Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Fiction
Poetry
Oregon Arts Commission 2015 Individual Artist Fellowship; Full Scholarship, The Sun 2013 Writing Retreat, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA (2013); Spring 2013 Andrews Forest Writers Residency, Oregon State University Andrews Experimental Forest; Peace Corps Writers 2012 Poetry Award; 1st Place, Standing Rock Cultural Arts 2010 Open Poetry Chapbook Competition; 1st Place, 2009 Mary Mackey Short Story Prize (sponsored/judged by Mary Mackey), National League of American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay Area Branch; Dorothy Norton Clay Fellowship, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Mount St. Francis, IN (2007); Bernheim Writer-in-Residence, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY (2006); Grand Prize, Santa Fe Writers Project 2005 Literary Awards Program (judged by Ayun Halliday); 1st Place, Many Mountains Moving 2005 Flash Fiction Contest (judged by Thaddeus Rutkowski)