Publications & Prizes


Grants & Prizes
  • ​Rasmuson Individual Artist Award, 2023​​​
  • Alaska Literary Award, 2023​​​
  • Pushcart Prize Nominations: The editors of Minerva Rising Press submitted my poem “Cleave.” The editors of Alaska Women Speak nominated “Dear Green,” “Dear Shutter Eye,” and “Dear Canyon” (2020).
  • Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Individual Artist Grant (2020).
  • Dare to Be Chapbook Prize:  My chapbook Flame won the 2018 chapbook contest, Minerva Rising Press
  • Pushcart Prize Nominations.  I've had 5 poems nominated in the last few years:  "Light" (Origami Press), "Dear Cleve" (Minerva Rising Press), "Dear Green," "Dear Shutter Eye," and "Dear Canyon"  (Alaska Women Speak Press).
  • Rasmuson Individual Artist Award, 2018​​​
  • ​My poem "Heart Lottery"  was selected for the Best Indie Lit of New England, Volume II​
  • My poem "This Forest, This Beach, You" won a statewide contest and is now in residence at Totem Bight State Park in Ketchikan.  
  • Finalist, Minerva Rising chapbook contest for ​Breaking Into Air
  • Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Individual Artist Award​​
  • Glimmer Train:  Finalist for Poetry Open
  • Omnibus Poetry Contest Winner: 10 poems over the past 5 years were chosen to be displayed on the Juneau busses.  ​ 
  • Fairbanks Arts Association:  1st Prize in the annual Poetry Contest 
  • Juneau Empire:  1st Prize in the Poetry Contest for the poem “Talisman”   
  • University of Arizona:  Graduate Fellowship Recipient based on a selection of  poems 


Publications


Books ​
Chapbooks & Microchaps ​
Anthologies

​Films​
  • "Shaawatke'e's Birth" with Xhu'nei Lance Twitchell.  Filmed by Ryan Cortes and produced by Ron Spatz. 


