Awards & Publications

Prairie Whispers, Sky Island Journal, Fall 2021

An Annual Visitation, First Place, Southwest Writers, Biography Prose, 2021

Time Between Hours, Second Place, Southwest Writers, Spiritual Poem, 2021

Third Prize, Larry Turner Award for Nonfiction, Ontario, Canada, 2006

Recipient of Residency, A Room of Her Own Foundation, 2005

Honorable Mention, Fourth Genre Journal Annual Editor’s Prize, 2005

Honorable Mention, New Millennium Writer’s Journal, 2005

Creative Nonfiction Mentorship Award Winner, Loft Literary Center, 2003-2004

Memoir, “Living in Twilight,” Water~Stone Review, 2003

Creative Nonfiction Mentorship Award Winner, SASE Mentorship Program, 2002

Poem, “Vanishing Romance,” Water~Stone Review, 2002

Creative Thesis Award, Graduate of Liberal Studies (GLS) Program, Masters in Liberal Studies, 1999