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Details EducationMFA, Creative Writing, 2014, Pacific UniversityMA, English, Creative Writing, 2008, Missouri State University TeachingENG 205ENG 215ENG 216ENG 315ENG 316ENG 323ENG 500/600ENG 501/601ENG 551/651ENG 562/662ENG 786 Professional experienceSelected publications in:Hayden’s Ferry ReviewLongleaf ReviewRiver StyxThe Southampton ReviewThe PinchAnomalyDecember magazineDIAGRAMThe Florida ReviewCatamaran Literary ReaderIndiana ReviewCutBankPost RoadAmerican Short Fiction PhoebeThe SunMid-American ReviewMidwestern GothicBellingham ReviewCincinnati ReviewBaltimore Review Research and professional interestsFictionCreative nonfictionGraphic narrativeLiterary theoryContemporary literatureHybrid forms Awards and honorsSemi-Finalist, Robert C. Jones Prize for Short Prose (Pleiades Press), 2018Tennessee Williams Scholar/Scholarship Recipient, Sewanee Writers Conference, 20171st Place Winner, American Short(er) Fiction Contest, American Short Fiction, 2015Honorable Mention, 2015 Fiction Contest, Phoebe, 2015Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Contest. January, 2013Winner, Third Place, Baltimore Review Winter 2012 Fiction Contest. January, 2012Alumnus, Squaw Valley Community of Writers Fiction Workshop. August, 2011Finalist, Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Contest, July, 2010Finalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Multi-Cultural Young Adult Fiction for Chickasaw Adventures: The Adventure Begins, 2005 Additional resources Homepage