Poet, Fiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
Winner for "Come Rain or Come Shine," 2019 New Plays from the Heartland Competition, Heartland Theatre, Bloomington-Normal, IL; Publication & Production Award for "Scattered Shower," 2019 Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival, Center for the Performing Arts, Bonita Springs, FL; First Prize for "A Pet of Temperance," 2019 Summer Shorts Festival, Town & Gown Players, Stillwater, OK; Laureate's Prize for "Pusillanimous Poem," 2019 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition; First Prize for "Giving Up the Ghosts," 2018 New Play Competition, Pennsylvania Playhouse, Bethlehem, PA; First Prize for "Steering into the Skid," 2018 Summer Shorts Festival, Town & Gown Players, Stillwater, OK; Laureate's Prize for "Bookworm: A Fragment," 2018 Matia W. Faust Sonnet Competition; First Prize for Poetry for “Pantoum: Where We’re Going, Where We’ve Been,” 2016 Arkansas Science Festival Science Slam; First Prize for “The Great Reviser” (2016 Spring Poetry Competition), Phi Kappa Phi Forum; Third Prize for "Candy Kisses," 2014 One-Act Competition, St. Croix Festival Theatre, St. Croix Falls, WI; Finalist, "Candy Kisses," 2019 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA; Finalist, "Candy Kisses," 2014 Drama Prize, Arts & Letters Journal, Milledgeville, GA; Bronze Medal for "The MemoryCare Plays," 2014 Independent Publisher Awards, New York City; First Prize ($1,500), MemoryCare One-Act Competition, 2013, for "Steering into the Skid" (one-act play); Runner-Up for "The Poet Takes a Good Look at Himself," Phi Kappa Phi Forum 2012 Summer Poetry Competition; Winner, Phi Kappa Phi Forum Summer 2009 Poetry Competition, for “What's Underneath”; Finalist, 2009 Publication Prize, Snake Nation Press, for Spectators As We Are (poetry collection)