Fiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
2021, One Book Billings selected The Flicker of Old Dreams
2020, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Quarantine,” published in 1455
2020, Finalist, Edith Wharton Residency at The Mount
2019, High Plains Book Award for Fiction for The Flicker of Old Dreams
2019, High Plains Book Award for Woman Writer for The Flicker of Old Dreams
2019, Willa Cather Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction for The Flicker of Old Dreams
2019, Western Writers of America Spur Award for Western Contemporary Novel for The Flicker of Old Dreams
2019, Montana Book Award (Honor Book) for The Flicker of Old Dreams
2019, Hawthornden International Fellow, a residency at Scotland’s Hawthornden Castle, funded by the Drue Heinz Trust
2017, Pushcart Prize nomination for Individual Artist award
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for Individual Artist award
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Fish with Bent Fins,” published in New World Writing
2016, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Dead Eddie,” published in Elm Leaves Journal
2010, Robert Gray of Shelf Awareness selects Up from the Blue as a Top 10 of 2010
2010, The National Reading Group selects Up from the Blue as a 2010 Great Group Reads
2009, Lojo Foundation full scholarship to attend the Squaw Valley Community of Writers
2006, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Motorhead,” published in Amazon Shorts
2004, Pushcart Prize nomination for “Not So Much Excitement Around Here,” published in The Arkansas Review
2003, Green Hills Literary Lantern Fiction Contest, judged by DeWitt Henry, Honorable Mention for “Only Green Things”
2003, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant
2002, Alsop Review Fiction Contest, First Place for “Spider Girl”
1989, Academy of American Poets Prize
1989, Adamson Award, Poetry, First Place
1989, Adamson Award, Fiction, Honorable Mention
1989, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Personal Essay, First Place