Poetry & Creative

2020
A 10th-Grade Reading List for Times Like These (poem), Rattle Poet’s Respond

2017
Poetry winner, Plum Creek Initiative “We are Water” Contest, River Valley Woman

2015
never enuff sleep (poem), Mankato Poetry Walk and Ride selection

2014
The Thrill of Living (short story), runner-up, Vita.mn‘s Summer Short Story Contest

Still Sleeping (poem), first place – serious, Mankato Poetry Walk and Ride

The Sunbathers (poem), The Talking Stick

Mowing the Lawn (poem), Lake Region Review

2013
Creative nonfiction, first place, Brainerd Writers Alliance Contest

Poetry, second place, Brainerd Writers Alliance Contest

One Down (fiction), The Talking Stick

Saints (memoir), The Talking Stick

2011
This I Believe essay project, NPR