My poetry, short fiction, essays and journalism have been published in a variety of places both in print and online. Here you can find out more about my magazine publications and writing awards.
Writing Awards
- Winner of Scotland’s National Championships of Slam Poetry, 2013
- 4th at the World Series of Slam Poetry competition in Paris, France, 2013
- Shortlisted for the Christopher Smart Prize (Eyewear Books), 2019
- Shortlisted for the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, 2018
- Commended in the British Army’s Poetry Competition, Writing Armistice, 2018
- Honorable Mention in University of Aberdeen’s Special Collections Flash Fiction Competition, 2017
- Commended in Alastair Buchan Poetry Prize, University of Glasgow, 2017
- Finalist for the Sozopol Fiction Seminar Series in Bulgaria, 2016
- Poem ‘50 Shades’ nominated for Best Poem at the Edinburgh Festivals, 2015
- Shortlisted for Bold Types: Scottish Women’s Creative Writing Competition, 2015
- Shortlisted for Yeats International Literary Residency in Sweden, 2015
Publications
Poetry
- Three poems after The Scottish Colourists (En Plein Air; These Things; The House) in Glasgow Review of Books, Summer 2018
- ‘Texas, I Can’t Bring You to Parties Anymore’, Write to be Counted: An Anthology of Poetry to Uphold Human Rights, by Jacci Bulman, The Book Mill, profits to Pen International, Autumn 2017
- ‘Running into your ex by the cereal aisle in Tesco’, Gilded Dirt Zine 2, Spring 2017
- ‘Exactly That’, Quotidian Magazine 2, Winter 2016
- ‘This Morning (November 9, 2016)’, The Stoneslide Corrective 5, Winter 2016
- ‘Party Trick’, Glasgow Women Poets: A Collection, Ed. by Mairi Murphy, Four-em Press, Spring 2016
- ‘Clary (S. Sclarea)’, RAUM, Summer 2015
- ‘The First Afflicted Girl’, Black Opal Arts exhibition, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Spring 2015
Short Fiction
- ‘The Astonishing Rivers Sisters’, forthcoming in Halfway Down the Stairs, December 2019
- ‘Our Father is a Fisherman’, Seen/Unseen, Poems inspired by Edinburgh City Art Centre’s Hidden Gems exhibition, Winter 2017
- ‘Climbing Boys’, The Copperfield Review, Autumn 2017
- ‘Homestead’, Glasgow University Magazine, Spring 2017
- ‘The Silverware Club’, Jersey Devil Press 89, Spring 2017
- ‘Lady Macbeth’, The Dangerous Women Project, Spring 2016
- ‘Blue and Gray’, Aloud Magazine 2, March 2015
- ‘The Winning Sperm: How to Harness Your Prenatal Potential and Swim Towards your Goals’, University of St Andrews’ Inklight Journal, 2014
Personal Essays
- ‘Thoughts on Homesickness’, The Transatlantic Literary Women Project, February 2017
- ‘How to be Cold’, From Glasgow to Saturn 37, Spring 2016
- ‘Fresh Water’, Quotidian, 2016
- ‘Any Minute Now’ (extract), University of St Andrews’ Inklight Journal, 2013
Journalism
- ‘Rona Munro: on Writing The James Plays’, ‘Graeme Macrae Burnet Responds to the Lyceum’s Staging of His Bloody Project’, Broadway Baby, 2016-2017
- ‘Exploring the Self in Poetry’, ‘Judging the StAnza Slam’, StAnza Poetry Festival In-House Blogger, 2015 and 2017
- ‘Carly Brown on Acting and Spoken Word’, Katie Ailes’ blog on spoken word theory and practice, 2017
- ‘A Literary City’, People Make Glasgow, Autumn 2015
- ‘Review: Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell’, The Tribe, 2013
- ‘Exuberant and Electrifying: Carly Brown on Competing in the Poetry Slam World cup’, StAnza blog, 2013
For a full list of my Broadway Baby coverage as an Arts Features Writer see here.
Academic Presentations
- ‘Obnoxious and Disliked’: John Adams’ Legacy in Popular Media, from 1776 to Hamilton, forthcoming presentation at Trinity College Dublin History Conference, November 2019
- ‘Creating Spirits: 19th Century Spiritual Mediums’, solo presentation at the University of Glasgow’s The Occult Turn symposium, Glasgow, September 2018
- ‘Creatively Writing about Early America and the Atlantic World: A Roundtable on Fiction, Poetry and History’ (keynote event), panellist, Omohundro Institute’s 24th Annual Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, June 2018
- ‘Fellow’s Forum: Revolutionary America’, solo presentation on novel-in-progress at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, August 2016
Judgeships
- Judge, StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, Poetry Slam, March 2018
- Assistant Editor, Glasgow Women Poets: A Collection, Four-em Press, 2016
- Judge, Imprint Writing Competition, November 2015 and 2016
- Judge, Science Fiction and Medical Humanities Story Competition, University of Glasgow, 2016
- Judge, Scotland’s National Championships of Slam Poetry, 2015
- Judge, Glasgow Poetry Slam, Autumn 2014