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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Fernandina Beach, FL

Florida US

Bio:

Currently resides on Amelia: Florida's northernmost barrier island
Participant author/panelist, Amelia Book Island Festival (ABIF) since 2001
Author Selection Committee Head for Poetry, ABIF '06.
Invited Author, ABIF '10.
Presently completed chapbook collection: The Prince of the Pup Tent

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

French

Born in:

Amelia Island

Raised in:

Amelia Island, FL

Florida

Prizes won:

2009 Third Prize for "The Drowning Moment", Utmost Christian Poetry Contest, (Canada)
Finalist 1993 The National Poetry Series
Runner Up 1998 Anhinga Press Florida Poetry Competition
Winner, Robert Penn Warren 1997 First Poetry Award (Vermont)
Grant award from State of Georgia, and two publication awards from City of Atlanta, Bureau of Cultural Affairs