Awards
First Place for Meridian in the Free Verse Category and Fifth Honorable Mention for Sargasso Sea in the Poet's Choice Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2013 Contest.
Honorable Mentions for Elizabeth Cady Stanton Chews Out Her Daughter, Margaret, Who Has Decided Not to Follow in Her Mother’s Footsteps in the Free Verse Category and How to Weather a Day of 24/7 Media-Drenched Weather Hysteria in the You Do, Too! (second person point of view) Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2011 Contest.
Semi-Finalist in the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Competition sponsored by Crab Orchard Review for Riff, Rain, Remain.
First Honorable Mention for Jubilee in the Experimental Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2011 Contest.
Honorable Mention for Still-Life with Middle-Aged Woman & Fruit in the Poet's Choice Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2010 Contest.
Second Place for Inventory in the Free Verse Category (Theme: Movies) and Fourth Place for My Bikini Goes to Goodwill in the Poet's Choice Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2009 Contest.
Second Place for Voyeur in the Members Only Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2009 Contest.
First Place for Sara's Eyes in the Free Verse Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2008 Contest.
Honorable Mention for Empty Nest in the Prose Poem Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2008 Contest.
Second Place for Remembering Gravity in the Free Verse Category, Honorable Mention for Sara's Eyes in the Dueling Judge Category, and Honorable Mention for Origami in the Members Only Category of the Oregon Poetry Association Fall 2007 Contest.
Semi-Finalist in the 2007 New Women's Voices Series Chapbook Competition sponsored by Finishing Line Press for The Hours of Us.
Honorable Mention for Leda Before the Swan in the Oregon Poetry Association Spring 2007 Contest, Members Only Category.
Semi-Finalist in the 2006 Marjorie J. Wilson Award Contest sponsored by Margie: The American Journal of Poetry.
2004 Oregon Literary Fellowship/Leslie Bradshaw Award in Literary Nonfiction, Literary Arts.
Honorable Mention/Finalist for "Soul Music" in the Spring 2004 Short Story Award for New Writers Contest sponsored by Glimmer Train Press.
1993 James Jones First Novel Fellowship. James Jones Literary Society.
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