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This short story was selected for publication in the Embers Edition of Westword

The Eleventh Birthday Suit is a short story selected for publication in The Parracombe Prize 2025 Anthology.

A short story selected for 'Monsoon'. The National Flash Fiction 2025 Anthology.

This story was runner up in a Retreat Westword Competition in 2022. Now, it's been adapted by Holly Joyce into a short film.

Flash Story which was published in Westword Journal, August 2024. The theme of the issue was, 'Circus.'

This story won the January 2024 monthly micro competition from Retreat West. The theme was bark.

Long listed for walk-listen and create. With the theme of 'Healing Trees'. https://urbantreefestival.org/writing-competition-top-24/blog-post-title-four-e4hpr

A flash story published in the 4th edition of Westword Journal. The theme was 'Hope'. You can read it here:- https://westword.substack.com/p/germinating-a-tiny-hope You can access the full edition and the other 8 stories here:- https://westword.substack.com/p/edition-4-december-2023

This piece was the winner of the first Kettering Litfest short story competition. The theme of the contest was, 'Change.'

This flash story was published on the National Flash Flood Day 2023.

This short story was long-listed in Flash500 competition and then with further editing, reached the shortlist of Farnham Flash Fringe Competition July 2023.

A prose poem recently published in Kith Review Magazine. https://janfortune.com/kith-review/ Songs for Recovery is a personal poem which was begun after my husband was recovering from an illness which put him on a life support machine. Thankfully he is now well. But I believe the process of writing this poem helped me to get through some difficult times and realise how important nature is to our well-being.

A festive short story which was short listed for the Retreat West Christmas Competition

My short listed story from Hastings Writers Room on the theme 'Missing'.

One of the selected stories for 'Turning Point'...an anthology of life changing moments from Exisle Publishing.