Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Finalist, American Legacy Book Awards – Nonfiction Cross-Genre, 2025 – “A Decade in Gloucester: Reflections on History and Home”
Film Festival Selection, “How to Love the Moon”, Worldthreading Film Festival, Poetic Phonotheque, 2025
Grant recipient, 400 USD Short Film Grant, Creative County Initiative, Essex County Community Foundation, 2025
Winner, Second Place, The Barbara Sykes Memorial Humorous Poem, Poetry Society of Michigan, 2024 – “The Spirit of the Stairs”
Honorable mention, Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition, 2024 – “Grandpa Doesn’t Smile Anymore”
Winner, Laureates’ Choice, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2024 – “Sonnet for an Old Cat”
Finalist, Five Minute Lit, Fall Contest, 2023 – “When Dad is Mom”
Winner, Grand Prize, Richard Angilly Memorial Contest, Dancing Poetry, 2023 – “How to Love the Moon”
Winner, Laureates’ Choice, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2023 – “How to Love the Moon”
Grant recipient, 500 USD Short Film Grant, Demand Media Studios, Inc., 2011
Winner, Slogan Contest, Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA), 2010 – “Beauty is not a size.”