Monthly Archives: March 2011

The 2011/2012 Book Tour for Mud Cakes kicks off on the West Coast on Oct. 6 at University of Nevada-Reno, followed by a reading at Lake Tahoe Community College on Oct. 7.  Both appearances will include a reading, question and … Continue reading →

My first book of poetry, Mud Cakes, has won the 2010 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize and will be published by Bona Fide Books this fall. For more news about the poetry prize and Bona Fide, check out http://www.tahoeculture.com/art/lt-writers/bona-fide-books-announces-the-melissa-lanitis-gregory-poetry-prize/.  And … Continue reading →

Winning Writers, named one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005-2010), has awarded my poem, “For Wile E. Coyote, Apetitius Giganticus,” Honorable Mention in its annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Originally published in the Green Mountains … Continue reading →

Brick Road Poetry Press has selected my poetry manuscript as a finalist for its 2010 Book Contest. This year both the grand prizewinner and all five finalists received an offer for publication.  Though I had to decline this generous offer … Continue reading →

Daniel Tobin, Chair of the Writing, Literature and Publishing Department at Emerson College, has selected four of my poems for the Edwin Markham Prize in Poetry sponsored  by Reed Magazine. My humble thanks to Nicholas Taylor and the entire staff … Continue reading →