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Biography

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Professional Experience

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Community Involvement

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Teaching History

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Professional Affiliations

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Awards and Grants

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Readings

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Publications

  • books
  • poems in periodicals
  • anthologies

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Awards and Grants

  • Pushcart Prize nominee for "In April the Bloodroot Blossoms," Chrysalis Reader.
  • Pushcart Prize nominee for "In the Rooms Where We're Born," Karamu.
  • Honorable mention in Sulphur River Literary Review for “Another Poem about the Moon,”
    2006 volume.
  • Residency Fellow at Ragdale Foundation, summers 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000.
  • Winner, Spire Press Poetry Book Contest, 2005.
  • Finalist, BkMk Press’s John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, 2005.
  • Finalist, Spire Press Chapbook Contest, 2005.
  • Pushcart Prize nominee for “At the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff,” The Chaffin Journal.
  • Pushcart Prize nominee for “The Night the Elephants Walked,” Cider Press Review, Vol. 4/5.
  • Pushcart Prize nominee for “Self-Portrait As an Old Pool in Ruins,” West Wind Review,
    Vol. 23.
  • Finalist, University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series, 2005.
  • Poem "Daughters of the Divine Redeemer" selected as finalist by Elizabeth Spires in
    Sow's Ear Poetry Review Contest, 2004.
  • Poem "Why I Follow the Deer" selected as second runner-up by Albert Goldbarth in
    New Letters Poetry Contest, 2003.
  • First Place, Abbie M. Copps Poetry Competition, Garfield Lake Review, March 2003.
  • Residency Fellow at Seaside Institute, January 2003.
  • Meritorious Mention for "Sacramental," San Diego Writers' Cooperative, April, 2002.
  • Pushcart Prize nominee for "Mary in the Garden," White Pelican Review, Vol. 2, No. 2.
  • Finalist, Pavement Saw Press First Book Competition, 2000.
  • Finalist, University of Wisconsin Press's Brittingham Prize and Felix Pollak Prize
    Competition, 2000.
  • Residency fellow at Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, summer, 2000.
  • Poem “Arriving Late by Cab” selected as Best of Issue by Sandra Cisneros, Ellipsis, 2000.
  • Finalist, The Refined Savage Bilingual Poetry Review Competition, 1999.
  • Chapbook Runner-up, Acorn-Rukeyser Contest, Mekler-Deahl Publishers, 1999.
  • First Place, Our Visions: Women in Art Poetry Contest, Womencenter, Oakland Community
    College, Farmington Hills, MI, 1998.
  • Second Place, Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Competition, 1997.
  • The Strosacker Foundation Fund Grant, Hope College, summer, 1997.
  • Second Place, Our Visions: Women in Art Poetry Contest, Womencenter, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, 1997.
  • Finalist, New Issues Press, National First Book Competition, 1997.
  • First Place Chapbook, White Eagle Coffee Store Press Series, 1996.
  • Honorable Mention, Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Competition, 1996.
  • Willard Wichers Faculty Development Grant, Hope College, summer, 1995.
  • First Place Chapbook, Franciscan University Press Series, 1994.
  • Chapbook semi-finalist, Palanquin Poetry Series, 1995; The Devil's Millhopper Press, 1994.
  • Chapbook finalist, Tennessee Chapbook Prize, 1995; Calypso, 1994; Alms House Press, Illinois Writers Inc., State Street Press, 1993.
  • Honorable mention, Taproot Poetry Contest, 1994.
  • Creative Artist Grant for the 1992-93 year, Arts Foundation of Michigan and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
  • Third Place Maryland Poetry Review Poetry Contest, summer, 1992.
  • Second Prize, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review Poetry Contest, 1990.
  • The Richard Benvenuto Memorial Prize, Best Poem, Red Cedar Review, 1989.
  • Honorable Mention, Snowbound Writers Competition, Grand Haven, MI,1989.
  • 1989 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar, Western Michigan University, 1989.
  • Best Poem, Trial Balloon, Western Michigan University, 1987.
  • First Prize, Snowbound Writers Competition, 1986.

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