In 2017 I won ‘Writing the Future’ with ‘Opsnizing Dad’ - a sci-fi short story about a sweary man losing his trousers on the bus.

The £10,000 Writing the Future competition asked authors to imagine how health and healthcare might look in 2100. Kaleidoscope Heath & Care initiated the Writing the Future project to spark new conversations and radical thinking about the long-term future of health and healthcare.

The competition was supported by The Commonwealth Fund, the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and lastly The House of St Barnabas, where the awards ceremony was held in October 2017.

In 2022, this short story was adapted into an opera, and nominated for a Classical Ivor Novello Award.

Huge thanks to all at Kaleidoscope Heath & Care for the prize and the inspiration.