Poetry Reading: Towngate Theater on May 21

UPDATE: Sadly, this event has been cancelled. I’ll let you know if/when a future performance is scheduled. Women Speak, part of the Women of Appalachia Project, features Appalachia-based women in a series of performances. I’ll be reading my poem “Samba” during the performance at Towngate Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia, on May 21 from 1:00… Read More

2021 HeartWood Poetry Prize Semi-Finalist

I’m excited to share that my poem “Pining for Home” was selected as a semi-finalist this summer in HeartWood Literary Magazine’s inaugural Heartwood Poetry Prize. You can read the 2021 award-winner’s and finalists’ poems here: they are amazing! “Pining for Home” is now available in Issue 12. Familiar Faces Fellow Poetry Society of Tennessee Northeast… Read More

2020 Contest Awards and Pending Publications

My goal this year was to enter poetry contests, and I felt very accomplished each time I sent a submission packet out. I was recently delighted to discover some of my poems were selected for awards. Better yet, some will be published in anthologies! Read More