Entering competitions keeps me sharp. Winning them makes me happy.
Here are some of my favorite awards:
Alpine International Fiction Contest (2019) "Death Bears " - Third Prize
Alpine International Fiction Contest (2017) “Domain” - Second Prize
Common Good Books Poetry Prize (2017) - “Mother” - Winner
Victoria Hudson Emerging Writer Award (2015) - Runner Up
National Poetry Golden Scroll Award (2014)
Poet Laureate 2013-2014 Poetry Society of Tennessee
“The Great American Think-Off” (2013) - National Silver Medalist
Honorable Mention 2019.
Senior Poet Laureate Tennessee (2012 and 2013)
The Saturday Evening Post "The Conch Shell" (2012) - Emerging Writer Award
Family Circle Magazine Short Story Contest The Last Battle (2012) - Third Prize
Mainstream Novel in Progress – Abilene Writers Guild (2012) - First Place
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
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Alpine Fellowship Venice, Italy 2017
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Fiction Writing Residency Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (2014)
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Juried into the Moss Workshop under mentor Richard Bausch (2011)