Publications
Prose:
"Cold War Prairie," Michigan Quarterly Review, forthcoming
"Of Roller Skates, Hogs and My Father," South Dakota Review, Vol. 54, Number 2, Fall 2018
“Uncle John,” HeartWood Literary Magazine, Issue 5, Summer 2018
"Showman's Pasture," DASH Journal, Vol. 11, Spring 2018
“Last Haircut with Fred Owens,” Bacopa Literary Review, Fall 2015
Poetry:
"The Winter of Your Flu" and "Sundown at Huntington," forthcoming in Arts & Letters
"The Only Holy," forthcoming in Bellingham Review
"Waty Watson, Railroad Engineer," Bridport Prize Anthology (U.K.) , 2020
"June, 1969," Vietnam War Poetry, August 2020
"Last Steam Locomotive," Ibbetson Street, Issue 45, Summer 2020
"Driving," Chautauqua, Issue 17, 2020
"We Were Seventeen," Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Vol. 5, 2020
"Every Day, I Think of Those Years," Strokestown Poetry Anthology (Ireland), 2020
"Cotton Rats," Southword (Ireland), March 2020
"Knife and Salt," New Ohio Review, Issue 27, Spring 2020
"Afternoon on Slate Creek," Ibbetson Street, Issue 45, Summer 2019
"While Dreaming of Our Old House, I Speak to My Wife," The Florida Review, Vol. 43, Number 1, 2019
"Fall Fest Parade, Some Years Before My Mother's Death," Strokestown Poetry Anthology (Ireland), 2019
"At the Rainbach" and "In Vienna's Stadtpark," Arts & Letters, Issue 38, Spring 2019
"Terry: 1950 - 1970," The New Guard, Vol. VII, 2018
"Auguri," DASH Journal, Vol. 11, Spring 2018
"Quitting Kansas," Oberon Poetry Magazine, Fifteenth Annual Issue, 2017
"Aurora Borealis," Live Canon Anthology (U.K.), 2017
“Somewhere South of Coldwater”, Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, May 2017
“Burial at Prairie Sea,” The Atlanta Review, Fall 2016 Poetry Issue, Vol. XXIII, No. 1
“Dr. Lilly’s Clowns” and “Detox,” Kakalak 2016, Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
“On Nights Like This,” Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose, Vol 15: 2016
“Toward the End of May” and “November,” Iodine Poetry Journal, Vol. XVII: 2016
“Gasoline and Liquor,” Pinesong, North Carolina Poetry Society, 2016
“Reclamation,” Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Vol. I, 2016
“My Mother, My Father”, The Freshwater Review, Spring 2015, Vol. 19 and online
at WinningWriters.com, April 2016
“Nocturne,” Spoon River Poetry Review, Winter 2015, Vol. 40.2
“Oblivion,” The Atlanta Review, Fall 2015 Poetry Issue, Vol. XXII, No. 1
“Two West and a Half South,” Comstock Review, Fall 2015
“Autumn, Huntington Beach,” Bacopa Literary Review, Fall 2015
“Who Looks for You,” Kakalak 2015, Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
“Of Light and Time,” Kansas City Voices, September 2015, Vol. 13
“Cold Night in March,” Pooled Ink, Northern Colorado Writers, 2014
“Baseball,” Kakalak 2014, Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
“Half-Light,” Pinesong, North Carolina Poetry Society, 2013
“On the Phone with Kansas,” What Matters, Jacar Press, 2013
“Requiem in Wide Open Minor,” Kakalak 2013, Main Street Rag Publishing Co.
Awards
Highly Commended, Bridport Prize for Poetry (U.K.), 2020
2nd Place, Strokestown International Poetry Prize (Ireland), 2020
Finalist, NORward Prize for Poetry, New Ohio Review, 2020
Finalist, Great Midwest Poetry Contest, Midwest Review, 2020
Honorable Mention, Crosswinds Poetry Contest, 2020
Short List, Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Competition (Ireland), 2019/20
Short List, Strokestown International Poetry Prize (Ireland), 2019
Finalist, William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, Narrative Nonfiction Book Category, 2018
Finalist, Rumi Prize for Poetry, Arts & Letters, 2018
Commendation, Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Competition (Ireland), 2017/18
Finalist, Nonfiction Award, American Literary Review, 2017
Finalist, Knightville Poetry Contest, The New Guard, 2017
Honorable Mention, Oberon Poetry Prize, 2017
Long List, Live Canon 2017 International Poetry Prize (U.K.)
International Merit Award, The Atlanta Review, 2017
Honorable Mention, Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize for Poetry, 2017
Long List, Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition (U.K.), 2017
Finalist, 2017 Poet Laureate Award, North Carolina Poetry Society
Finalist, Dana Award in Poetry, 2016
Honorable Mention, Kakalak Poetry Prize, 2016
International Publication Prizes, The Atlanta Review, 2015 and 2016
Finalist, 2016 Dogwood Literary Prize
Honorable Mention, 2016 Mary Ruffin Poole American Heritage Award, North Carolina Poetry Society
Honorable Mention, 2015 Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest (WinningWriters.com)
Honorable Mention, 6th Annual Beyond Baroque Poetry Contest, 2015
1st Runner Up, Editors’ Prize, Spoon River Poetry Review, 2015
1st Place, Whispering Prairie Press Poetry Prize, 2015
2nd Prize, Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award, Comstock Review, 2015
3rd Place, Whispering Prairie Press Essay Award, 2015
2nd Place, Bacopa Poetry Contest, Bacopa Literary Review, 2015
3rd Place, Thomas H. McDill Award, North Carolina Poetry Society, 2012