Recent Honors and Awards
Semifinalist, 2005 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for the novel A Broken Moon
Fellowship, Summer Literary Seminar, St. Petersburg, Russia (June 2004)
First Place, LitPot ezine eclectic Flash Fiction Contest, "Günther's Wife"
Honorable Mention, LitPot ezine eclectic Flash Fiction Contest, "A Legend in Her Own Time"
Semifinalist, Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry
Third Place (tie), Chicago Public Radio's "Why I Should Be Poet Laureate of Illinois" Contest
Finalist, Tin House/Summer Literary Seminars Poetry Contest
Finalist, May Swenson Poetry Award

Recent Publications
Poetry
"Pedigree," Crab Orchard Review (Summer/Fall 2006, forthcoming)
"At the Siege of Leningrad Museum with Valeria," Metronome Aptekarsky Ostrov (St. Petersburg, Russia; Spring 2005)
"All Solemnity on a Sunny Day" and "And Then the Nap Takes Me," Bellingham Review (Spring 2005)
"Cooky's Night Off," modern words (2004)
"Pink" and "The Woman with Acrophobia Holds Forth," The Great American Poetry Show (2004)
"Terribly," Comstock Review (Spring 2003)
"Anticipating This Year's Tasmanian National Thylacine Day," Isotope (2003)
"Avatar," Celebrating Greyhounds (Summer 2003)
"Chimera," "Corner Store," and "Summer Poem," Spoon River Poetry Review (Spring 2003)
"The Kestrel" and "Stray Shot," in the anthology Where We Live (2003)
"Foreign Coins," "The Nature of This," and "One Account of How the Dead Spend Their Days," Primavera (vol. 26, 2003)
"In the Naming," The Bark (2003)

Short Fiction
"Günther's Wife," Ink Pot (2004)
"A Legend in Her Own Time," Ink Pot (2004)
"Third Date," Blithe House Quarterly (Spring 2004)—reprinted in Best Lesbian Love Stories, 2005 (Alyson)

Essays
"Yes, He Are the President," column reprinted at SmirkingChimp.com (September 17, 2004)

Appearances
April 22, 2006, 8 p.m.
Receiving award as part of A Night of 100 Champions, an event to benefit Gay Games VII; Greg Louganis will co-host. Soldier Field, Cadillac Club. (For more information: http://www.gaygameschicago.org/media/article.php?aid=130)

April 23, 2006, 11 a.m.
Breakfast with Champions brunch buffet, Soldier Field, Cadillac Club. (For more information: http://www.gaygameschicago.org/media/article.php?aid=130)

Shout Outs
On the May 7, 2005, Cubs game on WGN radio, broadcaster Pat Hughes read a portion of my poem "And Then the Nap Takes Me," in which he is mentioned. Rave reviews of the poem from Hughes and Cubs legend Ron Santo!