TGC finals for Wandering Aengus Book Award
Bring it, 2024! A sweet highlight of 2023 came toward the end of it, and I’m hoping portends more good news in the months to come. My full-length collection made the finalist list in the Wandering Aengus Book Award competition. This acknowledgement was one more form of validation for the work, which amassed some very special […]
TGC comes close again: Finalist, Barry Spacks Prize
Hooray for late summer news! My little manuscript is being read and considered by several different publishers right now. I tend to dismiss my chances for earlier versions of the work, as I’ve kept revising it over a two-year period, so I was completely surprised and pleased to learn that a slightly earlier version of […]
Finalist honors! Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize
My first-book manuscript, The Grief Committee, has gotten a little love! I’m thrilled. I learned a few weeks ago that I was a finalist for the Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize, which carries a $1,000 award and book publication. While I didn’t win…I really did, because this is the most meaningful recognition I’ve had yet for […]
Finalist honors: 2022 River Heron Poetry Prize
I learned this week that a poem of mine made it into the top five in the contest.
A “Sweet’ month for poetry
A finalist nod in a competition after years of trying made for a
Special honor, honorable mention: SWWIM Every Day’s “Poetry for Purses” contest
An honorable mention in SWWIM Every Day’s Purses for Poetry Contest was meaningful for several reasons.
Accommodations wins 2018 Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award!
I’m was thrilled to learn that my new manuscript won the 2018 Concrete Wolf Chapbook competition and will be published this fall!