Publications and Awards

My writing has appeared in the magazines listed below.

4AM Review, 13 Myna Birds, 13th Warrior Review, 51%, Artisan: A Journal of Craft, Avatar Review, Blood Orange Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Borderlands, Bread and Oranges, Chattahoochee Review, Devil Blossoms, Euphony, Garfield Lake Review, Garland Court Review, Glass poetry Review, [Growling Softly], Harbinger, Hiss Quarterly, Ink and Ashes, Inkwell Anthology, Laurel Review, Milestone, Nightsun, North of New Orleans, North Texas Review, Old Crow Review, The Poetry Super Highway, Poets against the War Anthology (online), Rag Mag, Sein und Werden, Stirring.net, Sycamore Review, This So Called Life Anthology, The View from Here, We Need Not Walk Alone, Westview, Writing on the Edge

The list of small successes and near misses that have validated my existence:

2007, Nominee: Pushcart Prize
2006, Judge: 9th Annual Poetry Superhighway Poetry Contest
2005, 2nd Place: 8th Annual Poetry Superhighway Poetry Contest
2004, Nominee: Pushcart Prize
2003, Finalist: Violet Reed Haas poetry competition
2002, Semi-Finalist: Cleveland State University first book competition
2001, 1st Place: Abbie M. Copps Poetry Competition
1999, Finalist: Dana Award for poetry
1998, 2nd Place: Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers' poetry contest

And I just got a rejection letter from Sojourners. It was a form letter. Down at the bottom someone had written, "Excellent writing."

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