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  • Competitions

    Competitions



    I regularly enter into short story writing competitions online! Here are the ones that made the longlist, shortlist, received honorable mentions or got published! If my stories get published online, they will also be published on this website, so you can read them.

    • 30/01/2024 Poetry competition stad Deinze – Published – Huid (Dutch)
    • 01/02/2024 Elegant Literature – Wicked Wonderland – Published – Just you
    • 01/05/2024 Elegant Literature – Silent Storms – Published – The Dollmaker’s Derision
    • 20/04/2025 Verhaal van de Maand – 2e plaats – Nog één uur (Dutch)
    • 10/05/2025 Verhaal van de Maand – Shortlist – Bacteriële affectie (Dutch)
    • 14/05/2025 Mslexia – Longlist – Bird God
    • 01/06/2025 Elegant Literature – Ghostly Gardens #043 – Honorable mention – Where my sister lives
    • 01/02/2026 Elegant Literature – Melodies & Memories #051 – Honorable mention – Siren Song
  • Huid

    Huid

    Het gedicht ‘Huid’ werd genomineerd voor de dichtbundel die uitkwam naar aanleiding van de Hilarion Thans wedstrijd van de stad Deinze in 2024. Het gedicht gaat over bodyshaming en fatshaming, twee fenomenen typisch aan onze patriarchale samenleving. Vrouwen zijn zwakker als ze door de maatschappij gedwongen worden om (enkel) te focussen op hun uiterlijk, nog meer als het ideale lichaam klein, mager, fragiel en dus gemakkelijk te domineren is. Dit gaat niet over gezondheid – zorgen voor je lichaam en gezond leven is geweldig! Maar een gezond lichaam is meestal niet een uitgehongerd, mager lichaam. Het belangrijkste is dat je luistert naar je lichaam, dat je het geeft wat het nodig heeft, of dat nu sport is of eten of verzorging of rust. Zorg goed voor jezelf en zorg goed voor elkaar. Het enige dat er toe doet is of jij je goed voelt in jouw vel.

  • Funeral announcement

    Funeral announcement

    I received the honour of illustrating for a funeral announcement. This letter contained the death announcement and funeral invitation for the loved ones of the departured. The design is based on a photo of the departed and inspired by her love of flowers. The illustration was used for the funeral announcement letter and for the memorial card.

  • Birth announcement #2

    Birth announcement #2

    This year another baby gave me the opportunity to create another birth annoucement card. I took inspiration from a postcard I found at a store depicting an older couple on swings having fun. I went a little overboard with the intensity of the colour scheme, but the parents loved it!

    Here you can see the process from sketch to print:

    The family has one child who turned 3, one dog and one rabbit.

    I painted the background with ecoline and aquarel:

    I painted the scene with aquarel and gouache.

    The parents order a preview print through the printing house, but we decided on some adjustments together.

    These are the final designs:

    And here are some more photos of the projects result:

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  • Sad city

    Sad city

    This time around I got to create an illustration for someone else’s story! Thanks to Verhaal van de Maand, I created this illustration of a rather sad city. I read the story and got inspired by the existential tone, the longing for anarchy, the rejection of our post-modern world without connections, without purpose.

    The story ‘Tropic of Concrete’ is written by Brian Jones and published on 22nd of june 2025 as the winner of the june short story competition.


    The illustration is made with blue pen and aquarel on paper.


    Thanks to Verhaal van de Maand!

  • By the sea

    By the sea

    While on a writing residence in Oostend, Belgium, I sat myself down at the pier and made a little painting of the view. The people at the Belgian beach are an interesting bunch, a collection of people from different economic classes, ethnicities, occupations. I could watch them for hours!
    I used pen and aquarel paint on paper.

    By the sea 2025 – Available

    And the seagulls of course, they are vicious, loud, intriguing…


    I recommend a glass of white porto.