Previous Productions, Publications, Projects & Awards.

Creative Writing

• Angela’s short play Survival Instincts,  awarded 1st place People’s Choice Awards and 3rd place Judge’s Choice Awards, Week Three, Sydney Short and Sweet Festival (Seymour Centre, Sydney,)  Feb 2009
• Full-length play The Boathouse produced by JUTE Theatre company  (Cairns Centre for Contemporary Arts) and Darwin Theatre Company (Darwin Entertainment Centre) Mar-April 2006
• Short- film script Snakes in the Cane, accepted for further development by the Pacific Film & Television Commission, 2004 &  2007
• Radio play The Belly Dancer, accepted for further development by Playworks (Sydney) 2006
• Conducted  writing workshops in Cairns, the Atherton Tablelands, Innisfail and Townsville and was a panellist at their writers’ festivals in 2005, 2006 & 2008
• Conducted writing workshops for Queensland Writers Centre, 2008 & 2009
• Free-lance writer for Cairns Barfly, Cairns Fly, The Cairns Post, The Brisbane Sunday Mail, City Life, Style and Arts Nexus Magazines 2002-2008
• Awarded High Distinction, Master of Letters (Creative Writing), CQU 2005
• Short-listed, ABC Radio Regional Short Story competition 2005
• Awarded  1st Prize, Qld Rural Women’s Short Story competition,  2002 and 2003

Educational and Academic Writing

• Freelance editor and profile writer for James Cook University’s Marketing and Publications Unit, 2007-2009
• Researcher, writer and collator for the Freshwater Heritage Trail, 2008-2009 
  http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/cairns/heritage/Cairns%20Heritage/FreshwaterHeritageTrail.html
• Delivered  writing workshops series for Dimbulah State High School, 2008
• Scripted and directed the tri-nation keynote address for the Australian Computers in Education Conference (ACCE),  Cairns Convention Centre, Oct 2006
• Recorded and collated the ACCE’s Leadership  Forum day (over 100 participants) and assisted in writing the subsequent academic discussion paper, Oct-Dec 2006
• Prepared on-line and print-based materials, conducted conference and phone interviews, collated information and delivered reports for Education Queensland and Queensland Society of Information Technology in Education
• Mentor and writer for Qld nominees for the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership, Excellence Awards, 2005, 2007 & 2009
• Commissioned writer for the Tropical Museum of North Qld and the Ravenswood Restoration and Preservation Society, 2003
• Researched and wrote ANTA Training Package material for Certificate and Diploma courses,  Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE, 2000-2002.