A draft of TIED was longlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2024 (Working Title then was Greenwash)
The same draft was awarded Highly Commended in the Jenny Brown Associates Debut Novel Competition in 2025. Scottish crime writer Lin Anderson, who judged the manuscript, praised its authentic sense of place and characters
I was shortlisted for the Sceptre Prize on graduation from Glasgow University’s MLitt in Creative Writing.
I have been awarded a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award
I have been shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize.
Susan Kemp 