Writers cling to these for reassurance, the way swimmers in rough waters cling to flotsam.
Awards and flotsam help keep everyone afloat.
Australian Society of Authors Mentorship Awards – Poetry winner, 2018
Dorothy Porter Award for Poetry in Meanjin – Third prize for ‘Flight’, 2016
The Short Story Prize – UK – First prize for ‘Say a Prayer’, 2013
The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes – USA – Second prize for ‘Passover’, 2006
Macquarie University – Fred Rush Convocation Prize, 2005
Macquarie University – VC Commendation for postgraduate coursework, 2005
