Poet
Publications & Prizes
2024 Mental Health Awareness Contest, First Prize. Please See Me, Issue #15; online. October 2024. Medmic Summer 2024 Poetry Contest, Third Place. Medmic, online. September 2024. The Porch Prize for Poetry, Finalist. Porch Writers Collective, Nashville, TN. Tiana Clark, judge. 2019. The Bea Gonzalez Prize for Poetry, First Prize. Stone Canoe, Syracuse, NY. Phil Memmer & Tony Leuzzi, judges. April 2018. Spring Poetry Award, Third Prize. Chattanooga Writers Guild, Chattanooga, TN. April 2015. Spoken Word Trailblazer Award, from Soul Food Poetry Café for YouthSpeaks “Nashville Now: Spoken Word Literary Census” production: Ben Smith, creator; Kelly Cass Falzone, director. 2010. Berry College Emerging Southern Women Writers Competition, Finalist. Berry College, GA. 2006. Libba Moore Gray Prize in Poetry, Third Prize. Knoxville Writers’ Guild, TN. Judy Loest, judge. 2004. Tennessee Writers Alliance Poetry Award, Second Prize. Nashville, TN. Michael McFee, judge. 2003. Chester H. Jones Foundation National Poetry Competition, Commendation. Ohio, 2000. Libba Moore Gray Prize in Poetry, Second Place. Knoxville Writers’ Guild. Judy Loest, judge.2003. Davis-Kidd Award in Poetry, First Prize. Tennessee Writers Alliance. Mark Jarman, judge. 1999. Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award. Educational Development Program, State University of New York, College at Fredonia, NY. 1999. “Discovery”/The Nation Contest, Semi-finalist. Unterberg Poetry Center, NYC, NY. 1999. The Pushcart Prize XVIII, Nomination by Ruth Daigon, ed., Poets On: Healing, Mill Valley, CA. 1994.