Published Fiction and Awards
Forthcoming poems (April 2021): “A Crow Named Zorro” and “Guardians of the Sill” – While You Wait anthology published by Gunpowder Press (anthology edited by Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara)
“Starry Night Above the Sequoias” (February 2021) – Top Ten Finalist in the Recreation.gov Outdoor Adventure Writing Contest
“Blanca and the Ruins” (March 2016) – SCBWI LA Writer’s Day 2016 YA Winner of the Work-in-Progress Contest
“Infrared” (February 2016) – Ursa Minor: “True North” (UC Berkeley)
“Dealan Dhe” (August 2015) – Dactyl Magazine: “Elements and Origins” (also sold at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival)
“Drop” (May 2015) – DASH Literary Journal
“Conditionals” (April 2014) – Santa Fe Writers Project
“At Bike’s End” (May 2013) – Stanford Story Slam 2013 – 2nd Place Winner, Collaborative Story written with Cynthia Bermudez, Anthony Lanni, and Taylor Ross
“The Red Envelope” (April 2013) – 100 Word Story
Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place Winner (August 2012) – Writer Unboxed
“Becoming a Burner” (October 2009) – Winner of the SBCC Student Symposium (sponsored by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts)
Published Inspirational Blog Posts for Fiction Writers:
- Untold Stories from Elsewhere :: Middle East – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
- Photo Story: The Young Writers Program, Authors-to-be, and You – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
- Dare to Wear Pink – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
- The Impossible Infomercial – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
- News from the Crossroads – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
- Holy Smokes, I’ve Arrived in NaNoLand! – Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo) Blog
