HONORS AND AWARDS
POETRY
New Millennium Writing 2026 Award for Poetry: “Love Junkies “ - poem selected as first place winner.
Louisville Review 2026 Frederick Smock Poetry Prize:TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, a poetry collection selected as a finalist in contest for full-length collections.
Marsh Hawk Press 2026 Poetry Contest: MOVIE REVIEWS, a poetry collection selected as a finalist in poetry contest for full-length collections
Best of the Net 2026: “An Open Letter from Gregg Popovich to Tim Duncan”- poem nominated for Best of the Net 2026.
Pushcart Prize 2025: “Too Close to the Sun”- poem nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2025.
FICTION
North American Review 2026 Short Story Prize: “Avoiding Paralysis” selected as a finalist.
Slippery Elm Journal 2025 Short Story Contest: “Before it Gets Cold” selected as winner.
Pushcart Prize 2025: Nominated for the short story, “Before it Gets Cold.”
Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) 2024 Fiction Contest: Finalist for the short story, “One More Jump.”
Story Magazine 2023 Story Foundation Prize: Semi-finalist for the short story, “And the Sign Says.”.
Prime Number Magazine Award (2024): “We Used to Hunt Whales” selected as a finalist.
TFOB 2025 Fiction Contest: “Lost and Found” selected as a finalist.
New Millenium Writing 2025 Short Story Contest: Finalist for “Older than You.”
New Letters 2022 Robert Day Award for Fiction: Finalist for “Sunsets on the Pier.”
Fish Publishing 2022 Short Story Contest: Long listed for short story, “Halley’s Comet.”
Writer’s Digest 2022 Short Story Competition: “The Letter” selected honorable mention.
Write by the Sea Competition in Kilmore Quay: “Mother, Mother” selected for short list.
TFOB 2023 Fiction Contest: “A Misunderstanding” and “The Letter” selected as finalists.
Flash 500 March 2023 Contest: “How to Say Goodbye” selected as 2nd place in flash contest.
New Millenium Writing 2023 Flash Fiction Award: “How to Say Goodbye” selected as a finalist.
Driftwood Press 2022 Short Story Contest: “The Reburial” selected as runner-up.
TFOB 2022 Fiction Contest: “Sunsets on the Pier” selected as finalist.
