I have received a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, 2006 whose funding was used to publish my chapbook "In My Mother's House", the title poem which was published on-line in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column. 1st prize, Anna Davidson Rosenberg award, Poetica magazine, 2015, 3rd place, Writers Digest 2017 Poetry contest

Paterson Review, 3 honorable mentions in Allen Ginsburg Poetry contest and editor's choice award. 

Poet Lore, Third Wednesday, Flabberhouse, Oberon, Xandau, The Literary Review, Paumanuk Interwoven, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Avanlon Poetry review, Veils, Halos & Shackles Anthology, Grabbing the Apple anthology, Kansas City Voices, Talus & Scree, CQ Quarterly and others.