Recent Awards

WestWord Micro Fiction Prize 2024 - Shortlisted 

• After the Storm was shortlisted!

WestWord's Hermit Crab Prize 2024 - 2nd Place 

• How to Become a Catastrophist in 6 Easy Steps earned 2nd Place!

Awards: 2024 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize

• North American Review

• Song of the Gargoyles was selected as a semifinalist!

2023 Prime Number Magazine Flash Fiction Contest 

• So Sings the Washing Machine was awarded 3rd Prize!

2023 Dreamers Flash Contest 

• The Question Remains was warded Honorable Mention!

On the Premises Mini-Contest #57 

• A Dozen Potatoes received Honorable Mention!

2023 Poetry Society of Virginia

• The Tortoise awarded 2nd place in the Handy Andy Prize for limericks

• Meeting on Zoom (again) awarded Honorable Mention in the Dr. Lucile E. Thompson Memorial Contest for poems celebrating technology

Most Recent Poetry Publications

Intuit

• Published in Young Ravens Literary Review

5 Haiku 

• Published in San Antonio Review

Most Recent Story Publications

How to Become a Catastrophist in 6 Easy Steps 

• This "hermit crab" piece won 2nd place in the WestWord Hermit Crab contest

After the Storm 

• This micro fiction piece was shortlisted for the 2024 WestWord Micro Fiction Prize

Parkway Promenade

• This 50-word story was published in Bright Flash Literary Review! 

Pitch (Not) Perfect: My Quixotic Journey in the World of Music 

• This story (an 11-minute read) documents my quest to sing on key and the brilliant and kind mentors who guided my journey.

• This story was selected for inclusion in the May 20, 2024 issue of Memoir Monday 

Heart Troubles 

• This sad, but true, story was published by Caustic Frolic....

Of Love & Longing 

• This 50-word story was published in Bright Flash Literary Review!

A Unicorn in Winter 

• This 50-word fantasy was published in 50-Word Stories!

No Pedal Boats 

• You can read the text or listen to the audio recording....

• This story was selected for inclusion in the September 25, 2023 issue of Memoir Monday!