He was nominated for the Forward Prize 2010/11 in the 'best single poem' category for Listing Dangerously.

Published poetry

'Turbo-Charged Mobility Vehicle’ published in The Delinquent, Issue 20

'Supermario Christmas’ published in The Delinquent, Issue 20'

'Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ published in Decanto Magazine, August Issue'

'Ill Wind’ published in Other Poetry, series 4, Issue 8, 2011

'True Love' published in Other Poetry, Issue 5, 2012

'The Night a Legend Died’ published in South Bank Poetry, June 2013

'Cat v Human’ published in Decanto magazine, May 2013 issue' 'Via Dolorosa' published in Long Poem magazine, May 2013 issue

'Los tres toreros descabezados' published in South Bank Poetry magazine, March 2013 issue '

Miracle', 'Night Shift' and 'September' published in 'The North', Issue 50

'Camel' and 'Road to Anjarak' published in Stand magazine, 2014

'The Unberable Smugness of the Draughtsman' published in South, Issue 49, 2014

'John Turner' published in Footballpoets.org

'Ace Hotel' published in The Projectionist's Playground, Issue 4, 2017

'Cri de Coeur - a semaphore poem' published in Ink, Sweat and Tears, 2018

 'On Clapton Pond', published in Lighten Up Online, Issue 45, 2019

'Matthew 26:34' published in The Projectionist's Playground, Issue 9, 2019

'The London Riots, 2011' published in South Bank Poetry, Issue 18

'Chitterlings',  and 'Nirvana', published in Snakesin, 2020

Readings

Torriano, London

RADA, London

Salisbury Arts Centre, London

Barbican Arts Centre

Poetry Café, London

Crystal Palace festival, London

Awards

‘Poetry Kit’ award, 2012

‘Poetry Pulse’, 2012

‘Rhyme & Reason’, 2012

‘Sportswriters Awards’, 2012

'Four Counties', 2015.

Memoir

Joe Cullen's 'faction' - Coming Unstuck - a year in the life of a failed funk band - was published by Austin Macauley in December 2023