Publications
“James Weldon Johnson at the Apocalypse,” Vol 12, American Journal of Poetry (2022)
“No Beauty is Superfluous” is forthcoming in the Public Poetry Pandemic Anthology
“Home Schooling My Son” and “The Law of Conservation” will appear in Hole in the Head Review in August 2021
“On Emily Post Probation in St. Louis” appeared in issue 31.2 of december magazine.
“Habeas Corpus” is forthcoming in Raw Art Review (2021).
“Arch City” and “A Hymn to You Before I Knew You” were published by U City Review (Dec. 2018).
“Live Fast or Die” and “Your Imaginary Funeral” were published by U City Review (Dec. 2019).
“For Your Leaving” was published by Tahoma Literary Review. It was nominated for 50 Best Poets of 2019 (Meridian/UVa).
“God’s Math” was published by California Quarterly.
“A Rebel Yell on Michigan Avenue” appeared in Streetlight’s November 2019 issue. .
“Forsythia” and “My Son Finds a Bird in the House” were published by The Loch Raven Review.
“Patina” was awarded third place in Streetlight Magazine’s 2018 Poetry Contest. The poem appeared in a 100-page anthology of 2018 Streetlight poems. It also appeared in Raw Art Review (Nov. 2019).
“Your Obituary Said You Were Dead” appeared in Raw Art Review (Nov. 2019) as part of the November Poet-in-Residence/Featured Poet postings. It previously appeared in Third Wednesday.
“Death of a Neighbor” appeared in Third Wednesday, v. XI, n. 4. and was reprinted in Raw Art Review (Nov. 2019).
“Civics Lessons from Cable News” was published by BACOPA Literary Review in its 2018 volume.
“Calling the Roll” appeared on June 3, 2018 at New Verse News and in Raw Art Review (Nov. 2019).
“The Anonymous Letters of Gloria Vanderbilt” and “Old Lovers Are Fat” appeared in Snakeskin in June/July 2018, vol. 252, “Director of Memory Care” appeared in the November 2018 issue, “The Patient in Room 327 Has Too Much and Too Little Time on Her Hands” appeared in the September 1, 2019 issue, “The Ladykillers Are Overrated” appeared in the January 2020, and “Dorian Gray Has a Facebook Page” appeared in the February 2020 issue.
“The Anonymous Letters of Gloria Vanderbilt” appeared in the Nov. 2018 Better than Starbucks anthology and in Nov. 2019’s Raw Art Review.
“On the Fresh Morning of Forgetfulness” appeared in Blue Unicorn, v. XLII, n. 2 (Spring 2019).
“Skipping Rocks,” “Chain of Rock,” “Betty Friedan Takes a Second Job,” “Redshift,” “Algebra of the Ordinary,” and “Charity, True Christian Charity” were published by Mudlark in June 2018.
“Marie Antoinette Gets All Gayed Up and Goes to the Supreme Court” was published by What Rough Beast on September 25, 2018. This poem was a finalist in Gival Press’ Oscar Wilde contest. “Modern Beatitudes” was published on January 18, 2019, “Fault Lines” was published on Christmas Day 2019, “I-70 West” was published on February 15, 2020,“Tennessee Waltz with Tampons” on March 31, 2020, “Joker” on March 12, 2020. and “This Time Last Year” on June 8, 2020.
“Skipping Rocks” was published by Better than Starbucks in its 2018 anthology. It also was selected “Poem of the Month” by The Galway Review (July 10, 2019 ) and appeared in Haunted Waters/Splash (Oct. 2019). It was also a selection for Halcyone/Black Mountain Press’ 64 Best Poets (2018).
“Long Division” appeared in the Winter 2018/19 issue of The Lake. It is included in the anthology Enough (Public Poetry) (Nov. 2019).
“Keeping Time” was selected for inclusion in V Press’ 2019 Anthology, Running with Water (Sept. 2019). It also appeared in The Worcester Review (Nov. 2019).
“Stars Fell on Alabama at Vincent High School” was published by The Voices Project in September 2019. It was reprinted in Raw Art Review (Nov. 2019).
