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AWARDS AND GRANTS
- Abbie M. Copps Poetry Award, 2003.
- Residency Fellow at Seaside Institute, "Escape to Create," 2003.
- Hope College Summer Faculty Grant, 2002.
- Honorable Mention, San Diego Writers' Cooperative, 2002.
- Pushcart Prize nominee, 2001.
- Residency fellow at Ragdale Foundation,
summer 2001, 2002, and 2003.
- 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 Ragdale Foundation, summer, 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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