Writing Resume

Literary Agent:
Emily Sylvan-Kim, Prospect Agency http://prospectagency.com/

Recent Successes:
Winner of the Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition, 2006

Published work:
The Wrong Shoe, Sunday Star Times, 2006
Vauxhall on fire. DNA design Christmas Gift, 2005
Newlywed. Dramatised for National Radio, 2005.
Stepping on Cracks. The New Zealand Listener, 2004.
Freckles. Wrinkles. CPI papers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2003
Pod, Creative Juices, ed. Emma Neale, Harper Collins Publishers, Auckland, New Zealand, 2002
Three Brief Encounters, Sport//27, Wellington, New Zealand, 2001
Trapeze, Takahe 40, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 2000 (also accepted for publication in Sport)
Baby, Takahe 40, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 2000
Crib, Takahe 39, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2000
Borscht, Takahe 39, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2000
The Birds, Takahe 39, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 2000
At the (York) Bay, Writing and Presenting, a textbook for senior school, ed. Linda Burgess, Sanadra Mohekey, Alan Cox. Longman Pearson, New Zealand, 1997.

Other Writing Projects:
Roadslappers, a spoken word performance, Wellington Fringe Festival, 2001 (funded by Creative Communities grant)
Roadslappers magazine and website, 2001 (funded by Creative Communities grant)
Poetry for Real, a spoken word performance, Wellington Fringe Festival, 2000 (funded by Creative Communities grant)

Courses and programmes:
NZSA manuscript assessment programme: My manuscript was one of ten accepted for a free appraisal.
Mark Doty Memoir Writing Workshop, IIML, Victoria University of Wellington, 2004
Writing Short Films, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA, 2002
Short Fiction Workshop (CREW 254), IIML, Victoria University, 2001
Poetry Workshop, VUW Continuing Education, 1999 and 2001

Writing Groups:
Wellington Writers' group, 2005-present
Chelsea Writers' Collective, Chelsea, New York City 2002-2003
Soho Writers' Group, Soho, New York City 2001-2002
Poetry for Real, Wellington, 1999-2001