First publication ~ fiction/fantasy/nonfiction/memoir

TROPHY GIRL published by BLACK ROSE WRITING Sept. 30, 2021

SHORT FICTION

"The Man on the Floating Bridge," Mikrokosmos, Vol. 55 (2009), 72-9-80 

"The Seven-foot, One-eyed Woman Searches for Love." West magazine, Issue 7 (1992),1-15

"In Vitro." Primavera, Vol. 11/12 (1988), 78-93.

"Review of Trying to Surprise God," by Peter Meinke, in Poet and Critic, 15, 2 (Winter, 1984), 59-63.

"Please Destroy Without Opening." Amelia (Summer 1986). Willie Lee Martin Award story.

"Between Planes." Crosscurrents, 3, 1 (December, 1983), 15-30.

"The Children Are Fine." Kansas Quarterly, 13, 3/4 (1981), 85-91. Second Seaton Award Story.

"Trophies." Kansas Women Writers, ed. Mel Farley. Lawrence, Kansas: Cottonwood Press, 1981. Pp. 101-108.

"Review of Extended Outlooks: The Iowa Review Collection of Contemporary Writings by Women," ed. Jane Cooper, Gwen Head and Marcia Southwick; a special issue of The Iowa Review, 12 (Spring/ Summer 1981), in Poet and Critic, 14, 2 (1982), 65-69.

"The Drop." Mikrokosmos, 25, 1/2 (1979), 20-28.

POETRY IN ANTHOLOGIES

"Hole in the Heart of the Country." In Kansas Women Writers, ed. Mel Farley. Lawrence, Kansas: Cottonwood Press, 1981. P. 44.

"Letter Poem: To a Man with His Hands at His Sides." In Thirty Kansas Poets, ed. Denise Low. Lawrence, Kansas: Cottonwood press, 1979. P. 50.

"These Poems Will Fold Over Me." In Thirty Kansas Poets, ed. Denise Low. Lawrence, Kansas: Cottonwood Press, 1979. P. 50

"My Cousin Survives." In Forked Stream Anthology, ed. Janet Snyder and Carl Buchanan. Wichita: Forked Stream Press, 1976.

PRESENTATIONS

Creative Writing Workshops, Lectures, Programs Conducted

· Creator-Director. Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, 1989-1997

· Teacher, Super Summer Session 1988—Creative Writing, Ames, Iowa, Public Schools

· Guest Artist, Writer's Guild. Ames, Iowa. January 1987

HONORS AND AWARDS

· 2018 William Faulkner Literary Awards, Novel Honorary Mention

· Marlis Manley Broadhead Scholarship, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference 

· Finalist, NimrodFiction Contest (19 finalists among 714 entrants)

· Second Seaton Award for Fiction, Kansas Quarterly 

· The Willie Lee Martin Short Story Award

·M.F.A. Fellow in Fiction, Wichita State University 

· Honorable Mention, Sixth Annual National Playwriting Contest, Wichita State University