Literary awards & publications
2018 WOW! Women on Writing Winter Flash Fiction Contest
Top 10 Finalist - "Ribbon" 2018 Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference Selected as a contributing writer for Craig Johnson's 4-day fiction workshop at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. 2016 WOW! Women on Writing Summer Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place - $250 "Who Am I?" 2016 James Applewhite Poetry Prize Poetry - Semifinalist "Ghost Bike" Craven Arts Council Art Inspiring Poetry Anthology November 2015 "Fast Food Momma" Poetry in Plain Sight July 2015 "Hourglass" Poem selected by Winston-Salem Writers to be displayed on posters around the city of Winston-Salem's Arts District. 2015 James Applewhite Poetry Prize Poetry - Semifinalist "Prescribed Fires" Carolina Woman 2015 Writing Contest April 2015 Fiction - Honorable Mention "Money Changes Everything" Storefronts by Associated Artists September 2014 Poem selected by local arts organization and Winston-Salem Writers to inspire two community art installations unveiled by the mayor of Winston-Salem. Learn more about the Storefronts program in the Winston-Salem Journal. |
Poetry Scope: Poetry About Science
May 2014 The staff at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences selected "Climate Change" as part of Earth Month celebration. Mused Literary Journal Short story published March 2014 "Tuna Heart" Matter Press September 2013 Declined poetry and published cover letter instead. Poetry in Plain Sight March 2013 "Tea Time at Loch Ness" Main Street Rag Poetry published Summer 2012 "Home's Pulse" Iodine Poetry Journal Fall 2011 "How to Find Freedom" Best of the Raleigh Reading Series September 2011 by Main Street Rag "Out, Damned Spot!" "Go West" Mused Literary Journal September 2011 "Sayville" "You Win" WOW! Women on Writing Summer 2010 Flash Fiction Contest "Tea For Two" - Finalist Mused Literary Journal Poetry published June 2010: "Apple" and "Highway" Poetry published March 2010: "Climate Change" "Untitled" "Summer at the Cape" |
Writing scholarship
Selected as a Contributing Writer for Melissa Bank's 11-day workshop in fiction at the 2009 Southampton Writer's Conference on Long Island, New York. The Maze Poetry published 2003: "Michael" Prose published 2003: "Generational Divergence" Mark Twain Literary Contest Poetry - First Place: "Sunset at Montauk" 2003 "Eyes" 1999 Prose - Honorable Mention: "All in a River's Day" 2003 "Broken Silence" 2002 Walt Whitman Birthplace Poetry Contest Poetry - Honorable Mention 1999 Non-literary awards:
Fearrington Beltiegram Photo Contest October 2014 Photo selected in Top 5 out of 1,200 entries in the Fearrington Village Photo Contest. Volunteer Achievement award for over 700 hours of community service - 2004 Design Designed winning logo for the New York State Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America - 2002 |