Many thanks to the following journals for finding a home for my work:
Poetry
fifteen below
Second place, "Nature" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
The night of the blood moon eclipse
Third place, "Strangers" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
A Chicago Cat
First Honorable Mention, "Pets" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
Ghazal to the Potato (à la Reddit)
Al Dente Issue 2: Our Roots
Ode to the Wandering Uterus
Third place, Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest, Poetry category, 2024 (Note: I'm attaching it
as a file AND a link to the Creative Wisconsin magazine because the spacing was hard to replicate with the
confinement in the magazine. The pdf link will allow you to see it as it was intended.)
Ghazal to the Potato (à la Reddit)
First place, "Humorous" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
The Assignment
First place, "Regrets" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
Superstitious
Second Honorable Mention, "Miniature" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
Damage
Second Honorable Mention, "Social Conscience" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
The Farmer Wants a Wife: My Network Pitch
The Broken City, Summer 2024 edition, Issue 34, Page 4
A Sense of Loss
Death - Lifespan Vol. 11, Pure Slush, 2024
Maybe Tomorrow
Older - Lifespan Vol. 11, Pure Slush, 2024
Willowbrook Snapshot
Sky Island Journal, Issue 27, Winter 2024
Upon Meeting My Great-Grandson
Sky Island Journal, Issue 27, Winter 2024
The Commandments of the Converted Church AirBnB in the Heat of July
1st Honorable Mention, Miniature Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2023.
Curiosity
2nd Place, Ekphrastic Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2023.
Scrabble: A Bop Poem
3rd Place, Secrets Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2023.
Loneliness
Parcham, April 21, 2023
Abecedarian for a Doctor's Advice on Menopause. and I Visit a Discount Grocery Store
Instant Noodles, Devil’s Party Press, December 2022
A Winter Welcome, New Year’s COVID Eve, Winter Scene
Solstice, Devil's Party Press, 2022
Advice for a First-Year Teacher
Delta Kappa Gamma 2022 Fall Fine Arts online gallery, Fall 2022
Transformation
1st Honorable Mention, Social Conscience Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2022.
54166
2nd Honorable Mention, Unforgettable Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2022.
Heartache
3rd Honorable Mention, Free Verse Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry Contest,
2022.
Love
Third Place, Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest, 2022
How Blessed Are We, Spring After the Pandemic, Beyond the Bend, Reading the Season, Stranger in a Strange Land
The Ekphrastic Review, May 1, 2022
Sestina for Doolough
Copperfield Review Quarterly, Spring 2022
Preservation
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2022. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
Spring After the Pandemic
Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Poetry Anthology, 2021.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Poetry Anthology, 2021.
Anthem for the Year
Long-listed for the Briefly Write Poetry Prize, 2021.
Critical Race Theory
1st Honorable Mention, Social Conscience Category, Poets and Patrons 65th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2021.
Advice for a First-Year Teacher
First Place, Free Verse Category, Poets and Patrons 65th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2021.
One Week in Pineville, Kentucky
Love, Volume IV from the Lifespan project, Pure Slush, October 2021.
Legacies
Willows Wept Review 2021.
Spring After the Pandemic
Willows Wept Review 2021.
The ‘Honeymoon’ is Over’
Struggle, Elevate, and Celebrate - an anthology of women’s voices. Hip Circle Empowerment Center’s
International Women’s Day Anthology, 2021.
How Blessed Are We
Shakespeare of today. WinglessDreamer, 2021.
The Fruit of the Tree
Summer 2021 issue, Quartet Journal, 2021.
Truths I Learned at Eight
Growing Up Volume II from the Lifespan project. Pure Slush 2021.
Saved
Birth, Volume I from the Lifespan project. Pure Slush 2021.
In the Schoolhouse
Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press, April 2, 2021.
Apology of the Monarch
Bramble, Spring 2021
A Poem to My Garden (Until Next Year)
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2021. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
Creative Nonfiction/Travel Essays
Voicemail and The Assessment
Tendon Magazine Issue 8: Care
Traveling Back in Time with Outlander
The MockingOwl Roost, January 14, 2024
54 Feet to Zen
The Wanderlust Within. WinglessDreamer, 2021.
Fiction
It’s Time
Runner Up, Women on Writing Fall Flash Fiction contest, 2023
The Message
Flash fiction winner, The Ekphrastic Review Fifty Shades of Blue contest, 2022.
