Poet

Publications & Prizes
* Southern Poetry Assoc; Blue Ribbon Award
* Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award; Commendation
* Takoma Park (MD) Merchant’s Award
* Florida State Writing Competition, Hon Mention
* Louisiana Literature Poetry Prize
* Daly City Poetry Contest; 3rd Place
* Verve Winter competition, Finalist
* Indiana State Fed. of Poetry Clubs; Hon Mention
* National Writers Club Poetry Contest; 4th Place
* WVA Poetry Society; 1st Place
* Arizona Authors’ Assn; 3rd Place
* Paisley Moon Poetry Contest; Hon Mention
* 49th Parallel Poetry Contest; 2nd Place
* Oxalis Writing Olympics; 3rd Place
* S. S. Calliope Poetry Anthology; Hon Mention
* Four Pushcart nominations
* The Poet’s Page; Hon Mention
* Rites of Spring; 1st Place
* VA Poetry Society Award; Hon Mention
( Sarasota Theatre’s “Soulspeak”; Hon Mention
* DC Slam Team – First Place
* Baltimore (MD) ARTSCAPE Poetry Award
* Washington Review Poetry Prize
* Beauty for Ashes Poetry Prize; 3rd Place
* Art in the Air; Honorable Mention
* Southern Poetry Assoc; Blue Ribbon Award