“Anomie,” “Remonstrance,” and “Hallowe’en” appeared in Muse Pie Press/Shot Glass issue 26. “Remonstrance” was nominated for inclusion in the Pushcart anthology (2018).
“A Valediction: Forbidding Cowardice” appeared in New Verse News October 7, 2018.
“Memorial Day” and “What the Stars Keep” were published in the winter issue of Halfway Down the Stairs. “Black Ice Blooming” appeared in the June 1, 2019 issue. “The Curious Romance of Lady Mantis” was published in the September 1, 2019 issue. “The Grammarian’s Anniversary Omelet” appeared in the March 1, 2020 issue. “Granny Woman (Emma Dupree 1897-1992) appeared in the December 2020 issue.
“Greenhouse” appeared on Genre Urban Arts’ site August 29, 2019.
“Roll Tide” and “Southern Licks” appeared in the spring 2019 issue of Valley Voices.
“Birmingham’s Good Glass Eye” was published in 34th Parallel’s January 2019 issue.
“Purple Heart, Purple Cheeks” appeared in the October 2019 issue of 34th Parallel and was reprinted for Veterans’ Day 2019.
“Playing the Dozens with my Son” appeared in 34th Parallel (March 2020).
“Elegy for a Good Boy” appeared in the October 2019 Muse Pie/Shot Glass edition.
“The Magician’s Daughter,” “Turning,” and “Marriage” appeared in the 14th edition (June 14, 2019) Voice of Eve.
“Tangled” and “Priest-Penitent Bob” appeared in the July 1 2019 issue of The American Journal of Poetry, issue 7.
“New Year’s Inventory” appeared in Gyroscope Magazine’s Winter 2019 issue.
“My Lord St. Louis” was published in June 2019’s Midwest Review (v. 7).
“Last Rites,” “Ambition,” “The Church Bells Ring While You Sort out Your Basement,” “Love Poem,” and “Valentine” appeared in Eunoia Review July 29-31, 2019. “Baby Shoes” appeared March 15, 2020.
“Cora C’s List of Things I Have Done,” “Prophecy,” “Pre-Mortem Codicil.” “My Mother’s Guest Room,” “Rapture,” “Dorian Gray has a Facebook Page,” and “Eternal Soliloquy from Elmwood” appeared in Raw Art Review’s November 2019 issue (some poems reassigned to 2020 issues).
“Rest” and “Doll” may appear in a 2021 issue of Raw Art Review.
“Cuffs” appeared in Brushfire (Nov. 2019).
“Bryce” appeared in the summer 2020 issue of A Courtship of Winds.
“Nazareth” and “Shelf Life” appeared in the May 2020 issue of Hole in the Head Review.
“Things the Crow Knows” appeared in Hole in the Head Review.
“Farm to Table” appeared in the October 2020 issue of Woven Tale Press.
“Schadenfreude” and “Anomie” appeared in Heirlock (Nov./Dec. 2019).
“Baby Shoes” and “Summer Rites in Bal Harbor Estates” appeared in Heirlock (August 2020).
“Fissures and Webs” was published by Twisted Vine (Dec. 12, 2019).
“A Most Important Man” appeared in High Shelf Press issue XVII (April 2020).
“Joker” was published in the anthology #PoetryinthetimeofCoronavirus (spring 2020) and also by What Rough Beast (May 12, 2020).
“My Mother Was a Blue Heron” appeared in Tahoma Literary Review’s issue 18 (Summer 2020) (excerpted form).
“Resume of the Best of Intentions” appeared in Green Light Review (June 2020 issue).
“A Lady Has Passed in Nacogdoches, TX” will appear in a forthcoming Cider House Review.
“Splitting the Roots” appeared in Impossible Archetypes (issue 8) (Summer 2020).
“American Laureate” and “A Critique of Sonnets” appeared in Showbear Family Circus in 2020.
“Williamson, TN” is forthcoming in the Winter 2020 issue of Sleet Magazine.
“The Caretakers” appeared in #82 of Hiram Poetry Review (2021).
