2020Arts Council NI Individual Artist Emergency Award
2020University of the Atypical, Individual Disabled Artist Award
2020Irish Writers’ Centre Bursary
2019Arts Council NI General Arts Award; short story collection
2018University of Atypical iDA (Individual Artist Award)
2018Fishamble : The New Play Company in partnership with Lyric Theatre—A Play for Ireland (Phase 1)
2017Major Individual Artist Award (Arts Council N. Ireland)
2017Long-listed for Arcola Theatre/Oresis Trust Commission
2017Contra Guys Award for New Performance Text for Reassembled, Slightly Askew (SummerWorks Performance Festival; Toronto, Canada)
2017Artist in Residence, The MAC (Belfast); Apr/May & Nov/Dec
2017Arts & Disability Forum IDA Grant (N. Ireland)
2017Culture Ireland grant for Reassembled, Slightly Askew (SummerWorks Performance Festival; Toronto, Canada)
2016Belfast Telegraph Woman of the Year in Arts (N. Ireland)
2016Dublin Fringe Festival Nominee: Best Design, Judges’ Choice, First Fortnight (Reassembled, Slightly Askew)
2015h100 Club Theatre & Performance Award (The Hospital Club, London)
2015Arts Council NI Artist Career Enhancement Scheme Award (N. Ireland)
2014Artist’s International Development Fund (Arts Council NI/British Council)
2014Arts Council NI Self-Arranged Residency: Research and Development with Assault Events in effective collaborative practices in text, movement and music
2014HATCH Supported Artists program (The Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast)
2013Arts and Disability Award Ireland (Ireland)
2013Pavilion Theatre/Fishamble: The New Writing Company Playwright Mentoring Program (Ireland)
2013The Wellcome Trust Small Arts Award
2013The Royal Court’s 1st National Playwriting Group (London)
2012Arts Council of Northern Ireland Minority Ethnic Artist Award (N. Ireland)
2011Arts and Disability Award Ireland (Ireland)
2010Arts Council of Northern Ireland General Arts Award (N. Ireland)
2007Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award for Minority Ethnic Artists (Ireland)
2007Creative Writers’ Network Mentoring program (N. Ireland)
2004Shortlisted for Actors’ Theatre in Louisville ’10-minute play’ contest and Heindmann Award (USA)
1999James Baldwin Playwriting Award (USA)
1998Playwriting Finalist; National Theatre Institute (USA)
1995English Speaking Union Boston Shakespeare Competition Winner (USA)