\u200b\u200bM.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction)
\nUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1995.
\nThesis: In the Small Wind, short story collection.
\nThesis Committee: Alyson Hagy; Andrea Barrett<\/p>\n
B.A. English \/ Creative Writing Concentration
\nTrinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1993.
\nValedictorian. Honors in General Scholarship. Honors in English. GPA 4.0.<\/p>\n
\u201cBlue Smell of Steel.\u201d Fifty Over Fifty, PS Books, February 29, 2016.<\/span> \u201cWhen the Miracles Run Out,\u201d The Hartford Courant, August 1994.<\/span> Chapter on Cynthia Ozick\u2019s \u201cThe Shawl, in Exploring Short Stories from Gale Research, Detroit, Michigan, 1996.<\/span> Wesley College, Dover, Delaware, March 31, 2016.<\/span> Listed in Delaware Artist Roster.<\/span>
\n\u201cSomeone Bigger Than He.\u201d Currents: Selected Poetry & Prose from the 2014 Cape Henlopen Retreat Writers; Jean Davis, Maggie Rowe and Ramona DeFelice Long (eds.), 2015.<\/span>
\n“Learning to Turn.\u201d ninepatch: A Creative Journal for Women and Gender Studies. Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 2. 2012.<\/span>
\n\u201cExtra Presents.\u201d Moondance, June 1997.<\/span>
\n\u201cHolding On.\u201d Men As We Are, Fall 1996.<\/span>
\n\u201cExtra Presents.\u201d O. Henry Festival Stories; Greensboro: Trans Verse Press, 1993.<\/span>
\n\u201cBlue Smell of Steel.\u201d The Wittenberg Review, Vol. 2 Issue 2, Fall 1991.<\/span>
\n\u201cHolding On.\u201d The Trinity Review, Spring 1990.<\/span><\/p>\nPUBLICATIONS: NONFICTION<\/h4>\n
\n\u201cDon\u2019t Be Fooled By All the Recycling Hoopla,\u201d The Hartford Courant, January 19,1992.<\/span>
\n\u201cConfessions of an Addicted Trash Recycler,\u201d The Hartford Courant, March 12, 1991.<\/span>
\n\u201cCalculating the Loss of Simple Math Skills,\u201d The Hartford Courant, September 11,1990.<\/span>
\n\u201cSpring\u2019s Message of Hope Marred by Teen Auto Deaths,\u201d The Hartford Courant, May 6, 1990.<\/span>
\n\u201cRadio Drama,\u201d Sparks Magazine, Vol 1 No. 1, Spring 1990.<\/span><\/p>\nPUBLICATIONS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS<\/h4>\n
\nIn \u201cSuit Your Sentence to Its Meaning\u201d by Thalia Selz in Anne Bernays and PamelaPainter, What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers (HarperCollins, 1990). Revised and expanded, (HarperCollins, 1995).<\/span>
\nIn \u201cSpeech Flavor, or Sounding Real\u201d by Thalia Selz in Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter, What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers (HarperCollins, 1990). Revised and expanded, (HarperCollins, 1995).<\/span><\/p>\nFICTION READINGS<\/h4>\n
\nNewark Arts Alliance, Newark, Delaware, February 27, 2016.<\/span>
\nHockessin Public Library, Hockessin, Delaware, August 15, 2015.<\/span>
\nFeatured reader, Second Saturday Poets, Wilmington, Delaware. September 14, 2013.<\/span>
\nNew Castle County Public Library. New Castle, Delaware. November 5, 2011.<\/span>
\nFeatured reader, Fiction Reading sponsored by the Delaware Division of the Arts and the Friends of Kirkwood Library. Wilmington, Delaware. August 8, 2010.<\/span>
\nThe Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, Connecticut. February 17, 1995.<\/span>
\nMark Webster Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. December 2, 1994.<\/span>
\nTownship Public Library, Clinton, Michigan, March 17, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\nAWARDS & HONORS<\/h4>\n
\nInvited member of the Mid Atlantic Artist Registry.<\/span>
\nWork featured at the Award Winners X and Reunion Exhibit, Biggs Museum, Dover, DE, July 2 – October 24, 2010.<\/span>
\nIndividual Artist Fellowship in Literature: Fiction, Delaware Division of the Arts, 2010.<\/span>
\nParticipant in the Delaware Writers Retreat, Delaware Division of the Arts, 2008, 2014.<\/span>
\nHopwood Major Short Fiction Award, 1995 for In the Small Wind, collection in progress.<\/span>
\nFirst Prize, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1993 for \u201cIn the Small Wind,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nSecond Prize, Trinity Alumnus Fiction Prize, 1993 for \u201cIn the Small Wind,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nFirst Prize, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1991 for \u201cExtra Presents,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nThird Prize, Frank W. Whitlock Playwriting Prize, 1991 for \u201cRealities,\u201d One-Act Play.<\/span>
\nFirst Prize, Trinity Alumnus Fiction Prize, 1990 for \u201cWhere the Man Belongs,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nFirst Prize, Trinity Alumnus Fiction Prize, 1989 for \u201cHolding On,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nSecond Prize, Alumni Nonfiction Prize, 1989 for \u201cWhat I Could Take With Me,\u201d Creative Nonfiction.<\/span>
\nFinalist, Hopwood Major Essay Award, 1995.<\/span>
\nFinalist, Hopwood Major Playwriting Award, 1995.<\/span>
\nFirst runner-up, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1992 for \u201cNecessary Parts,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nFirst runner-up, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1991 for \u201cBlue Smell of Steel,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nFirst runner-up, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1990 for \u201cWhere the Man Belongs,\u201d Short Story.<\/span>
\nFirst runner-up, Phi Kappa Fiction Award, 1989 for \u201cHolding On,\u201d Short Story.<\/span><\/p>\nEDITING & JUDGING<\/h4>\n