Creative Writing Awards

I am represented by Alisha West and Lizz Nagle of Victress Literary.

My novel, ANNA’S ENDLESSLY COLLAPSING STAR, which is currently on submission, was a finalist for the 2022 Eludia Award from Hidden River Arts and longlisted for the 2020 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction (but not yet published).

“And Nobody Died That Day” won first prize in Memoir Magazine’s Essay Contest. 2018.

“The Garden” (excerpt from ANNA’S ENDLESSLY COLLAPSING STAR) was shortlisted for RopeWalk Press Editor’s Fiction Chapbook Prize. 2015.

“Winter on the Island” was a finalist for RopeWalk Press’s short-short fiction prize. 2014.

SELECTED Fiction & POETRY Publications

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“The Lucky Ones,” short fiction, The Washington Writers Publishing House Anthology, This Is What America Looks Like.

“The Eclipse,” short fiction, Agave Magazine.

“Ode to Conversions” poem, Stymie Magazine.

“Inside the Melee,” short fiction, The Nassau Review.

“Jules of the Red Lips,” short fiction, SNReview.

“Lie Next to Me,” poem, Penhead Press.

“They Almost Asked Us Back,” poem, Iris.