Cecilia is an writer from London, UK, where her career as a health professional has run alongside her love for real and imagined stories. She writes across a range of genres whilst leaning towards the dark and speculative.
Her work has been published in literary journals and has received recognition in writing competitions and literary awards.
She is a Best of the Net nominee 2024, winner of the Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award 2025, winner of the Bournemouth Writing Prize 2026, and winner of Anthology Personal Memoir Award 2026.
Published Work and Awards:
The Vanishing Years, Anthology Magazine, Personal Memoir Competition 2026, Winner
Dear Little Things, Bournemouth Writing Prize 2026, Winner
The Departure, Phano, Issue 12, December 2025
The Crossing, Off Topic Publishing, Fiction Contest, October 2025, Winner
Bee Song, Writers’ Playground Eleventh Challenge, Honourable Mention
Pilgrim’s Trail, Liars’ League, April 2025
Wild Horses, Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award 2025, Winner
The Discovery, Cranked Anvil Microfiction 123, February 2025
The Reckoning, Intrepidus Ink, August 2024
Sisters, Empty House Press, Issue 12, nominated for Best of the Net
Equinox, Bright Flash Literary Review, March 2024
Valediction, Brilliant Flash Fiction, January 2024
Skins, Raw Lit, Issue 3, Autumn/Fall 2023
Anatomy of a Glacier, Stories That Need To Be Told, Tulip Tree Anthology 2023
Life After Death, The Ulu Review, First Edition August 2023
Post-Invasion Survival Advice, Globe Soup Micro Contest, Enemies, Group Favourite
The Fortune Teller’s Daughter Reedsy Prompts Contest 152, Shortlisted
Just Ask for Mercy Reedsy Prompts Contest 147, Winner
The Coast Road Reedsy Prompts Contest 143, Shortlisted
Old Soul Reedsy Prompts Contest 120, Winner
Connect:
Instagram: @cec_maddison