Announcements, Readings, and Events
November 2010
How We Fall Apart is published by Seven Circle Press
September 2010
Interview at Jim Harrington's 6 Questions Blog is online
July 2010
How We Fall Apart is named the winner of the Seven Circle Press 2010 Chapbook prize.
MFA from the University of California, Riverside
May 2010
Acceptance into the Bread Loaf Writers Conference
December 2009
"Spring Poem," is nominated for a PUSCHCART PRIZE by Future Earth Magazine
November 2009
"Frost," is nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE by Seven Circle Press
September 2009
Panel and Reading at the 2009 Writing By Degrees Conference in Binghamton, NY
April 2009
Reading at the Plains Song Review reception at the Great Plains Art Gallery in Lincoln, NE
Opening reading for Wang Ping at the University of Nebraska at Kearney
December 2008
Palm Desert December residency at the Parker Resort in Palm Springs
November 2008
"Heart Pounded When" is included in Paradigm Vol. 2, a collection of Paradigm Literary Journal's year's best in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, published by Rain Farm Press and edited by best-selling novelist, Steve Alten, MEG.
Reading at the Frank House on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
October 2008
Reading to kick off the Reynolds Series Performances on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, opening for Arthur Sze.
September 2008
Featured Poet in the fall issue of Words-Myth.
Reading at Bookends in Kearney, NE as part of the Uptown Literary Arts festival. .
May 2008
Screenplay, INSECURITY accepted for MA Thesis completion from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Winner of the Sigma Tau Delta Short Fiction Slam in Kearney, NE.
2nd runner-up in the Sigma Tau Delta Poetry Slam in Kearney, NE.
April 2008
Reading during the "Prayers for the People" performance at the Roger Merryman Performing Arts Center. The performance is recorded and broadcasted by NETV.
Reading at the UNK Conference on Language and Literature in Thomas Hall on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
March 2008
Reading for the Reynolds Series Crane Migration Tribute Retreat at the Drake Theatre on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
February 2008
Kearney City Poetry Slam.
Featured poet at the Nebraska State Reading Associations annual conference.
January
Reading at Platte Valley Brewery in Kearney, NE.