Pleased and overwhelmed that I made it into the final 6 shortlist for the WriteMentor awards for my middle grade horror adventure novel

I made it onto the Longlist for the WriteMentor awards, in collab with Bonnier Books with my spooky adventurous middle grade novel

I was one of the winners for the 2023 Kids' Choice KidLit Writing Contest for my YA twisty dystopian 200 word story. I’m extremely happy as it’s the 2nd year in a row. Yay!

I won a place as a mentee on the 2022 picture book summer mentoring programme with WriteMentor. I had the honour of working with my mentor Emma Pearl who was extremely supportive and together we polished many picture books ready for querying and the WriteMentor showcase.

Huge congratulations to Golden Egg Award winner Sabrina Shah!

Sabrina impressed Golden Egg Award judges Simon James Green and Serena Patel with her middle grade spooky story to win a place on the The Golden Egg Academy’s Write Your Successful Children's Novel 12 week course.

She has also completed the Writing for Children and Young Adults 12 month course 2023.

I won the 12 x 12 Picture Book Challenge Diversity Scholarship 2022. It has allowed me to develop my writing skills and be part of an amazing, supportive community.

The Great Reset, my YA dystopian short story made it to the shortlist of the Write Mentor ‘Journey’ themed competition.

I won a top 5 place in the Young Adult category. This is the first ever contest where children across the globe get to judge the entries. This short 200 word story had amazing feedback and the resounding request was “write the book!”

Proud to be a member of this global community of writers, illustrators and other industry professionals working towards a more inclusive world through the power of children’s literature.

My submission won a place at the Austin Texas SCBWI Writers and Illustrators working conference 2022. Great to be amongst other amazing writers and championing diversity in publishing.

I was offered a place on the Connections scheme with Charlesbridge Publishing and was paired with editor Alyssa Pusay. I was honoured to speak with her and get amazing feedback on my submitted picture book manuscripts.