Competitions and Publications

Competitions

• 2025

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘Don’t Kill the Bride’, Shortlisted, I Am in Print’s 2025 Writing Competition- Crime/Thriller, 2025
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘FairyCon’, Longlisted, Retreat West’s First Chapter Competition, 2025
• 2024

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘FairyCon’, Top 100, Cheshire Children’s Novel Prize, 2024
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘FairyCon’, Longlisted, ChickenHouse OpenCoop Submissions, 2024
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Top 100, Bath Novel Award, 2024
• 2023

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted, Bath Children’s Novel Award, 2023
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘FairyCon’, Honourable Mention, Writing Digest’s 92nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, 2023
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Shortlisted, Gollancz Open Submissions competition, 2023
• 2022

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted, Times ChickenHouse Competition, 2022
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted, Guppy Books YA Open Submissions, 2022
• 2021

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, wins full ‘The Monster’ Manuscript Critique with The Writer and The Wolf, 2021
  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted, Adventures in Fiction’s Spotlight First Novel Award, 2021
• 2020

  • My short story ‘The Witch of East Somerton’, published in Fudoki Magazine, 2020
  • My short story ‘The Selkie Warehouse’, published in Horrified Magazine, 2020
  • My short story, ‘Aiofe Tir Nar’, shortlisted, Fresher Writing Prize 2020, 2020
• 2019

  • Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Court of Moths’ Longlisted, Adventures in Fiction’s New Voices Award, 2019
  • My short story, ‘What we could have been’, Honourable Mention, Momaya Press’ ‘Trading places‘ competition, 2019
• 2016

  • My short story, “System Stable” was runner-up in Glasgow University’s ‘Science Fiction and Medical Humanities Competition’, 2016. Anthology originally published by Freight Books. (Republished by Shoreline of Infinity in 2019)
  • Escalator Prize Winner, National Centre for Writing, 2016
• 2014

  • TopWrite Scheme winner, Swanwick Summer School, 2014
  • Winner of IdeasTap and Mardibooks’ YA short story competition, ‘Hide It‘ 2014
• 2010/2011

  • “Cyclical” flash fiction was runner-up in Litro’s ‘Writing for the Underground’ competition, 2011
  • Orange Prize for Fiction, Young Adult Judge, 2010 

Anthologies:

You can find Hazel’s work in the following Anthologies:

• ‘System Stable’ – “A Practical Guide to the Resurrected” , published by Shoreline of Infinity

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• ‘What we could have been’ – “Trading Places” by Momaya Press