Poet
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Publications & Prizes
Poetry Fellow for the SC Arts Comm. Poetry Fellowship of the SC Academy of Authors. Awarded the Palanquin Press Chapbook Award from the University of South Carolina, Aiken. Winner of the Kentucky Writers' Coalition Chapbook Award. First Runner-up for the Texas Review Press Chapbook Award (Judged by R.S. Gwynn).
Finalist:Next Generation Indie Award. Finalist for the John Ciardi Book Prize (Judged by Christopher Buckley). Finalist in the Brockman-Campbell Book Award. Finalist for the Oscar Arnold Young Book Award for three different books. Nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize by Press 53 and Wild Goose Poetry Review. Nominated for Best of the Net.