In this day and age, there is no escape from the painful task of self-promotion, so here’s an outline of what I’ve done so far and I hope it gives you an idea about the scope of my interests, experience and skills in the field of professional and creative writing.
My great passion is poetry. My verse novel, called The Tangled Web, was published in 1989 by Openbook Publishers under the pen-name of ‘Therese’. I have since had many poems published in both literary anthologies, journals, and popular magazines, including Poetrix, SideWAlk, Spindrift, Hobo, Tamba, Reflecting on Melbourne and Offset. In 2022, I self-published another verse novel, called Unforgiven (see below).
In 2026, I have been long-listed with two poems in the Roz Spencer Poetry Prize, one in the Liquid Amber Poetry on Fire competition, and will also have a poem published in the 2026 Hope Collection. In 2024, I was runner-up for the VC International Poetry Prize with ‘Remembering the Rain’ as well as having another two longlisted. All three poems were published in their collection, Moments. In 2023, I had two poems long-listed and published in the WA Poets Poetry D’Amour competition. Previously, my poems were long-listed and published in Liquid Amber’s Poetry of Encounter (2022) and Lockdown Poetry (2021). Also in 2021, I was awarded a commendation for the Melbourne Poets’ Union Prize and the Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition (UK). In 2020, I came third in the Victorian State Finals of the Australian Poetry Slam competition, and in 2024 came second in the Shepparton heat but relinquished my place in the finals for a variety of reasons.
