Writing

I've included links below to some of my published stories and poems

Children’s Stories

‘Hungry Haggis’ and ‘What does a big coo do?’ and the poem ‘The Man about our House’ featured in the first and second issues of ‘The Launchpad’ (December 2015 and June 2016) – showcasing local children’s writing talent in Northern Ireland:

http://issuu.com/thelaunchpadlitmag/docs/launchpad_issue_1_final_ed_3

https://issuu.com/paulamatthews/docs/launchpad_issue_2

 ‘Left Footed Lionel’ won 2nd prize in the Society of Public and Civil Service Writers National competition 2016
http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/79/b8/79b8b730-7f7d-4046-afab-6af11f1d9f85.pdf

 'Who's A Silly Goat?' was published online in Smarty Pants magazine in October 2019
https://smartypantsmagazineforkids.com/2019/10/06/storytime-sunday-whos-a-silly-goat    

  'What's ticking Toby?' was published online in Smarty Pants magazine in May 2020
https://smartypantsmagazineforkids.com/2020/05/03/storytime-sunday-whats-tickling-toby/

 I worked with ‘Sainted Media’ writing a children’s book about St David
https://www.saintedmedia.com/ 
'|Fearless Fergus King of the Castle' was published in Derry Halloween's anthology 'The Gathering' in October 2020   https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/64733982/the-gathering
You can also read some of my children's stories on the Fairytalez site - https://fairytalez.com/user/mornawriter/

Short Stories

‘The Favourite Vienna Blend’ featured in the January/ February 2016 issue of Celtic Life International magazine:

http://www.celticlifeintl.com/the-favourite-vienna-blend/ and as 'An Emerald Excursion' on CafeLit's website in April 2019
https://cafelitcreativecafe.blogspot.com/2019/04/an-emerald-excursion.html#comment-form
and in 'Everyday Magic' along with 'Fearless Fergus, King of the Castle' and 'The Goats of Gobbin Saor' in January 2021   https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Everyday_Magic_/YX9bkdl4LG

‘A Date with Paprika’ was published in the December 2016 edition of ‘The Incubator’ https://issuu.com/theincubatorjournal/docs/the_incubator._issue_11 and on CafeLit’s website in June 2018 https://cafelitcreativecafe.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-date-with-paprika.html

‘The Proof of the Pudding’ was published on the Scottish Book Trust’s website in May 2017. http://scottishbooktrust.com/writing/nourish/story/the-proof-of-the-pudding

‘Stepping Out’ was published in ‘Sixteen’ magazine in October 2017.

http://sixteen.ie/stepping-out-morna-sullivan/

‘A Successful Writer’ was published in a short story collection ‘Whiskey and Words’ which launched in February 2018. The book is available with all purchases in ‘No Alibis’ bookshop in Belfast.

'Left on the Shelf' was a runner up  winner in the Solutions Loans Writing competition in August 2018
https://www.solution-loans.co.uk/competitions/short-story-writing-competition/results-spring-2018/runner-up2/

'For those left at home' was longlisted and commended in the 2019 Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year
https://www.bradtguides.com/media/wysiwyg/pdfs/travel_writing_entries/For_those_left_at_home.pdf

'Return to Sorrento' was longlisted and commended in the 2020 Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year  https://www.bradtguides.com/media/wysiwyg/pdfs/travel_writing_entries/Return_to_Sorrento.pdf

 'The Christmas Present' was published by CafeLit in December 2019

 http://cafelitcreativecafe.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-christmas-present.html?m=1

'In The Glen' was published in 'Stories from the Waterside' in August 2020
http://watersandcommunities.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/STORIES-FROM-WATERSIDE-A5-Digital.pdf

‘There’s no such thing as can’t’ was published in ‘Near and far’ anthology by Fighting Words in August 2020 https://fightingwords.ie/nearandfar

'Four Calling Birds' was published in December 2020 in the Waterside Theatre's 'Twelve Days of Christmas' anthology https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Qwy2uuuSPRg5LJnP_u9Rryv9lGvPJq_/view
 Poetry

‘Cherished Friend’ was runner up in the national Divine Chocolate poetry competition (2013)http://www.divinechocolate.com/uk/poetry/runners-up This was judged by children's author Geraldine McCaughrean  https://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/

One of my poems was longlisted in the national ‘Haikus for the NHS’ in February 2017 https://nothingintherulebook.com/2017/03/01/haikus-for-the-nhs-read-the-poems-here/

Five of my poems have featured in ‘A New Ulster’ ‘The Hidden and the Divine’ anthology in November 2017 https://issuu.com/amosgreig/docs/anu_women_s_anthology_2017

'Gamin' was published by Titanic Memorial Lighthouse in May 2020   https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAbxeWn0tH/?igshid=1l1hlgnhyqj2a

'Coronavirus', 'Lockdown' and We'll Meet Again' was published by Inspiration in Isolation in May and June 2020 and 'I've a Date' in March 2021  https://www.inspirationinisolation.co.uk/morna-sullivan

'Coronavirus' featured as the 'Poem of the Day' in July 2020 on Tring Radio 

Some of my poems written during 2020 Coronavirus lockdown featured on Pendemic's website in July 2020

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