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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

​Photo and writing included in ‘Helped to restore my soul’: Readers share their Maui memories.' The Washington Post. 23 August 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/08/23/maui-memories-photos/.​

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Her Daily. Various essays published. (Online publication). 2015 - 2017.

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"Post Mills, VT." (Short fiction). Figment.com / Penguin Random House. Finalist in Figment.com's Story-In-Verse Contest. Contest judged by Dana Goodyear.

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"Georgia in New York." (Short fiction). USC English Department Award publication.

 

"Yawn." Poem published in Practical Poetry. Sara Holbrook. Heinemann/Penguin Random House.  ​

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"The Glass Slipper." (Short fiction). Generation Next Volume II.

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 "The Box." (Short fiction). Generation Next Volume I.

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"Autumn." Poem and illustration published in Spider Magazine. 

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​Edward W. Moses Award for Creative Writing for fiction. Received for story "Georgia in New York."

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Los Angeles International Screenwriting Award. Quarter Finalist. 2026.

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Finalist. Figment's Story-in-Verse Contest, judged by Dana Goodyear (New Yorker). Received for short story "Post Mills, VT." Story acquired by Random House.

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University of Southern California English Department Award for Creative Writing.

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University of Southern California Dean's Scholar Award.

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Generation Next Writing Competition. 2nd Place for short story "The Glass Slipper."

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Generation Next Writing Competition. Honorable Mention for short story "The Box."

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Power of the Pen - Regional Writing Competition (Midwest, USA). 1st Place for short story "I Didn't Pull the Fire Alarm." 

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AWARDS & HONORS

EDUCATION & WORKSHOPS

B.A. English, emphasis Creative Writing, University of Southern California

    minor studies: Film & Screenwriting

 

Independent Study with Marianne Wiggins. University of Southern California. 

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Short fiction selected for Writer in Residence Workshop with T.C. Boyle. University of Southern California.

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Selected for Advanced Fiction Workshop with Percival Everett.

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Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research. Invited to read short story "Shadeless." ​

 

Writing in New Orleans Workshop with Beau Boudreaux. 

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