“An Exegesis of Sorts” appeared in the Winter/Spring 2021 issue of Raw Art Review.
Awards
Pushcart nomination, “(Supposing) My Mother Was a Blue Heron" by Seven Kitchens Press (2021).
First Place (Short Story), Pumpernickel House Half-Light Press for “The Plat-Eye Tale.”
Finalist, Fifty-First New Millennium Writing Award for “Shelf Life”
First Place, The Good Life Honeybee Poetry Contest, “April is the Cruelest Month” (forthcoming 2021)
Honorable Mention, 53rd New Millennium Award for Poetry (2022) for “Skipping Rocks.”
Finalist, Top 18 (of 5785 entries), Tom Howard/Margaret Reid 2020 Poetry Contest
Honorable Mention, “Cora’s Things,” William Carlos Williams Prize (Raw Art Review) (forthcoming)
“Truth or Dare” and “The Law of Conservation,” Shortlist, William Carlos Williams Prize (forthcoming 2021)
Finalist, 50th New Millennium Award for Poetry (2020) for “Last Rites.”
Pen 2 Paper 2018 Literary Award Winner, Texas Coalition for Disabilities (“Bryce”).
Woven Tale Press 2018 third-place winner for suite “Tramp,” “Atomic Weight,” “Brumalia,” “Drive,” and “Grounding by Stars.”
Streetlight Magazine, third-place winner for “Patina.”
Top Ten Finalist, Thirty West 2018 book contest.
Vella 2018 Chapbook Award finalist.
Runner-up, Finishing Line Press 2019 chapbook contest.
Sunspot Magazine, First Place, 100 Words Contest, v. 1, issue 13 (Sept. 2019) (“Love Poem”). Longlist for 250 Word “Best Opening” for fiction (“Sarah’s Diary”) (Nov. 2019).
“Stars Fell on Alabama at Vincent High School” was a finalist for Hidden River Arts’ Trilogy Award for Poetry (Dec. 2018).
“On Emily Post Probation in St. Louis” was a semifinalist for december magazine’s Marks Memorial Prize and will be published in issue 31.2 of december magazine .
Pushcart nomination by Muse Pie Press for “Remonstrance” (2018).
Halcyone/Black Mountain Press 64 Best of 2018 anthology (summer 2019) (“Skipping Rocks,” “Old Lovers Are Fat”) and 64 Best of 2019.
Nominated for 50 Best Poets of 2019 by The Tahoma Literary Review (“For Your Leaving”).
Semifinalist, Hidden Rivers Press 2019 Willow Run Book Award.
Semifinalist, “Things the Crow Knows”; Mention, “Resume of the Best of Intentions,” Great Midwestern Poetry Contest.
November 2019 Poet-in-Residence/Featured Poet, Raw Art Review.
First Runner-up, Bayou Magazine 2019 Kay Murphy Memorial Poetry Contest (“My Mother’s Guest Room”)
Finalist, 2019 Cathexis Northwest Chapbook Prize.
Eyewear Publishing Book Award shortlist (2017) and longlist (2018).
John H. Kim Memorial Prize for Fiction, Honorable Mention, “Into the Dark” (publication January 2020; print issue summer 2020).
“Last Rites,” “St. Louis Wind Chimes,” “For Your Leaving,” “Your Obituary Said You Were Dead,” and “Baby Shoes” were shortlisted for the Doug Draime Poetry Prize : “Last Rites” was runner-up, with mentions for the rest, along with “My Mother was a Blue Heron.”
Finalist, The Heartland Review Joy Bale Boone Memorial Poetry Prize, for “Elegy for a Good Boy” and “A Critique of Sonnets” (spring 2020).
Honorable Mention, W.B. Yeats Poetry Society 2020 for “Nazareth.”
Top 2% of 5,536 poems submitted to Winning Writers’ 2019 annual poetry contest.
Shortlist, New Millennium/Sunspots 2020 100-Word Contest for “When Levees Break,” “October Walk in Tower Grove Park.”
Halycone/Black Mountain Press, 64 Best of 2019 anthology.
Member, Academy of American Poets.