Writing Portfolio
PUBLICATIONS
- Freckled Ink Online Journal, March 2019, Grandma Swims with Water Moccasin, Poem
- The Purple Breakfast Review, Issue 7, Feb 2019, Abandoned, Poem
- OLLI at ASU Anthology 2018, Thirteen Minutes, Short story
- The Purple Breakfast Review, Issue 5, An African Creation, Poem
- Mookychick Online Magazine, March 13, 2018, You’re Thirteen, Poem
- Apeiron Review, Winter 2016, Thirteen Minutes, Short story
- Aaduna, Spring 2016, Vol 6, Issue 1, Etosa Pan, Poem and Essay
- Chaffey Review, 2016, Vol XIV, Himba, Poem
- Cactus Heart E-Issue 14, Winter 2015, Rusty Dreams, Poem
- Atticus Review, Sept 22, 2015, Makuwa!, Essay
- Bangalore Review, Vol. 3, No 3, August 2015, A Life, A Book, A Chance, Short story
- Thema Literary Journal, Vol. 19, No 1, Spring 2007, A Penny by Any Other Name, Short story
AWARDS
- Matters of the Heart Poetry Competition, Glendale Community College, May 2021, Pass Me a Post It
- Tempe Writers Forum Vol. 7, Tempe Public Library Writing Contest, April 2021, Christmas Hawk
- Paradise Review Writing Contest, 2nd Place Flash Fiction, Death by Coffee, 2nd Place Poetry, Just Do It and Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, 2021
- Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Arizona State University, Scholarship recipient, 2020
- Paradise Review Writing Contest, 3rd Place Short Story, A Life, A Book, A Chance, 2nd Place Poetry, The Circus, 2019
- Arty Award Outstanding Fine & Performing Arts Student – Creative Writing, Paradise Valley Community College, 2019
- Paradise Review Writing Contest, 1st Place Short Story, Assault by Cat, Works of Merit Poetry, What the Hell, and Inside the Pain, 2018
- Prague Summer Program, West Michigan University, Scholarship Recipient, 2005 & 2006
- E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award, Honorable Mention, Assault by Cat, 2005
- Dionysian Women’s Group, Best Essay, Tales of a Misplaced Texan, 2003