He won first prize in the Sangschaw Scots Poetry Competition (translation) 2017 and first prize in the Glasgow Herald Millennium Competition 1999. He was also a prizewinner in the McCash Scots Poetry Competition 2014 and the Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Competition 2016. His collections include From Coiled Roots (2014 IDP) and Glamourie (2015 IDP), plus a volume of translations from the Finnish of Eeva Kilpi (Arc 2014).­­