Competitions
2022
- Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted for Times Chicken House Books Competition, 2022
- Work-in-progress novel, ‘The Drowning Town’, Longlisted for 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 for 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 for the Fresher Writing Prize 2020, 2020
2019
- Work-in-progress novel shortlisted for Adventures in Fiction’s New Voices Award, 2019
- Honourable Mention for the short story, “What we could have been”, in 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:
