Poet, Fiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
Poetry: "California Holding": Zocalo Public Square Poets of Place competition, 2025: Honorable Mention.
Poetry: " " First Place in Cristol Cooper competition judged by Helen Losse, Poetry Editor for The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and Associate Editor for Kentucky Review was the judge.
Selected for 92nd Street Y master class in fiction with James Salter and Poets House master class in poetry with C.K. Williams. Recipient of: --Seattle Arts Commission Grant in Scriptwriting; --King County Arts Commission Grant in Fiction; --King County Arts Commission Grant (as editor) for special issue of Northwest Ethnic News. Recipient of an NEH Fellowship: National Endowment for Humanities for Secondary Educators: Summer Seminar at Kenyon College. In a seminar with ten other high school teachers, we discussed "Friendship in Literature." The workshop was led by Ronald A. Sharp, co-editor (with Eudora Welty) of the Norton Book of Friendship. Winner of the LordJesusChristSavior (that is how it's spelled-no breaks) poetry contest. Helen Losse, Poetry Editor for The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and Associate Editor for Kentucky Review was the judge.