Awards and Distinctions
October, quarter-finalist for 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition
“One Swift Effort,” honorable mention, 2019, 47th New Millennium Writing Awards
“Many and Many a Year Ago,” winner, 2019 Norton Girault Literary Prize in Fiction from Barely South Review
“Sun on Snow on Mountains,” finalist, 2019 Great Midwest Writing Contest, Midwest Review
Pepper’s Ghost, finalist, 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Contemporary Fiction
Appearances
2016
Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM
Page 1, Albuquerque, NM
Chaucer’s, Santa Barbara, CA
Star Line Books, Chattanooga, TN
BookExpo America/BookCon, Chicago, IL
2015
North American Review Bicentennial Celebration, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2013
Bridgewater International Literature Festival, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2012
40th Annual Literature and Culture Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Audio
Authors Talk, Superstition Review, 2018 (mp3, 6 mins.)
“Drop Off,” Sandy River Review, 2015 (mp3, 5 mins.)