Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
2020, Wednesday Club Poetry Contest; 2010, First Place, James H. Nash contest, St. Louis Poetry Center; 2009: First Place, Midwest Center for the Arts Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest; third place, James H. Nash contest, St. Louis Poetry Center; 2009, 2006: selected in Arts in Transit competition; 1994: $5,000 prize for creative nonfiction in Missouri Biennial competition; 1990-91: Washington University Teaching Fellowship in Poetry; 1987: Academy of American Poets Award