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Forward Prize 2007	Highly Commended
Mirehouse Poetry Competition 2010 "A Beauty" John Bunside, Judge.	1st Prize
Slipstream Poetry Competition 2010	2nd Prize
Yeovil Literary Poetry Prize 2009 “I very much admired the Second Prize poem, There’s a Graveyard near the Sea. Sonnet-length, with the title as the first line, this poem is urgently physical and beautifully detailed - we imagine the upright dead, pining for their fishing nets or bowls of dough. The ending amazingly turns the shocking into the tender.” Carol Ann Duffy, Judge.	2nd Prize
Ware Open Poetry Competition 2009	2nd Prize
Essex Open Poetry Competition 2008	2nd Prize
Academi Cardiff International Poetry Competition 2007	2nd Prize
Ottakar’s and Faber Poetry Competition 2006	The National Winner
Strokestown Prize 2005	Shortlisted