Awards
The Demon Bells was shortlisted for the 2017 Ampersand Prize, received second place in the 2018 Rate Your Story Awesome Openers Contest and won the 2016 Secret Door Competition and the 2015 Freshly Squeezed Reads' Choice Award. Yet it's still unpublished... *wipes away a tear*
Planet Towing won a 2013 KBR Short Story Competition.
My unpublished picture books have also succeeded in national competitions:
Bollinger’s Banquet won the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Bollinger Plays Ball gained Third Place in the 2012 CYA Competition Unpublished Picture Book category.
Bollinger’s Band was Highly Commended in the 2012 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Bollinger Blows Up received a Special Mention in the 2013 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
The Small Adventures of Fi the Flea was Highly Commended in the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Old Bloat and little Bleat received a Special Mention in the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
If you're an agent or publisher who'd like to read any of these manuscripts, please get in touch.
Planet Towing won a 2013 KBR Short Story Competition.
My unpublished picture books have also succeeded in national competitions:
Bollinger’s Banquet won the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Bollinger Plays Ball gained Third Place in the 2012 CYA Competition Unpublished Picture Book category.
Bollinger’s Band was Highly Commended in the 2012 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Bollinger Blows Up received a Special Mention in the 2013 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
The Small Adventures of Fi the Flea was Highly Commended in the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
Old Bloat and little Bleat received a Special Mention in the 2011 KBR Unpublished Picture Book Manuscript Award.
If you're an agent or publisher who'd like to read any of these manuscripts, please get in touch.
Rebecca Colless
He turned it over in his hands with a shrug and tossed it aside carelessly, but not so carelessly that it didn't land on something soft.
– Douglas Adams –
