Helen Laycock is a poet and storyteller who writes for children and adults.POETRYPushcart nominee, winner of Black Bough Poetry's Chapbook Contest, former recipient of the David St. John Thomas Award, and nominee for the Dai Fry Award, Helen Laycock’s poetry collection Frame has featured as Book of the Month at the East Ridge Review.Her poetry has been published by Black Bough, Broken Spine Arts, Folkheart Press, Prattlefog and Gravelrap, The Wombwell Rainbow, Poetry Roundabout, Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis, Onslaught, The Storms Journal, Popshot, Lucent Dreaming, Literary Revelations, Kobayaashi, Three Drops Press, The Caterpillar, The Dirigible Balloon, Fevers of the Mind & Visual Verse. *ELEMENTAL*13*FRAME*BREATHE*RAPTURECHILDREN'S FICTION (MG)She has penned eight children's books for 8-12-year-olds (Book Nine out soon!) and was formerly employed as a writer by an educational publisher and a teacher.*GLASS DREAMS*THE SECRET OF POOKS WOOD*SALT*MANDRAKE'S PLOT*MARTHA AND MITCH*SONG OF THE MOON*CHARLIE CHUMPKINS*A MOUTHFUL OF CHUCKLES (Poetry)SHORT STORIESHelen Laycock's short stories appear in a variety of anthologies and magazines as well as in her own collections, and have been successful in many writing competitions. Her first attempt at play-writing secured her a shortlisting in Pint-Sized Plays in 2016.FLASH FICTIONIn 2018, she was commissioned as a lead writer at Visual Verse and her flash fiction has featured in several editions of The Best of CafeLit. Pieces have been showcased in Reflex Fiction, the Ekphrastic Review, Paragraph Planet, Serious Flash Fiction, the Beach Hut, and Lucent Dreaming – whose inaugural flash competition she won. She was longlisted in Mslexia’s 2019 flash fiction competition and her work has appeared in several Flash Floods as part of National Flash Fiction Day.Helen Laycock has written several collections of short stories for adults:*LIGHT BITES*PEACE AND DISQUIET*MINOR DISCORD*CONFESSIONS*WINGIN' IT: TALL TALES OF (FULLY-GROWN) FAIRIES WITH ISSUES*THE DARKENING*WIND BLOWN (Microfiction)She can be followed on Facebook as Helen Laycock, Authorand Twitter:@helen_laycockRead more about this authorRead less about this author