April 2010 Kindling commended by Liz Lochhead in the 2010 Wigtown prize
September 2009 When I lived alone commended by Robert Crawford in the Robert McLellan Competition, 2009.
June 2009 ‘bone song’ shortlisted in the inaugural Michael Marks Pamphlet Award
December 2008 1st prize in the 2008 Troubadour Coffee House Poetry Competition for Colony Collapse Disorder. See the Coffee House Poetry website
April 2008 Commissioning of the poem Seven Nights of Uncreation following an open competition by The Arts Council England, as part of a project commemorating the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, 1807
March 2008 Tree Dreams shortlisted in The National Sonnet Competition
May 2004 3rd Prize, Strokestown International Poetry Competition for The Sangreal
December 2003 Walking the Dog – Best Dressed Poet 2003 (!)
June 2002 The Sarah James Poetry Prize, Queen Mary College for The Most Dangerous of All