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AWARDS
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My poetry and short stories have been published in hundreds of literary journals throughout the USA and Canada, journals including Kalliope, The Potomac Review, The South Dakota Review and numerous others. My poetry, plays and prose have won the following awards:
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POETRY |
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| Positano Pantoum | First Place/New England Poetry Club |
| Nuda Veritas | First Place/MAW Award, Inkwell |
| Segovian Riff | First Place/NLAPW 2006 |
| The Alchemy of Desire | First Place/NLAPW 2007 |
| Venerating Venus | Nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2003 |
| Desolate Beauty | Finalist/Jeannette Gould Maino Poetry Awards NLAPW |
| The Quilter and the Poet | First Place Poetry/2000 Decatur Library Award |
| Advice to my Cat Who Would be a Poet | First Place Poetry/Myriads Magazine First Place Humorous Poem/NLAPW |
| The Squaw Named Kate | First Place/Amelia Native American Poetry Award |
| Womankind | First Place Long Poem/Rhyme Time |
| Pure Bliss |
First Place Poetry/Friends of Ferguson Library |
| Anemones and Mirror | First Place/NLAPW |
| Catch of the Day | Best of the Best Award/Poetry Day |
| The Flame | Best of the Best Award/Poetry Day Honorable Mention/Rhyme Time |
| Season on Ice | Best of the Best Award/Poetry Day Honorable Mention/NLAPW |
| Dandelions | Best of the Best Award/Visions with Love |
| Glass | International Merit Award/Atlanta Review |
| Italian Lesson | International Publication Award/Atlanta Review |
| Chicken Farmer I Still Love You | International Merit Award/Atlanta Review |
| Burning the Past | Second Honorable Mention/NLAPW 2007 |
| Tiny Tendrils | Second Place/NLAPW |
| Notes to a Would be Lover | Second Place/NLAPW |
| First Edition | Second Place/Sensations Magazine |
| Orphean Aria | Finalist/Half Tones to Jubilee/Poetry Award |
| Wolf | Finalist/Artsmith Literary Contest |
| Kissing Marilyn Monroe's Crypt | Semi-Finalist/Naugatuck River Review |
| An Unholy Sonnet | Third Place/NLAPW |
| This Moment | Fourth Place/The Poet’s Touchstone |
| As She Cleans My House | Honorable Mention/California Quarterly |
| Unnecessary Kindness | Honorable Mention/Grandmother Earth VII |
| Albatross | Honorable Mention/Connecticut River Review |
| Mangrove Maze |
Honorable Mention/Connecticut River Review
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| Cathedrals in the Dark | Honorable Mention/New Millennium Writings |
| Would You Paint My Toenails Red | Honorable Mention/Northwest Cultural Council/ Poetry as Self-Portrait |
| Rittenhouse Square in May | Honorable Mention/NLAPW Honorable Mention/Potpourri |
| Mississippi Crescent Moon | Honorable Mention/New Millennium Writings |
| Total Eclipse | Honorable Mention/Writer’s Digest |
| God in My Garden | Honorable Mention/Poet Magazine |
| Butterflies Pray | Honorable Mention/Poetry Day |
| New York City Woman | Honorable Mention/NLAPW |
| Revision | Honorable Mention/Poetry Day |
| Blue Shirts | Honorable Mention/The Connecticut River Review |
| Burning the Past | Honorable Mention/Writer’s Digest |
| Portrait of the Poet | Honorable Mention/Writer’s Digest |
| Cold Desire | Honorable Mention/Decatur Public Library |
| Mirage in May | Honorable Mention/Decatur Public Library |
| Love All | Honorable Mention/New Millennium Writings |
| Magdalene | Judge’s Commendation/NLAPW |
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PLAYS |
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| Womankind | Semifinalist/NEAT, One Act Play Contest |
| Mama Say | Honorable Mention/Writers Digest |
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SHORT STORIES |
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| Hitchin’ a Ride | First Place/Sensations Magazine/Fiction |
| The Seed | First Place/Sensations Magazine/Fiction |
| Boys Will Be Boys | Finalist/Moondance Film Festival |
| The Ancestress | Winner, Writer’s Showcase Award/Papyrus |
| Cookie | Semifinalist/Moondance Film Festival |
| And on the Third Day | Honorable Mention/Short Story Digest |
| My Sister's Closet | Honorable Mention/Decatur Library |
| Angel’s Choice | Best of the Best Award/Visions |
| Soul Proprietorship | Judges Commendation/DecaturLibrary |