"The Art of Tear Eating and Other Non-Predatory Behaviours"
Pulp Literature, Winner, 2024 Hummingbird Prize (flash fiction)- July 2024- print pub pending Issue 45, Winter 2025
(judges comments: “I loved the juxtaposition of scientific facts about butterflies with the painful reality of life with another human whose shared traumas don’t always align in peace and love. The story’s throughline felt poignant, and the interspersed musings about tear eating as both a metaphor and an actual plot point was unique and stunning.“ )
Blank Spaces Flash Fiction Contest Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-summer 2023-Shortlist
WestWord Prize (Retreat West's Journal) - Aug 2023- Longlist
LISP (London Independant Story Awards) -Oct 2023- selected for Anthology (but did not proceed as piece had also advance elsewhere concurrently and so sadly author had to decline the publication offer).
"Minutes Lost with Death's Doubt & Other Unplanned Sunsets"
Pulp Literature, 1 of 2 Longlisted pieces for the 2023 Raven Short Story Contest- Nov 2023
Blank Spaces Magazine, Shortlisted , 2023 Fiction Anthology Contest- Nov 2023- appears in Print Anthology spring 2024
Pulp Literature, 1 of 2 Longlisted pieces for the 2023 Raven Short Story Contest- Nov 2023
"Will You DSM Me?" READ on The Phare website
Shortlist -Aesthetica Magazine's -2023 Creative Writing Award-pub in print Anthology out Dec 2023
Solstice Literary Magazine - 2022 Literary Contest-Fiction- shortlist - July, 2022
publication online Summer 2023 Issue The Phare- July 2023
"If Today Was Our Last Day"
Pulp Literature, Longlist , 2024 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Prize- March 2024
"Floccinaucinihilipilification" READ for FREE on this site (go to READ page)
1st Place Gold Medal Winner & Publication-Blank Spaces Flash Fiction Contest-Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly) - March 2020
First published in June 2020 print Issue Blank Spaces Magazine . $5 FEE to download digital copy of issue.
This piece was also included in Blank Spaces Just Words, Vol 4, Anthology - Alanna Rusnak Publishing - Sept, 2020
"To Breathe Absent the Presence of Others" READ for FREE on Barren Magazine's website
Barren Magazine - publication online - Issue 20, March 2022 (full version)
Spider Road Press - 2020 Spider Web Flash Fiction Contest- Honourable Mention & Publication-July 2020
First published Dec 2020 online at Spider Road Press (abbreviated version at SRP to fit 750w competition)
"Ten Years of Bravado" READ for FREE on Blank Spaces Magazine website
BlankSpaces Flash Fiction Contest Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-2nd Place Silver Medal Winner
Publication online May 2023 (follow link above to read story)
"Back To The Start" READ for FREE on Bulb Culture Collective website
First published July 2021, online, issue 3, Second Chance Lit (journal now shuttered)
Blank Spaces Flash Fiction Contest-Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-Shortlist - Sept, 2019 ( Literary Arts Magazine)
(reprint) publication online - Bulb Culture Collective - Nov 10, 2023
"The Watcher Nurtures His Own Garden's Secret" READ for FREE on National Flash fiction Day website
National Flash Fiction Day, Flash Flood Journal 2021 (10th Anniversary edition)
First published Sat July 26, 2021 as part of Flash Flood's online event (as well as archived online post event)
"A Kiss for Weeping" READ for FREE on Exposition Review 's website
Exposition Review, 2022 Flash 405 Competition -(3rd place) Honourable Mention & online publication -June 20, 2022
(judges comments: "The little details of this story drew me in immediately as a reader, as they indicate how well the narrator knew and cared for the “you” portrayed. The story is fast-paced but reflective. I thought the author used the “escape” theme in a way that is really unique. The narrator’s loved one, who physically “escaped,” clearly left the narrator in a state of grief. I found it interesting how the narrator’s memories are held “hostage” throughout this piece, and there’s both this comfort in remembrance but also hunger to escape one’s memories. The ending surprised me, but it is powerful and made me want to reread this piece. ")
"Another Door Closes" READ FOR FREE on WestWord (substack link: https://westword.substack.com/p/another-door-closes )
publication online August 2023, Issue 3, WestWord Journal (Retreat West)
"Born Knowing" READ for FREE on Paddler Press site- need to scroll to page 40
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, Winter 2023 - Top 20%
publication print & online, Issue 9 "Grace Notes" July 2023, Paddler Press
"Weightless Words Meant for Letters" READ for FREE on Blank Spaces Magazine website
BlankSpaces Flash Fiction Contest Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-2nd Place Silver Medal Winner
Publication online Nov 2020 (follow link above to read story)
"Let Her"
publication online June 21, 2021, The Ekphrastic Review - shorter version. LINK to updated version pending
"Healing the Heart without Opening the Chest"
BlankSpaces Flash Fiction Contest Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-Winter-Jan 2023-Shortlisted
"My Shadow's Shadow" - See Creative Nonfiction page for publication link
Blank Spaces Flash Contest-Write Prompt Challenge (Quarterly)-Shortlist - Apr, 2019 (Literary Arts Magazine)
"Killing Time, Briefly Interrupted" READ for FREE on Fatal Flay Literary Magazine website
First published June, 2021, online Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, Vol 4 "Ritual" (follow link above to read story)
"If I Fell" READ for FREE on Nightingale & Sparrow website
Publication online and in print- Issue 12, "Lappel Du Vide" (call of the Void), Nightingale & Sparrow- Feb, 2022
"Finding Words in Stages" WATCH < 1 minute TRAILER FOR THE ANTHOLOGY HERE!
