Helen Rana
Helen Rana's six full-length and seven short screenplays have all been selected for film festivals and won awards, including:
Helen was a Writer Associate in creative writing at Bath Spa University in 2017-21.
Her short stories have been published in anthologies, and her non-fiction book about organisational cultures, ‘Workplaces’, is on sale in bookshops and online.
Helen became a full-time freelance writer, editor and researcher in 2017. Her previous career entailed communications and policy roles for diverse organisations such as investment bank JP Morgan, African non-governmental women's rights organisation ZARD, and the Embassy of Finland.
- The Trouble with Superpowers - Winner, Best Super Short Script, Barcelona Indie Awards Winter 2024
- A Proper Killing - Winner, Best Screenplay Short at San Diego Movie Awards 2024
- Heist Counter Heist - Finalist, London International Screenwriting Competition 2024
- Shelley Can’t Sing - Semi-Finalist, NYC International Screenplay Awards March 2024
- One-Upmanship - Winner, Best Historical Screenplay, Berlin International Screenwriting Festival 2023
- Search and Rescue - Semi-finalist, 27th Annual Fade In Awards Drama Competition 2023
- A Good Return - Winner, Best Original Screenplay, Top Film Awards 2022; Gold Script Writing Award from WRPN Women's International Film Festival 2022
- Desperate Measures - Finalist, Independent International Festival 2022
Helen was a Writer Associate in creative writing at Bath Spa University in 2017-21.
Her short stories have been published in anthologies, and her non-fiction book about organisational cultures, ‘Workplaces’, is on sale in bookshops and online.
Helen became a full-time freelance writer, editor and researcher in 2017. Her previous career entailed communications and policy roles for diverse organisations such as investment bank JP Morgan, African non-governmental women's rights organisation ZARD, and the Embassy of Finland.
South West (Wessex)
Short stories published in:
Non-fiction book: ‘Workplaces: The impact of workplace culture on individuals and organisations’. Publisher: Michael Terence Publishing (13 July 2022)
- ‘7.12am - Ironclad Creative: Short Stories’. ASIN: B0D6WKWVZB. Publisher: Ironclad Creative CIC; 1st edition (11 Jun. 2024)
- ‘Anthology ONE’. ISBN-13: 979-8499762516. Publisher: Makarelle (5 Nov. 2021)
- ‘An Alien Invasion at the Pub: 2021 Anthology’. ASIN: B098LCX617. Publisher: Michael Terence Publishing (2 July 2021)
Non-fiction book: ‘Workplaces: The impact of workplace culture on individuals and organisations’. Publisher: Michael Terence Publishing (13 July 2022)
Books, Film, Short story