Inclusion in Anthologies/Magazines

 

• One Word Anthology by Talkback Writers (Alfie Dog Ltd.)

ISBN: 978149039682

• Songs of Angels (Thynks)

ISBN: 978-1900410700

• Aspiring Writers 2013 Winners Anthology (Blue Dragon Press), July 2014

ISBN: 978-1622200177

• An Earthless Melting Pot, Vol. 2, (Quinn Publications) pub. June 2014

ISBN-13: 978-1500263560

• The Best of CaféLit 3 (Chapeltown)

ISBN: 978191054200

• A Quick Read compiled by Candy Simonson (Aspen Run Press)  

ISBN: 978-1508835448

• Silver Lining by Poets Against Violence (Baer Books Press)

ASIN:  978-1508835448

• The Best of CafeLit 4 (Chapeltown)

ISBN-13: 978-1910542026

• The Best of CafeLit 5 (Chapeltown)

ISBN-13: 978-1910542040

• The Best of CafeLit 6 (Chapeltown)

ISBN-13: 978-1910542170

• Full Moon and Foxglove (Three Drops Press)

ISBN: 9781326800048

• ‘Wind’ – Winter edition (1.12.16) of The Caterpillar, Issue 15 2016

ISSN: 2009-6186

• ‘To the unborn’ – April edition (30.3.17) of ‘Popshot’ (Theme: Future)

ISSN: 2041-4382

• ‘Marmite’ Spring Edition (20.2.17) of The Caterpillar, Issue 16 2017

ISSN: 2009-6186

• Poems for Grenfell Tower (Onslaught Press) 30.3.18

ISBN: 9781912111558

• ‘Remnants’ Flash Flood the National Flash Fiction Day Journal, June 2019

• VSS Anthology 2019

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Flash Fiction Online

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CafeLit (100 words)

•  'Cold Heart' – Sept '13

•  ‘Bare’ –  ‘Sept ‘13

• ‘Dead Silence’ – Dec ’13

• ‘Dishing it Out’ – Oct 17th 2013

• ‘Searching’ –  15th January 2014 

• ‘Bluebell Wood’ –  21st Aug  2014 

• ‘Spectre-cle’ – Oct 23rd, 2014 ​

• ‘A Charming Visit’ – Oct 31st, 2014​

• ‘Filling the Space’ –  Feb 13th, 2015 

•  ‘Vacation’ – 4th August, 2015 

• ‘Sea Souls’ –  26th April, 2016

• ‘Pumpkin Soup’ – 14th October, 2016

     

Visual Verse

• The Third Thing 

• Images August 2017

• Tight For Time (script) July 2017

• The Acolyte November 2017

• Fair is Fowl and Fowl is Fair March 2020

• Scarecrow April 2020

• Dogsbody May 2020

• Finding the Horizon Aug 2020

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Reflex Fiction​

• (Mother Loved a Bath)

•  The Gift Quilt

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Flash Flood the National Flash Fiction Day journal, June 2019

• ‘Remnants’

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​​ The Beach Hut, December 2019

• Vacation

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​​ Paragraph Planet

• Lost Words August 7, 2020

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Poetry Online

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Visual Verse

• Little Feet February 2017

• Epilogue March 2017

• The Rut April 2017

• Facing It May 2017

• Hypnosis June 201717

• Waiting for the Wall-Builders September 2017

• Hollow October 2017

• Unscathed December 2017

• Swallowed  January 2018

• Chomp Champ March 2018

• Clear the Film April 2018

• Lead writer for June with ‘For the Plinth’

• Mama’s Whispers

• The Blood Comes

• Cadence

• When it Rains

• Inhabitant March 2019

• Anthropogenic Addiction , Jan 2020

• The Metallic Taste of Grief Feb 2020

• Unwrought June 2020

• Invisible July 2020

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Poetry Roundabout

• Personal Preference

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Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis – Jonathan Pinnock

• Tackling the Issue

• Faux Pas

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Matt Kendrick’s website Prattlefog and Gravelrap

•  To the Unborn:

 

 

 

 

Stories Online

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CafeLit

• Lucky Jim

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Jotters United

• Page feature in Jotters United, Issue 14 – Hooligans (May 2015)

• Page feature in Jotters United, Issue 19 – Old Age (Dec 2015)

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The Cabinet of Heed

• The Artist Issue 16 

• What you don’t know can’t hurt you Issue 18

• Round and Round the Garden Issue 23

 

Lucent Dreaming

• The Feeding Issue 5

• Split Decision Issue 5

 

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Awards/Competitions

 

Poetry

• 1st prize in the David St John Thomas Writing Awards for Novice Poetry (Under 55), May 2006

