GOOD NEWS!  
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October 2019
2nd Place - Stratford Festival/Rotary Short Story Contest
'Twelve Stops to Airport'

September 2019
Winner - Best Young Adult Novel
Muskoka Novel Marathon 2019
'A Chain of Broken Hearts'

July 2019
Finalist - Canadian Author's Association Poetry Contest (Niagara Branch)
'Baby'
This poem will be published in The Banister and released October 26th, 2019.

July 2019
Shortlisted (Finalist)
Eden Mills Writers Festival - Literary Contest Non-Fiction
'Just a Cuppa Coffee'

​June 2019
WINNER - 1st Place
South Simcoe Arts Festival Adult Short Story Contest 
'Moonlight with Tom Thomson' was judged by Brian Henry.

WINNER - Phyllis Smallman Award for Great Writing
South Simcoe Arts Festival 2019

May 2019 Shortlisted (Finalist)
2019 NOWW International Writing Contest in the Creative Non-Fiction category. 
​My story, 'Just A Cuppa Coffee' was judged by author M.G. Vassanji. 

September 2018 
Winner - Eden Mills Writers Festival - Fringe Festival
'Fairy Castle in the West'

August 2018
Shortlisted  - CAA Banister Poetry Contest
'Modern Love'
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​ 2018 Eden Mills Writers Festival. 
Winner - Fringe Festival
'Fairy Castle in the West'

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Eden Mills Writers Festival - September  9

                                  I was the Fringe Festival winner with 'Fairy Castle in the West' at the EMWF on September 9, 2018.                                                            
'Fairy Castle' is chapter 8 in       
Caught Between the Walls
Check it out at www.emwf.ca

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Upcoming Events

The Muskoka Novel Marathon
​in Huntsville
September 21 - Awards Ceremony

Niagara Falls Literary Festival
Niagara Falls Public Library
Public Reading and Book Sale
October 19

The Banister Book Launch
St. Catharines Public Library
October 26 
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​The Paintings and Art Shows

​Portfolio

'The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.'  Picasso

Get In Touch.

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