Journal Publications
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  • "Gathering Sweetness" in Cirque (contest winner) (2023)
  • "Wing" in Cirque (2023)
  • “Like Breathing Rain” in Modern Poetry Review (2022)
  • “Quarantine Tritina" in Modern Poetry Review (2022)
  • “Honolulu Cairn" in Modern Poetry Review (2022)
  • “Dear Fist” in Terrain.org  (2021)
  • “Dear Perfection” in Terrain.org  (2021)
  • “Dear Thin Air” in Terrain.org  (2021)
  • “Dear Walking out” in Terrain.org  (2021)
  • “Dear Sacrament” in Terrain.org  (2021)
  •  “Dear Canyon” in Alaska Women Speak  (2021)
  • “Dear Green” in Alaska Women Speak (2021)
  • “Dear Shutter Eye in Alaska Women Speak (2021)
  • “Dear Cleave” in Minerva Rising (2020)
  • “Dear Roofless Room in EcoTheo Review (2020)
  • "Fire" by Midwest Quarterly (2019)
  • "Amuse-Bouche for Lulu" in Modern Poetry Review (2019)
  • "Fanny's Salad" in Poem (2019)
  • "The Taste of Light" in Innisfree (2019)
  • "Tommy's Birth" in Evening Street Review (2019)
  • "Catching Babies:  Haiku" in Evening Street Review (2019)
  • "Seed" in Cirque (2018)
  • "Upstairs Bread" in Architrave (2018)
  • "Yoga, Sunday Morning, Pacific Ocean" in Terrain.org (2017)
  • "Bringing Saki Home" in Minerva Rising (2017)
  • "Liveaboard S/V Iona" in Minerva Rising (2017)
  • ​​"Shaawatke'e's Birth" co-written with Xhu'nei Lance Twitchell in Alaska Quarterly Review (2017)
  • "Yoga, Sunday Morning, Pacific Ocean" in Terrain.org (2017)
  • "Bringing Sake Home" in Minvera Rising (2017)
  • "Liveaboard, S/V Iona" in Minvera Rising (2017)​
  • "Samantha's Births" in Prairie Schooner (2016)
  • "Leaving Egypt" in Common Ground Review (2016)
  • "Rising" in Common Ground Review (2016)
  • "Saturday Creek" in Cirque (2016)
  • "Care Package for Eva" in Cirque (2016)
  • ​"In the Birthing Tub" in Adanna (2015)
  • "Do Not Look at a Lunar Eclipse in Adanna (2015)
  • "Blue" in Minerva Rising (2014)
  • "Sugar Crush" in Minverva Rising (2014)
  • "This Morning's Milk Order" in Minverva Rising (2014)
  • "Alaskan" in Cirque (2014)
  • "Hazel's Birth" in Literary Mama (2014)
  • "Bethlehem Haiku" in Christianity and Literature (2014)
  • "Henry's Birth" in WomenArts Quarterly (2013)
  • "This Kind of Fairytale" in Room (2013)
  • "Heart Lottery" in Naugatuck River Review (2013)
  • ​"Where I'm From" in Cirque (2013)
  • Book Excerpts in Extracts (2012)
  • "Eve, Sailing" in Silk Road (2011)
  • "Grace Habor" in Salamander (2011)
  • "Names" in Terrain.org (2010)
  • "Liveaboard (Sleeping)" in Terrain.org (2010)
  • "Leaving the Islands" in Terrain.org (2010)
  • "Naming the Birds" in Cirque (2010)
  • "September 27, 58 North" in Latitudes (2010)
  • "Winter Night" in Latitudes (2010)
  • "In response to your email about the dark and the rain" in Latitudes (2010)
  • "Proof" in Northern Review (Canadian journal) (2009)
  • "Juneau Framed" in Northern Review (Canadian journal) (2009)
  • “Great Blue” in Room of One’s Own (Canadian journal) (2006)
  • “Calling” in Permafrost (2006)
  • “Saturday Morning” in Ice-Floe (2006)
  • “God Gardening” in Radix (2005)
  • “Gemini” in The Silt Reader (2005)
  • “Living in the City” in Room of One’s Own (Canadian journal) (2005)
  • “Who would want to be God for a day?” in Cresset (2005) 
  • “God Gardening” in Cresset (2005)
  • “Where God Lives” in Cresset (2005)
  • “Living in the City” in Jones Av (Canadian journal)  (2005)
  • “The City can be beautiful if” in Jones Av (Canadian journal) (2005)
  • “Permission in  The Wisconsin Review (2004)
  • “Returning” in Red River Review (2004)
  • “Georgia” in Taproot (2004)
  • “Saying Thanks” in River Oak Review (2003)
  • "Hibernation” in South Dakota Review (2002)
  • “Easy Love” in South Dakota Review (2002)
  • “In defense of cloudy days” in Red River Review (2002)
  • “September” in Ice-Floe (2002)
  • “Palm Smoke and Tobacco Birds” in Soundings East (2002)
  • “Restoration” in Soundings East (2002)
  • “Watching for Angels” in Connotations (2002)
  • “Marimba and Wind in July” in Connotations (2002)
  • “River of Life Gospel” in Connotations (2002)
  • “The Woman in the Moon” in Connotations (2002)
  • “The Woman in the Moon” in Rio Grande Review (2002)
  • “River of Life Gospel” in Ice-Floe (2001)
  • “Freshly Rooted” in Ice-Floe (2000)
  • "Composition:  Ravens” in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (2000
  • “Under the Kitchen Window” in Parnassus Literary Journal (2000)
  • “Subsistence Stories” in Owen Wister Review (2000)
  • “Baptism” in Parting Gifts (2000)
  • “Poem After Bathing” in Parting Gifts (2000)
  • “Chinese Gift Exchange” in Parting Gifts (2000)
  • “Portrait” in Parting Gifts (2000)
  • “Talisman” in Luna Negra (2000)
  • “Herring Rain” in No Exit (1999)
  • “January Fishing” in Hard Row to Hoe (1999)
  • “During Open Mike” in Illya’s Honey (1999)
  • “Miracle Soup” in Illya’s Honey (1999)
  • “Only 21 Days to the Vernal Equinox” in Illya’s Honey (1999)
  • “Butterfield Minnesota” in Blind Man’s Rainbow (1999)
  • “Bluegrass Spiderweb” in Blind Man’s Rainbow (1999)
  • “Talisman” in Blind Man’s Rainbow (1999)
  • “House Hunting in September” in Carpe Laureate Diem (1999)
  • “Stories at Dawn” in Carpe Laureate Diem (1999)
  • “Douglas Highway, Friday Night” in Carpe Laureate Diem (1999)
  • “Talisman” in The Juneau Empire (1999)
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