausage on White Bread
The Bunyip, 23 March 2026
The Bunyip requires a subscription to read. Click the image to read the poem on my blog instead.
Zine 1, Paraxysm Press 2025
Zine 1 is not available online and is no longer in print. Click the images to read the poems on my blog instead.
Pasta Divination
Streetscape Adelaide
Brave
Mindshare
October 2024
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InDaily
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You are Here
Outside a Library
Say Love
Lettuce Eat
Him
Always Look on the Bright Side of Gorecki
*This poem has been taken down from the InDaily site. You can read it on my blog instead. Or, listen to me read it on Vision Australia Radio.
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry
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Life's Theatre
Light Night
The Flow
Choose Your Own Adventure
Our Jagged-edged World
God Shrugs
Haiku 4 U
These works were included in the Haiku 4 U project in Canberra in 2023. Click the image to view all five poems.
Flash
Contest Winners
The Real World Isn't What I Thought It Was
2025 Totally Lit Micro Fiction Prize
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Common Scents
October 2024 Writers' Hour Magazine
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Fred is Lost
2024 Mindshare Creative Writing Awards
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Runners Up
Ghost of a Chance
Wakefield Weekly Writing Competition November 2024
What We Lose on the Swings
2024 Totally Lit Micro Fiction Prize
An earlier version of this story was long-listed for Furious Fiction August 2024
Short Listed
Alyssa Finds Her Way
2024 Mindshare Creative Writing Awards
Come to the Window
Furious Fiction
May 2021
Long Listed
Winning Scientifically
Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction July 2023
I have had a total of 14 stories long-listed in Furious Fiction, from my very first attempt in December 2019 with a story titled A Letter from Santa, to most recently in March 2026 with my story Day 84. Some of these stories are available to read on my blog at Wordpress. Others I am editing to submit elsewhere.
Curated
A Chair is Just a Chair
Mindshare Creative Writing October 2024
Click here to read Pam's take on Joy included in Nick Cave's Red Hand Files "Joy Files" September 2024.
TIP: CTRL+F "Pam" - of the 7 results, it's number 3. FUN FACT: 5 of the 7 results are "dopamine".
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