Writing Mentorship Award 2022

Treya looses everything in the economic crash of 2069 and is forced to accept housing in a seemingly rich and vibrant small town. As disturbing events and torture mount, he makes attempts to leave. The Director, a quirky and brilliant young woman, has far more fun and gruesome plans for him.

Drake Mason, an apprentice in London’s beleaguered river police, tries to challenge corruption in his beloved city only to find himself exiled by the duplicitous Lord Mayor – he must learn to work with the smugglers and reavers he once reviled to stand any chance of rescuing his imprisoned mother.

When Poppy’s novel is turned down by her dream literary agent, it is one rejection too far for her and she sets out to teach the agent what it feels like to lose what they value most. But a plan is one thing - carrying it out is very different and Poppy discovers that revenge comes at a cost.

A top-notch detective with anger management issues is forced to work with a quirky FBI serial killer expert with anxiety issues to find a serial killer before another teenage girl is strangled.

Two children who were accidentally kidnapped and adopted separately come across a partial memoir of their birth parents' quest to find them and now have to find a way to reunite with them without having to separate from their adoptive parents.

A fantasy novel set in a far flung rainforest colony, following Hieron, a child slave, from freedom to refuge and recognition of his extraordinary powers, connecting him to the consciousness of other animals, plants and even the earth itself.

CHEMO DURING A PANDEMIC is a memoir of how I managed (and also mis-managed) the balance between raising three small children, teaching virtually, and undergoing stage three breast cancer treatment all as the world seemed to fall apart in the spring of 2020.

Coco and her three-year-old son move back in with her widowed mother, Saskia, after losing job and boyfriend – but they haven’t talked in years and Saskia lives in a motorhome with two dogs. In short, this mother-daughter thing should be simple to fix, right?

After Yone hijacks a train to escape her totalitarian world, she discovers a shocking truth that sets her on a quest to unravel old mysteries, leading to the key to revolution. But Yone must find this key before the villainous matriarch can catch her.

Some invitations should never be accepted... A young man resists embracing a family legacy until he discovers it holds the key to saving humankind from being annihilated by an alien threat, but the Speakers have their own agenda and it doesn’t include Sol discovering his legacy.

Can two best friends raise their daughter together without feelings getting in the way? And how will Ben react when Alyssa starts going on Blind Date set up by her family? Will he finally confess his feelings for her or will he just let her go?

In the winter of 1942, in a world engulfed by nationalist hysteria, a journalist with emotional detachment struggles to find the undocumented Jewish refugee who is deceived by a callous spymaster before his displaced family is forced to leave Istanbul.

Eight different people from various walks of life have been left stranded at Dublin airport due to an approaching storm indefinitely delaying their flight to New York. Each one has a different reason for their trip and a different deadline waiting for them in New York.

Abandoned by their father and ostracised by their classmates, precocious and socially inept, Stevie struggles to contain their emerging sexuality. When Stevie's mother commits suicide the last threads holding the dysfunctional family together unravel fast and a dark family secret awaits.

A woman buys a gemstone necklace called the “Chameleon Stone” and travels back in time to colonial Philadelphia, 1780 where she is accused of murdering her husband. In her present life, her ex-boyfriend stalks her. She must be cunning and courageous to survive in both lives.

Diana escaped into a book that changed everything....across space and time...

Draeona has been rebuilding after the 500 Years War. With prejudices and fears still heightened, citizens of the four nations learn to coexist once again. But, when the balance is yet again threatened, a new group of protectors must be formed.

'Alf, a Male' is a contemporary coming of age story concerning a young man with OCD, exploring Alf’s struggles for independence as he faces life’s challenges. But when he meets a mysterious stranger, his ordered world begins to crumble.

Those chosen by the Gods must play the Game, and the Game has begun. As one walks into danger to find their purpose and destiny, the other tries to protect the nation they had founded. The princess and the soldier, two figures separated by time and space, finally meet and continue their journeys.

A girl is tricked into losing her baby and spends her life searching for the reasons and her own identity.