• Shortlisted for Moon Poetry, Writing Magazine, January 2008

• Shortlisted for Humorous Poetry, Writing Magazine, August 2009

• Shortlisted for Last Line Poetry, Writers’ News, August 2009

• Shortlisted for Street Life Poetry, Writing Magazine, September 2009

• Shortlisted for Generation Gap Poetry, Writers’ News, February 2011

• Shortlisted for Humour Verse Competition, Flash 500, July 2011

• Shortlisted for Humorous Poetry, Writing Magazine, October 2011

• Longlisted for Humour Verse Competition, Flash 500, July 2012

• Shortlisted for Horror Poetry Competition, Writing Magazine, October 2012

• Runner up in Songs of Angels Competition, Thynks Publications, June 2013

• Shortlisted for Shadows Poetry Competition, Writers’ News, August 2013

• Shortlisted, plus Honourable Mention for Humour Verse Competition, Flash 500, July 2013

• 1st place in “The Aspiring Writers Poetry Competition" yearly anthology, August 2013 with Ready, Steady, Go!

• Shortlisted for Poetry for Children Competition, Writers’ News, November 2013

• Shortlisted for Poetry for Children Competition, Writing Magazine, March 2015

• Honourable Mention in the National Poetry Day competition run by Liz Brownlee/Forward Arts, judged by Trevor Millum and Phil Waddell for ‘To the unborn’.

 

Short Stories

• Shortlisted for Annual Love Story Competition, Writing Magazine, May 2005 with story entitled ‘’Til Death Do Us Part’.

• Shortlisted for Adult Fairy Story Competition, Writing Magazine, November 2011 with story entitled ‘Occupational Therapy’.

• Shortlisted for Fiction Competition, Writers’ Forum, Issue #134, 2012 with Story entitled ‘Drop-Dead Gorgeous’.

• Shortlisted in the Erewash Creepy Christmas Chiller Competition, December 2012 with story entitled ‘The Visitors’.

• 3rd place in “The Aspiring Writers Short Story Competition" yearly anthology, May 2013 – Charming Residents.

• 3rd place in “The Aspiring Writers Short Story Competition" yearly anthology, June 2013 – Taking Flight.

• 1st place in “The Aspiring Writers Short Story Competition" yearly anthology, July 2013 – ‘Taking Notes’.

• 1st place in “The Aspiring Writers Short Story Competition" yearly anthology, August 2013 – ‘Minibeast Feast’.

• 4 pieces published in One Word Anthology by Talkback Writers

• Shortlisted for Tea and Tale/Milton Rooms Short Story Competition as part of the Ryedale Book Festival, October 2013 for Drop-Dead Gorgeous

• One of five runners up in the Words With Jam Bigger Short Story Competition, 2013 with Drop Dead Gorgeous

 

Plays

• Shortlisted for Pint-Sized Plays with Dummy Run, June 2016

 

Flash

• Longlisted for Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition with ‘(Mother Loved a Bath)’, Jan2 019

• 1st prize in Lucent Dreaming’s Flash Fiction Contest ‘Lead’ April, 2019

 

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Features

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• Interview with Cheryl Carpinello

 

 

• Guest post on Womagwriter

 

 

• Interview with Ellie Firestone

 

‘Now, because this is a blog, I have to say what my most popular post of the year was. Well, it was "An Interview with Author Helen Laycock", by a pretty long shot (and if you haven't read that post yet, seriously, go check it out, because Helen is fantastic).’

 

• Interview for Books, Chocolate and Wine

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• Guest Post for Patsy on Words About Writing and Writing About Words

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• Interview with Gill James

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• Featured Author on Goodreads

 

• Interview at Lucent Dreaming

 

 

Articles

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http://www.nothinganygood.com/10-marketing-tips-for-childrens-authors/

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‘FYI- Part 1 has been Nothing Any Good's most read article to date. It has been viewed over 250 times in the last 3 days.’

 

http://www.nothinganygood.com/10-marketing-tips-for-childrens-authors-part-2/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lead spot on Visual Verse June 2018

'Dear Helen,

I am writing as the editor of Visual Verse and I hope you won't mind me getting in touch. Every year we have one month where we select two or three regular contributors whose work we admire, to provide a lead piece for the site.

We would be delighted if you would take one of those spots for June. We enjoy your writing very much, and would love to celebrate it by publishing you in a lead spot.'

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Art Exhibition

From Susan Roland Antoinette:

'Helen, I’m an an abstract painter in St. Petersbug, Florida.   In my research for my art show in March, I came across your poem, To the Unborn. I’m absolutely in love with it.  The title on my art show is Words, Worn Well and I would like to work your piece into a creating of mine.  I’m super excited to come across your Facebook page as well as your website where I read many other works of your including, For Better, for Worse. It brought tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat.

I should add that I will be crediting you, of course.'