Awards
Best Microfiction 2025: "Empty Nest"
Bronze Award for Short Story (unpublished), 2025 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition: “Heads Up”
Semi-Finalist for Short Story (published), 2025 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition: “First Kiss”
Publications
Flash Fiction
“First Kiss”—Gold Man Review, November 1, 2024
- available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble“Empty Nest” —Tahoma Literary Review, July 15, 2024
Short Stories
“A Visit to the Aquarium” —Tomahawk Creek Review, June 10, 2023
“Engagement” — NiftyLit, June 21, 2022
“Diana” — Grande Dame Literary Journal, May 26, 2022
Readings
New issue launch with Tahoma Literary Review, Crab Creek Review, and Orca, A Literary Journal/Third Place Books; July 19, 2024
Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference: Blue Parlor Presents—One Minute in Heaven; August 25, 2023
NiftyLit Live: An Evening of Poetry & Prose; March 15, 2023
- with Erika Gallion, Adam Cheshire, Nancy Fagan, & Joe Baumann
Conferences and Residencies
2023 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (fiction contributor)
Rockvale Writers’ Colony (May 2025)
Other
Royal Palm Literary Awards Judge (2025)
Member of Florida Writers Association (FWA)
Current Projects
Heads Up and Other Stories (in revision)
A collection of stories about ordinary people confronted with unexpected events that upend complacency, ultimately forcing them to see themselves, their family, or the world in a deeper, more honest way.
Affections Light and Deep (in progress)
A book of linked short stories about a young woman who, over the course of a decade, discovers herself through friendships with five nurturing, sensitive, hilarious men.