Awards

If The Sky Won’t Have Me, poems, nominated for the 2024 Washington State Book Awards by Unsolicited Press

a winter night, a novel, nominated for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award by Unsolicited Press

Finalist, Story Circle’s 2021 Sarton Award in Contemporary Fiction, a winter night
Finalist, 2021 Barry Hannah Prize in Fiction, Yalobusha Review, “Show Me The Future”
Long List, Fractured Literary 2021 Flash Fiction Contest, “Caleb’s Girl”
Bronze Medal Winner in the Short Fiction Category, 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, what nell dreams
Finalist, Short Story Collections Category, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, what nell dreams
what nell dreams, a novella & stories, nominated for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award by Unsolicited Press

Finalist and First Runner-up in poetry, 2020 Julia Peterkin Literary Award, “Even The Trees Went Under”
Finalist, Literary Fiction, 2020 American Fiction Awards, Maggie’s Ruse
2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Maggie’s Ruse
2020 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List, Maggie’s Ruse

Finalist, 2018 Rick DeMarinis Short Story Competition, sponsored by Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts, “People Like Them”
“Yellow” nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize by Carleton Whaley, Editor of The Slag Review
“The First Time” nominated for a 2018 Pushcart Prize by Karl Wenclas, Editor of New Pop Lit
Finalist in the literary fiction category, 2018 International Book Awards, The Amendment
“The Plains, As Seen From Above,” named a notable poem in the 2018 Gemini Poetry Open

Finalist in the literary fiction category, 2017 Best Book Awards, Women Within
“Picture This” nominated for Best of the Net, 2017 by Karl Wenclas, Editor of New Pop Lit
Best Fiction Winner, 2017 Maxy Award, Women Within
Finalist in the short story category, 2017 International Book Awards, By the Wayside
Best Fiction WINNER, 2017 Maxy Awards, Women Within

Winner, Literary Fiction, 2015 Book of the Year Award, What Is Found, What Is Lost
Finalist in the literary fiction category, 2015 International Book Awards, What Is Found, What Is Lost

Finalist in the short story category, 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Our Love Could Light The World
“By The Wayside” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Lisa Sanchez, editor of Nomos Review

Finalist in the short story category, 2013 Best Books Awards, Our Love Could Light The World
Finalist in the literary fiction category, 2013 Best Books Awards, Our Love Could Light The World
Finalist in the short story category, 2013 International Book Awards, Our Love Could Light The World
Finalist, 2013 Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, “An Act of Concealment”

Finalist, 2012 Writers @ Work Fellowship Competition, “At Home”
2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Short Story Fiction, All The Roads That Lead From Home
Long list, Fish Short Story Prize, 2011/2012, “Where Love Lies”

“The Keeper of The Truth” listed in storySouth’s Million Writers Award Most Notable Stories of 2011
“The Meaning of The Hat” nominated for Best of The Net by the editors of Knee-Jerk Magazine
“Snow Angels” nominated for Best of The Net by PANK editor Roxane Gay

Finalist, 2010 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award, All The Roads That Lead From Home

Finalist, 2009 Sol Books Prose Contest, All The Roads That Lead From Home
Honorable Mention, 2009 Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction, “An Undiscovered Country”
Finalist in the Short Story Category, 2009 Press 53 Open Competition, “Surrogate”
Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train March 2009 Fiction Open, “The Hanged Man”

Finalist in the Short Story Category, 2008 Press 53 Open Competition, “Snow Country”
First Place, The Pinch’s 2008 Literary Award in Fiction, “Surrogate”

Long list, Fish Short Story Prize, 2007/2008, “All The Roads That Lead From Home”
Finalist, 2007 William Van Wert Fiction Competition (Hidden River Arts), “Not Enough To Go Around”
First Place, American Short Fiction 2007 Short Story Contest, “All The Roads That Lead From Home”
Semi-Finalist, New Millennium 24 Writing Contest (July 31, 2007), “Running Out” (Later renamed “All The Roads That Lead From Home.”)
Top Twenty-five Finalist, Glimmer Train Fiction Open, Summer 2007, “Loss of Balance”
Third Place, Lunch Hour Stories 2007 Short Story Contest, “Not Enough To Go Around”
Finalist, Salt Flats Annual 2007 Emerging Writers Fiction Contest, “For The Taking”
Finalist, So To Speak 2007 Fiction Contest, “For The Taking”

Semi-Finalist, 2006 William Van Wert Fiction Competition (Hidden River Arts), “Lily”
Semi-Finalist, 2006 William Van Wert Fiction Competition (Hidden River Arts), “On Any Given Day”
Finalist, 2006 Arts & Letters Prize in Fiction, for “Snow Country”
Finalist, 2006 John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction (Harpur Palate), “Snow Country”
Long List, Fish Short Story Prize 2005/2006, “Snow Country”

Top Twenty-five Finalist, Glimmer Train Fiction Open – Winter 2004/2005, “Our Best Measure”
Finalist, Meridian 2004 Editors’ Prize, “When Every Part of You Breaks”
Finalist, 2004 Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest, “When Every Part of You Breaks”
“When Every Part of You Breaks” listed in storySouth’s Most Notable Stories of 2004

Semi-Finalist, 2003 Alligator Juniper National Writing Contest, “When Every Part of You Breaks”
Finalist, Painted Bride Quarterly 2003 Fiction Contest, “When Every Part Of You Breaks”
Finalist, Glimmer Train Fiction Open – Summer 2003, “When Every Part Of You Breaks”
Received the 2003 Willamette Award in Fiction from the Clackamas Literary Review for “Getting Out”
Finalist, 2003 New Century Writer Awards, “Fance”
Finalist, 2003 New Century Writer Awards, “Inside Out”
Finalist, 2003 New Century Writer Awards, “What Do You Want Most In The Whole World?”
First Place, 2003 Clark College Fiction Contest, “Fance”

Semi-Finalist, 2002 H.E. Frances Award, “Inside Out”
Third Prize, 2002 Tennessee Writers Alliance Short Fiction Competition, “The Music Lover”
Fifth Prize, 2002 Sarasota Literary Society Annual Writing Competition,”Everyone Thinks About Divorce”

Honorable Mention, 2001 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, “What Do You Want Most In The Whole World?”mong The Trees”