Blank Spaces 2021 Fiction Anthology, Top 8 (shortlist) of Short Story Competition "The Things We Leave Behind"- Print publication April 2022
LINK to order print Anthology Shortlist (top 8) announcement
Craft Literary - 2021 Short Fiction Prize - top 10% - July, 2021
Ruminate Magazine -2021 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize- Quarterfinalist - MAY, 2021
Review of Anthology with reference to Cheryl's piece:
"This is such a beautiful collection of short stories, where anyone can find something to relate with. My favourite quote is from Cheryl Skory Suma: "Loss is stressful. Damaging. Naturally, I've not been myself lately. Sadly, one can only delay life's turning moments for so long." How appropriate for the world we're living in currently. I highly recommend you get your hands on this book!..."
"Adrift off the Shore of Alzheimer Island".
Pulp Literature- 2022 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest- RUNNER UP (2nd) announcement -March, 2022
Publication 2022 Autumn Issue 36- Launch Nov 19- Link to Read the First Section Teaser (& link to full issue for purchase).
"Ten Years of Bravado"
Blank Spaces Magazine - Spring 2023 Flash Fiction Contest- Shortlisted
3 Flash Fiction
two pieces Longlisted, Pulp Literature 2023 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest
"Healing the Heart without Opening the Chest"
Pulp Literature-Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize 2023-Longlisted
Blank Spaces Magazine- winter 2022-3 Flash Fiction Contest- Shortlisted
"The Card"
entry #1- Pulp Literature 2022 Raven Short Story Contest- Longlist
"All that Fades"
entry #2- Pulp Literature 2022 Raven Short Story Contest- Longlist
"Forgotten Things""
Pulp Literature- 2022 Hummingbird Prize -Fiction- Longlist- July 2022
3 Flash - Born Knowing - A Trip to the Art Gallery Breathes Shades of Tragic Blue - The Strangers I have Known, the Wine Said
F(r)iction Magazine - 2021 Fall Literary Contest- Flash Fiction - Long-listed - March 2022
"The Strangers I Have Known, the Wine Said"
Blank Spaces Magazine- Writing Prompt Flash Fiction Contest - winter 2025-Shortlist - winner tba
Exposition Review - Flash 405 Contest 2020 (April) theme "Change in Perspective" -Finalist- June, 2020
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, 2022 - Top 20%
"A Trip to the Art Gallery Breathes Shades of Tragic Blue"
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, 2022 - Top 10%
"Two Flash-The Strangers I Have Known, the Wine Said - Adrift off the Shore of Alzheimer Island"
Ruminate Magazine-The Waking-2021 Flash Prose Prize - Semi-finalist - Sept 2021
"3 Micro-fiction: Back the to Start-Let Her-Healing the Heart without Opening the Chest"
River Styx -2021 Microfiction Contest - Semi-finalist - Aug 2021
"Walking Boys"
Five South - 2021 Short Fiction Prize - Shortlist - Sept 2021
"When I Ran From Nothing"-Submission #2
Blank Spaces 2021 Fiction Anthology Contest "The Things We Leave Behind"- Longlist - Oct, 2021
"Two Flash-The Strangers I Have Known, She Said- Back to the Start"
Pulp Literature- 2020 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest- Longlist- February, 2020
"2 Flash-Born Knowing-When I Ran From Nothing"
Pulp Literature- 2020 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize- Longlist - July, 2020
"Deja Vu's Shimmer" (novel excerpt)
Pulp Literature- "First Page Cage Match" - Dec 2023 Longlist
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