Fiction

My fiction has appeared in over 25 literary magazines and received several awards and honors. I earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in English with a concentration in creative writing from Binghamton University, where I also served as editor of Harpur Palate, an international literary journal. Currently I am at work on a novel, while revising several short stories. I also serve as co-fiction editor for the international journal of literature and the arts, Anomaly.

"Sixth Date," The Journal, 2024

"Firelight," Fish Anthology, 2022

"Saul," Spindrift, 2022

"A Good Man," Scribes Valley Publishing, 2022

"White Noise," Beloit Fiction Journal, spring 2021

“The Faultless Sky,” Sequestrum, fall 2018  
“Handout,” upstreet, spring 2018  
“Frangipani,” Saranac Review, fall 2016
“On Shutoff,” Blue Earth Review, spring 2016
“August,” Natural Bridge, fall 2015
“Discovery Flight,” The Broken Plate,  spring 2014
"A New Bag,” The Blue Penny Quarterly, summer 2014
“Constrictor,” Green Mountains Review,  spring 2014
“A TJ Maxx Christmas,” The William & Mary Review,  summer 2012
“History Happened Here,” The Briar Cliff Review, spring 2012
“The Gift,” Flint Hills Review, fall 2011
“Puppy,” Writecorner Press, summer 2011
“Night Class,” RE:AL: Regarding Arts & Letters, spring 2011
“In Defense of Honor,” The MacGuffin, winter 2011
"Vera’s Cure,” Kaleidoscope,  spring 2010
“Anatomy of Departures,” Carousel, fall 2009
“The Cradle Moon,” Cottonwood,  fall 2009
“A  Red Pen,” Confrontation, summer 2009
“Translating  Silence,” Inkwell, spring 2007
“The  Red Center,” The G.W. Review, spring  2007
“The  Diagnosis,” Karamu (now called Bluestem Magazine), spring 2006
“Fall,” Re-Visions, 2001

Finalist, Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize (2023) 

Honorable Mention (top 10), Fish Publishing flash fiction contest (2022) 

Second Place, Scribes Valley Publishing Writing Contest (2022)

Finalist, Bayou Magazine's James Knudsen Prize for Fiction (spring 2022)

Finalist, Beloit Fiction Journal 2021 Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story (spring 2021) 

Panelist: "Total Submission: Understanding the Kinks and Quirks of Literary Magazines," Spring Writes Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (Nov 2020)     

Artistic Director, Spring Writes Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (2018, 2019)
New Writer Award recipient, Sequestrum (2017)
Panel Moderator, "Intimate Communities: On Writing Groups," Spring Writes Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (May 2017)
Longlisted, Mslexia Women's Short Story Competition (May 2017)
Finalist, The Breakwater Review Fiction Contest (September, 2016)  
Shortlisted, The Masters Review Volume V (May, 2016)
Invited reading at Spring Writes Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (May 2016)
Invited reading at Spring Writes Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (May 2015)
Invited reading at Spring Writes  Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY (May 2014)
Panelist: "Another Voice in My Mouth: Persona in Poetry  and Prose," AWP conference, Seattle, Washington (Feb 2014)
Awarded a Community Arts Partnership (CAP) Fellowship (2014)
Runner-up (A Teachable Moment) in Saranac Review Fiction Contest (2013)
Finalist (History Happened Here) in The Briar Cliff Review Short Fiction Contest (2012)
Awarded editor's choice prize (Puppy) in the Writecorner Press Short Fiction Contest (2011)
Nominated, Best New American Voices 2009 (In Defense of Honor)
Awarded Alfred Bendixen Prize for Graduate Studies in  English (Spring 2008)
Nominated,  AWP Intro Journals Project 2007/2008 (Night  Class)
Awarded Honorable Mention, Best New American Voices 2008 (The Diagnosis)