Morris entered qualifying for the 2013 World Championship but lost 1–5 to Joe Swail in the second preliminary round.&lt;ref name="2012/13"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He played in Qualifying School to try and win a place back on the snooker tour and missed the final black for a 147 in his first match of the second event. Morris won through to the final round of that event but lost 0–4 to Ross Muir. He also reached the final round in the last event and this time succeeded by defeating Gareth Green 4–1 to earn a spot for the 2013–14 season.