Poet, Fiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
Her fourth poetry collection, WHERE WATER MEETS THE ROCK (39 WEST PRESS 2017) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. A poem in her fourth collection, Where Water Meets the Rock (39 West Press 2017) reaped an Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest’s 85th Contest. Her third, CROSSING KANSAS with Jim Morrison (in chapbook form), was a finalist in the QuillsEdge Press 2015-2016 contest and won the KAC 2017 “Looks Like a Million.”
2013 Pushcart Prize nominee for "Bonsai Tree Gone Awry" from INSIDE VIRGIL'S GARAGE (Chatter House Press 2013). This collection was also a runner-up in the 2015 Kansas Authors Club Thomas Nelson Poetry Prize. McClatchy Newspapers named her first collection, STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Woodley Press) one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of 2008. The collection was also nominated for a PEN USA award. 1987 Grand Prize Barbara Storck Creative Writing Contest (Cicada Grove and poetry) 1986 Grand Prize Barbara Storck Creative Writing Contest (a short story and poetry) 1992 Third Place Shorelines Poetry Contest