Awards and Recognitions:
Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing: Poet-Author Fellowship
Virginia Poetry Society annual contests: two First Place poetry prizes, one Third Place poetry prize
Minnesota Great River Shakespeare Festival: Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest: Laureates' Choice Prize
Fish Publishing's International Lockdown Prize for Haiku/ Senryu: Second Place
Patricia Dobler Poetry Award Finalist
Glimmer Train Short Story Prize Finalist
Best Microfiction Nominee
Sunspot Literary Journal's Culmination Contest Semi-finalist (my work was also short-listed in a Sunspot fiction competition)
Glenwood Clark Fiction Prize: First Place
Jacob von Kutzleben Fiction Contest: First Place
Haunted Waters Press Short Shorts Competition: Honorable Mention
Potomac Conservancy River Haiku Contest Finalist
Oprelle "Matter" Poetry Contest Finalist
I was also very pleased to participate in Sundress Publication's wonderful Trans and Nonbinary Writing Retreat.
My creative writing is published in/by:
The Poetry Virginia Review;
Ecological Citizen;
Rough Cut Press;
Fish Publishing;
Rattapallax;
Heron Tree Poetry Journal;
the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council;
Bowery Poetry;
Short Édition;
Geez Magazine,
Corporeal Literary Magazine;
Rogue Agent Journal through Sundress Publications;
Querencia Press (2024);
Contemporary American Voices;
Humana Obscura;
Streetlight Magazine;
Stanchion Zine;
Kernel Magazine,
Sunday Mornings at the River;
Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review;
The William and Mary Review;
The Compassion Anthology;
Whurk Magazine;
Ledbury Poetry Festival;
Mala Leche;
The Journal of Wild Culture;
Blueline Literary Magazine;
the exhibition and book, Open to Interpretation, from Liberty Town Arts;
the Ekphrastic Exhibition at The Arts Center in Orange, Virginia;
Sparked Literary Magazine;
"We Are Here," a collaborative poetry project with Virginia Poet Laureate, Luisa A. Igloria, as well as her Poetry Postcard Project;
The Poet's Domain;
Audubon Alaska;
The Mindful Birding Network;
Budding Light Press,
Birds Piled Loosely Press;
Echo World Magazine;
Postcard Poems and Prose Magazine;
Butter Press;
Sky Island Journal;
Disquiet Arts,
Kudzu Literary Magazine;
The Good Men Project;
Minnesota Great River Shakespeare Festival;
The Big Windows Review;
Vagabond City;
The Eclectic Literary Magazine;
The Gallery;
The Escarp Review;
tenderness, yea;
Healing Forest;
Local Gems Press/ NOVA Bards;
the “Million-line Poem,” from Tupelo Press;
and the creative social justice groups, Racket and Period Piece.
My work is included in the Virginia Poets Database.
I have published multiple essays and articles on spiritual topics, including with:
OnBeing from APR;
The Mindfulness Bell, a publication of Plum Village with Thich Nhat Hanh;
Tricycle Magazine;
Sharon Salzberg’s meditation blog;
The Yoga and Body Image Coalition;
Yoga Basics; and other publications.
