Poet
Publications & Prizes
• winner, 2019 Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Contest for This Geography of Thorns, sponsored by the Poetry Society of Texas (Adam Tavel, judge)
• winner, 2018 William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest for What Happens When We Leave, sponsored by the Fort Worth Poetry Society and the poetry Society of Texas (Diane Glancy, judge)
• first-place, 2011 Texas Poetry Calendar Awards for "Waiting Inland for the Hurricane" (Cyrus Cassells, judge)
• second-place, 2012 Texas Poetry Calendar Awards for "Prayer for a Calf" (Barbara Ras, judge)
• second-place, 2018 United Haiku and Tanka Society Samurai Haibun Contest for "Burr Clover Blues"
• honorable mention, 2014 Sakura Awards sponsored by the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational