My writing has been published in Salvation South, Still: The Journal, Appalachian Review, Rust + Moth, Coffin Bell, Black Moon Magazine, Exposition Review, and others.
My poem “Ceramic Jesus” is featured in Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology, published by Sarabande Books (2023). I received the Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Grand Prix Prize in 2021 and an honorable mention in 2024 from former KY Poet Laureate, Silas House.
Prose & Short Fiction
“Spiderland.” 2022. Sunspot Lit →
Awards & Recognition
KY State Poetry Society: Grand Prix Prize, Honorable Mention. “Prayer: Twenty Twenty-Two.” 2024 →
American Short Fiction, 2022 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. Semi-finalist. “Crickets.” →
Still: The Journal, Best of the Net nomination, “Ceramic Jesus.” 2022 →
KY State Poetry Society: Grand Prix Prize, 1st Place. “The Fourth Heart Sound.” 2021 →
Sunspot Lit, Inception Contest, Finalist. “Spiderland.” 2021
Readings
KSPS Poetry Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, October 2024 (forthcoming)
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Summer 2023
Once a City Said Book Launch, Sarabande Books, Louisville, KY, Summer 2023
KSPS Poetry Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, October 2021 →
Exposition Review Vol. VI. "Hunger" Reading, Skylight Books, Los Angeles, 2021 →
Press & Interviews
Interview with Marianne Worthington and David Higdon, Think Humanities KY, April 2022 →
Workshops & Conferences
Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Summer 2023
Books
Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology.
2023. Sarabande Books →
Poems
"Self-help" and “Ice Skating.” 2024. Star 82 Review →
”Prayer: Twenty Twenty-Two.” 2024. Pegasus →
"Moccasin." 2024. Salvation South →
"The Place We Call Home." 2023. Still: The Journal →
“Vehicles.” 2022. Southword: New International Writing →
“I Like to Walk Before the Light," “Eastern Cemetery,”
and “The Lamp Above My Door.” 2022. Appalachian Review →
"Tuesday in August.” 2022. Wild Roof Journal →
“McQuady, ‘75” and “Ceramic Jesus.” 2022. Still: The Journal →
“What’ll Happen.” 2022. Black Moon Magazine →
“Hain’t No Fixing It.” 2022. Coffin Bell Journal →
“Barren Lyric.” 2022. Coffin Bell Journal →
“When Pagans Once Lived.” 2021. Rust + Moth →
“The Girls Lived.” 2021. the tiny journal →
“Summer of Yig.” 2021. Naugatuck River Review →
“Lone Tick Star.” 2021. Exposition Review →
“Nights at the Court.” 2021. Lucky Jefferson →