Grateful acknowledgment from the author to the editors of the literary journals, magazines and anthologies in which the following poems and stories first appeared:
POETRY
Buffalo Bones
Call & Response 3: Poets and Artists in Dialogue
Celebrities in Disgrace “Holy Liberace” and “Popular Art in America”
Clackamas Literary Review
Concrete Wolf
Controlled Burn
Curious Rooms
Driftwood Review
Dunes Review
Edge City Review
Free Focus
Free Verse
Heartlands
Into the Teeth of the Wind
Kumquat Meringue
The MacGuffin
Main Street Rag
Maverick Press
Mobius: A Journal of Social Change
Mom Egg Review
Muddy River Poetry Review
New Ohio Review
Now Here Nowhere
Paterson Literary Review
Poetry Motel
Peninsula Poets
Permafrost
Prairie Schooner
Rattle
Slipstream
Spoon River Poetry Review
Stray Dog
Thema
Touchstone Literary Review
Wayne Literary Review
White Pelican Review
Published books / Anthologies
Almost Touching: A Reader for Women and Men, Plain View Press
In the Curve of Space and Time, poetry chapbook, Heartlands Today
Postcard of a Naked Man, poetry chapbook, March Street Press
Dear Jim, poetry chapbook, Main Street Rag
Security, poetry chapbook, March Street Press
In the Context of Love, novel, Buddhapuss Ink
Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations that Changed Their Lives, McFarland Publishing
Gordy and the Ghost Crab, children’s picture book, Writers’ Coffee Bar Press
Sleepwalker, poetry chapbook, Finishing Line Press
SHORT STORIES/PROSE
A Twist of Noir
Bartleby Snopes
Cleansheets
Free Verse
Frenzy: Cleis Press Anthology
Monkey Bicycle
Pop Fic Review
Stonecoast Review
Strut (Detroit Magazine)
MISCELLANEOUS ON THE WEB
Celebrities in Disgrace: “My Horrible Celebrity Crush”
Celebrities in Disgrace: “Linda + Jim” [Morrison]; Interview on Obsessions
ARTWORK
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
The MacGuffin, Cover and art inside
Tar Wolf
From East to West
ESSAYS
Detroit Free Press
MetroParent Magazine: Cutting: Why Teens Hurt Themselves; Domestic Violence: Kids: The Secondary Victims; Parents’ Guide to School: “My Teacher Doesn’t Like Me”
Rocky Parenting: Finding Perspective in the Loss of a Son
AWARDS
Springfed Arts Third Prize Poetry, “Like Learning a New Language”
Springfed Arts First Prize Poetry, “The Second Worst Thing”
Julia Darling Poetry Prize Finalist, Kallisto Press: “Solo Suite”
USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist for In the Context of Love
Readers Favorite Book Award Finalist for for In the Context of Love
Sarton Women’s Fiction Book Award Finalist for In the Context of Love
Eric Hoffer Commercial Fiction Finalist Award for In the Context of Love
Great Midwest Book Festival Honorable Mention for In the Context of Love
National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Hon. Mention: “Nightly Grind”
Heartlands, Poetry Chapbook Award, 1st place
Detroit Writer’s Voice Poetry Contest, 2nd place: “Anaconda”
Pushcart Prize Nomination: “Leaving Carolina”
Sow’s Ear Review Chapbook Contest, Finalist
Maryland State Lit & Poetry Society Chapbook Contest, Hon. Mention
Detroit Working Writers Spring Competition, Hon. Mention, poetry manuscript
Concrete Wolf Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Redgreen Press, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Bone & Flesh, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Frith Press, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Detroit Writers Voice, Hon. Mention Poetry: “Russell Edson’s Matter”
Main Street Rag, Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers, 2nd Place Poetry: “Shimmer”
Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers, 3rd Hon. Mention, poetry: “Device”
Inkwell Poetry Contest, Finalist, Judge Billy Collins: “What Every Mother Hopes For”
Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers Prose Competition, 2nd place, Judge Craig Holden: “Swerve”
Black Lawrence Press, Semi-Finalist, Chapbook Contest
Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers Prose Competition, Hon. Mention, Judge Jack Driscoll: “Obsessive Possessive”
Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers Prose Competition, 2nd place, Judge Brad Leithauser: “Incarcerated”
Springfed Arts Prose Competition, Hon. Mention, “Gut Wrenched in Barnstown”
Springfed Arts Prose Competition, Hon. Mention, “The Right Thing”, judge Robert Olmsted