Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Barrry Lopez Creative Nonfiction Prize
Finalist, Colorado Book Award
Finalist, Willa Award
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Award
Two Acadamy of American Poets Awards
Best 10 Books of June. For Rough Beauty. Christian Science Monitor. June 2018
Pushcart Prize Nominee. Dec 2014. “The Karate Boys.” Nominated by Ascent Literary Journal.
Finalist. Writers@Work Poetry Fellowship. April, 2005.
Pushcart Prize Nominee. Dec 2004. “My Mother’s Last Car.” Nominated by The Cimarron Review.
First Runner-Up. Poets & Writers Writers Exchange Contest. Poetry. 2003.