Events/Appearances/Awards
Upcoming events...
Spooky Stories: A Macabre Dreams Event Hosted by Lost Souls Magazine at Gang Gang cafe, Canberra, 6:30pm 22 October 2025
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Spooky Stories: an evening of haunting readings with authors Americo Alvarenga, S.R. Underschultz, C.H. Pearce, and Lost Souls 'Chief Spooky Officer' Ben O’Mara
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More info: https://lostsouls.net.au/blog-spookystories-macabre-dreams
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Buy tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/spooky-stories-3k3u4es3
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Podcasts
Guest on Let the Cat In podcast ep. 21 recorded live at Conflux in 2022 – along with incredible Aussie horror and SF authors Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries, J. Ashley-Smith, Emilie Morscheck, Claire Fitzpatrick, and Zachary Ashford, you can listen to me tell you a story about rats if you are so inclined! There are some bugs involved.​
Readings
​​​Reading from “Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It,” from Body of Work anthology, ed. C.Z. Tacks, CSFG Publishing 2023) recorded at Conflux on Narratives Library (thank you Karena Wynn-Moylan and Dr Peter Wynn-Moylan)
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Panels
“Forever Young” – writing age-accurate characters panellist with Matt Tighe, Zena Shapter, Craig Cormick, and Lauren Elise Daniels (mod) at Conflux 19
“Help!” – mentorships panellist with Imogen Cassidy, Joseph Ashley-Smith (mod), Gabiann Marin, and Alex Swan at Conflux 19
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In Space, No One Can Hear You Laugh: Humour in Speculative Fiction, panellist with Scott Steensma, Gabiann Marin (mod), Americo Alvarenga, and C.Z. Tacks at Conflux 18, 2024
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Short Fiction: The life cycle of a short story, presentation with C.Z. Tacks at CSFG General Meeting, 2024
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Kill Your Double: Why do we hate doppelgängers? panellist at Conflux 17, 2023
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Sympathy for the Devil: Crafting wickedly compelling protagonists, antiheroes, and the villains we love to hate, panel at Conflux 17, 2023
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Now You’re Thinking With Portals: Lessons from the video games, panellist at Conflux 17, 2023
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Mentorship Magic panellist at Conflux 16, 2022
Written interviews
Q&A in Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) Newsletter 2022
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“2020 Snapshot: C H Pearce” in Australian SF Snapshot Project 2020
Awards/Selections
Ditmar Award 2025 for Best Artwork: winner for cover art for "in the aftermath" by Jessica Nirvana Ram
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Ditmar Awards 2024 Best New Talent, Fan Artist, and Short Story: winner for fan art of Twin Peaks and The Last Of Us, and “Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It”
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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild/Conflux Short Story Award 2024: 2nd place for “Practice Makes Perfect”
Aurealis Award 2024 for Best YA Short Story: shortlisted for “Integrated Learning”
Brave New Weird 2024: shortlisted for “Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It”
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Publishable Program 2023, Queensland Writers Centre: shortlisted for “Distortion Control”
Ditmar Award for Best New Talent and Short Story 2023: shortlisted for “The Quick Study”
Ditmar Award for Best Fan Artist 2023: winner for fan art of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, Severance, OFF by mortisghost, Arcane, HLVRAI by wayneradiotv, and Portal/Portal 2 by Valve
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Mentorship with the Australasian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) 2022 for “Sunshine Pest Control”
Ditmar Award for Best Fan Artist 2022: winner for fan art of The Councillor by E.J. Beaton, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, HLVRAI by wayneradiotv, and The Magnus Archives by Rusty Quill
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild/Conflux Short Story Competition 2021 for “Newbug”
Under the Silver Tree Writing Competition, Broken Hill Heritage Week 2019: highly commended for “No Filter”
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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild/Conflux Short Story Competition 2018: winner for “Flipping Fat On Middle Fifth”
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Queensland Writers Centre Flash Fiction Competition 2018: shortlisted for “Second-last” and “Sunswarm”
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ACT Writers Centre Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award 2015: winner for “Torvald’s Year”
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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild/Conflux Short Story Award 2015: 3rd place for “Flicker”
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* Free to read/listen online