Although I have lived in New York City for over forty years, I am a native of Appalachian Virginia.
Family home in Virginia
Awards
New Millennium Writings, New Millennium Writing Awards 53 for Fiction, Finalist 2022
Writing the Walls 2020 Poetry Presentation
(Museum of Contemporary Art, Hudson Valley)
2017 Stories That Need to Be Told Short List
Nimrod Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Quarter-finalist, 2016
Inkwell Fiction Prize, Finalist, 2011
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival fiction competition, Finalist, 201o
Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, Finalist, 2010
Third Coast Fiction Prize, Finalist, 2010
Nimrod Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Quarter-finalist, 2010
The Sean O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize, Second Place, 2005
The Lyric Recovery Poetry Award, 2004
James Jones First Novel Fellowship competition, Semi-finalist, 2004
The Rose D. Risikoff Award for Poetry, 1989
New Millennium Writings, New Millennium Writing Awards 53 for Fiction, Finalist 2022
Writing the Walls 2020 Poetry Presentation
(Museum of Contemporary Art, Hudson Valley)
2017 Stories That Need to Be Told Short List
Nimrod Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Quarter-finalist, 2016
Inkwell Fiction Prize, Finalist, 2011
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival fiction competition, Finalist, 201o
Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, Finalist, 2010
Third Coast Fiction Prize, Finalist, 2010
Nimrod Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, Quarter-finalist, 2010
The Sean O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize, Second Place, 2005
The Lyric Recovery Poetry Award, 2004
James Jones First Novel Fellowship competition, Semi-finalist, 2004
The Rose D. Risikoff Award for Poetry, 1989
Publications
Publications
Rolling Stone
The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review
Inkwell
The Spoon River Poetry Review
Southword 9
Pigs’ Feet, White Socks, and Hoovers:
Ten Years of Sean O’Faoláin Prize–Winning Stories
Rolling Stone
The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review
Inkwell
The Spoon River Poetry Review
Southword 9
Pigs’ Feet, White Socks, and Hoovers:
Ten Years of Sean O’Faoláin Prize–Winning Stories
At Carnegie Hall
Readings
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Poets House
The 92nd Street Y
The Cornelia Street Café
The Bowery Poetry Club
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Poets House
The 92nd Street Y
The Cornelia Street Café
The Bowery Poetry Club
