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 | Phi Kappa Phi Membership (April
2008) |
I was elected to membership in the
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the “nation’s oldest, largest, and most
selective all-discipline honor society.”
www.phikappaphi.org
| Winner of the 2006 Texas Review Breakthrough Poetry Prize (June
2007) |
For my first book of poems, The Red Light Was My Mind.
| Finalist for the Elinor-Benedict-Prize (April
2007) |
My poem "Recollections
of Childhood" was selected as a finalist for the 2006
Elinor-Benedict-Prize, sponsored by
Passages
North.
| New Online Literary Journal
(February 2007) |
The Externalist, a new literary journal I edit with
Larina Warnock,
is now online. See it at
www.theexternalist.com.
| Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers
(February 2007) |
I am now listed in the
Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers.
| SAMLA Convention 2005 in Atlanta, GA
(November 2005) |
On November 5, 2005, I presented more of my
poetry at the SAMLA
Graduate Poets Circle 2005 in Atlanta, GA. See the Photos section.
| Another Prize (May
2005) |
My poem "Preface
to an Afterlife" has won the 2005
Academy of American
Poets prize, winning me a nice letter and $50.
| Money, Money, Money
(April 2005) |
I was recently awarded two scholarships in addition to
the Special Graduate Scholarship I received early in 2005. These were the
Colonel John W. Thomason Scholarship and the
Texas Review Press
Scholarship.
| CEA Conference in Indianapolis, IN
(April 2005) |
I presented another selection of my poetry
on March 31, 2005 at the
2005 College
English Association National Conference in
Indianapolis, IN. See the Photos
section.
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Writing By Degrees in Binghamton, NY
(February 2005) |
I presented a selection of my poetry on October 9th,
2004 at
Writing by Degrees -
National Graduate Creative Writing Conference in Binghamton, NY.
See the Photos section.
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