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.

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?

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?

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.