Reviews
"Bearing Witness: A Review of Kathryn Gahl’s The Yellow Toothbrush: A Memoir of Trauma and Mercy" in Creative
Wisconsin, June 2025 issue, Page 50.
fifteen below
Second place, "Nature" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
The night of the blood moon eclipse
Third place, "Strangers" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
A Chicago Cat
First Honorable Mention, "Pets" category, Poets & Patrons 2025 Poetry Contest
Ghazal to the Potato (à la Reddit)
Al Dente Issue 2: Our Roots
Ode to the Wandering Uterus
Third place, Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest, Poetry category, 2024 (Note: I'm attaching it
as a file AND a link to the Creative Wisconsin magazine because the spacing was hard to replicate with the
confinement in the magazine. The pdf link will allow you to see it as it was intended.)
Ghazal to the Potato (à la Reddit)
First place, "Humorous" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
The Assignment
First place, "Regrets" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
Superstitious
Second Honorable Mention, "Miniature" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
Damage
Second Honorable Mention, "Social Conscience" category, Poets & Patrons 2024 Poetry Contest
The Farmer Wants a Wife: My Network Pitch
The Broken City, Summer 2024 edition, Issue 34, Page 4
A Sense of Loss
Death - Lifespan Vol. 11, Pure Slush, 2024
Maybe Tomorrow
Older - Lifespan Vol. 11, Pure Slush, 2024
Willowbrook Snapshot
Sky Island Journal, Issue 27, Winter 2024
Upon Meeting My Great-Grandson
Sky Island Journal, Issue 27, Winter 2024
The Commandments of the Converted Church AirBnB in the Heat of July
1st Honorable Mention, Miniature Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2023.
Curiosity
2nd Place, Ekphrastic Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2023.
Scrabble: A Bop Poem
3rd Place, Secrets Category, Poets and Patrons 67th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2023.
Loneliness
Parcham, April 21, 2023
Abecedarian for a Doctor's Advice on Menopause. and I Visit a Discount Grocery Store
Instant Noodles, Devil’s Party Press, December 2022
A Winter Welcome, New Year’s COVID Eve, Winter Scene
Solstice, Devil's Party Press, 2022
Advice for a First-Year Teacher
Delta Kappa Gamma 2022 Fall Fine Arts online gallery, Fall 2022
Transformation
1st Honorable Mention, Social Conscience Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2022.
54166
2nd Honorable Mention, Unforgettable Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry
Contest, 2022.
Heartache
3rd Honorable Mention, Free Verse Category, Poets and Patrons 66th Chicagoland Poetry Contest,
2022.
Love
Third Place, Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest, 2022
How Blessed Are We, Spring After the Pandemic, Beyond the Bend, Reading the Season, Stranger in a Strange Land
The Ekphrastic Review, May 1, 2022
Sestina for Doolough
Copperfield Review Quarterly, Spring 2022
Preservation
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2022. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
Spring After the Pandemic
Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Poetry Anthology, 2021.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Connecticut Shakespeare Festival Poetry Anthology, 2021.
Anthem for the Year
Long-listed for the Briefly Write Poetry Prize, 2021.
Critical Race Theory
1st Honorable Mention, Social Conscience Category, Poets and Patrons 65th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2021.
Advice for a First-Year Teacher
First Place, Free Verse Category, Poets and Patrons 65th Chicagoland Poetry Contest, 2021.
One Week in Pineville, Kentucky
Love, Volume IV from the Lifespan project, Pure Slush, October 2021.
Legacies
Willows Wept Review 2021.
Spring After the Pandemic
Willows Wept Review 2021.
The ‘Honeymoon’ is Over’
Struggle, Elevate, and Celebrate - an anthology of women’s voices. Hip Circle Empowerment Center’s
International Women’s Day Anthology, 2021.
How Blessed Are We
Shakespeare of today. WinglessDreamer, 2021.
The Fruit of the Tree
Summer 2021 issue, Quartet Journal, 2021.
Truths I Learned at Eight
Growing Up Volume II from the Lifespan project. Pure Slush 2021.
Saved
Birth, Volume I from the Lifespan project. Pure Slush 2021.
In the Schoolhouse
Ambidextrous Bloodhound Press, April 2, 2021.
Apology of the Monarch
Bramble, Spring 2021
A Poem to My Garden (Until Next Year)
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar 2021. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
Creative Nonfiction/Travel Essays
Voicemail and The Assessment
Tendon Magazine Issue 8: Care
Traveling Back in Time with Outlander
The MockingOwl Roost, January 14, 2024
54 Feet to Zen
The Wanderlust Within. WinglessDreamer, 2021.
Fiction
It’s Time
Runner Up, Women on Writing Fall Flash Fiction contest, 2023
The Message
Flash fiction winner, The Ekphrastic Review Fifty Shades of Blue contest, 2022.
Reviews
"Bearing Witness: A Review of Kathryn Gahl’s The Yellow Toothbrush: A Memoir of Trauma and Mercy" in Creative
Wisconsin, June 2025 issue, Page 50.
