poetry

AWARDS

“My mum loves a good portmanteau”

February ‘26

Commended for TPW Poetry Prize 2026

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“dead cat taught me displacement”

September ‘25

Third Prize for Dead Cat Poetry Prize 2025

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SELECTED POEMS

“Québec blue”

Upcoming - May ‘26

Cathexis Northwest Press - May/June 2026 Issue

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“Odd”

April ‘26

Dualis Literary Magazine - Issue 1

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“On the Semiotics of”

April ‘26

Poetries in English Magazine – Issue 1.8

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Two Poems

Upcoming - April ‘26

& Change - No. 12

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Three Poems on Musical Instruments

March ‘26

Moving The Coin: A Collection of Working Class Writing – Scottish Working Class Network x Kelvingrove Writers

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“Straight men surround me admiring my mullet”

March ‘26

Queer Words - Issue 1

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“The Rite of Spring”

February ‘26

The Paper @ Good Press - February 2026 Issue

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“Boy-self” - with artwork from Allen Thangkiew

January ‘26

Half and One

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“poisson d’avril” - with artwork from Thomas Vogt

December ‘25

Ignatian Literary Magazine - Issue 38.1

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“Food-loathing”

November ‘25

Hare’s Paw - Issue 25

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academic

AWARDS

RSNO Dynamo Scholarship

February ‘26

100-hour paid work placement in the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s External Relations department.

Stevenson Exchange Scholarship

May ‘24

£1800 awarded by the Stevenson Exchange Committee towards a blog project (Association de la musique écossaise) for a commitment to serving as an ambassador for Scotland’s cultural patrimony whilst on exchange at Sorbonne Université IV, Paris.

Zero Gravity Scholarship

Sept ‘22

£3000 awarded by Zero Gravity upon successful completion of a mentorship programme with a student reading music at Durham.

Young Classical Writers Prize - 2nd Prize

June ‘22

£250 award for a 2nd Prize essay on Poulenc’s Cello Sonata (“Write the music that pleases you”) for the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Classical Writers Prize.

PUBLICATIONS

Editor & contributor

Association de la musique écossaise

September ‘24 - June ‘25

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“Write the music that pleases you”

Royal Philharmonic Society

June ‘22

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appearances

COMING SOON…