Semi-finalist, New Millennium Writings (Spring 2006).

“My Religious Education,” Madison Magazine 2005
Third Place, Madison Magazine 2005 Fiction Contest,
judged by Jane Hamilton.

Finalist, Glimmer Train Fiction Open (summer 2005).

Public Reading, Wisconsin Book Festival (October 2005).

Short fiction
“Paris Smells LIke Rotten Eggs,” Literary Mama.
Date of Publication: August 10 2006.

“Real Emergency,” Talking River Review (Lewis-Clark State College).
Issue 19. Date of Publication: Spring 2004

“Rich Girl,” Mota 4 Integrity (Triple Tree Publishing).
Issue 4. Date of Publication: 2004

“Breathe For Her,” The Potomac: Washington’s Literary Review (Web Del Sol Press). Issue 2. Date of Publication: 2004

“Pacifier,” The Danforth Review (funded by Canadian Council for the Arts). Date of Publication: 2003

“Mommy Blog,” Yankee Pot Roast

“Herb and Hilary,” Womansong (University of Toledo).

Column: Bare-breasted Mama, Literary Mama
“More Important Things To Do,” October 2006
“Does Biopsy Mean No Puppy?,” November 2006
“I'm 'It' ,” December 2006
“Nothing Has Changed,” January 2007
“Choices,” February 2007
“Baby Doll ,” March 2007

Essay
“Crossing to Madeline,” Wisconsin Trails (Trails Media Group).
Date of Publication: January 2006

“Writing Taught Wrongly,” Isthmus (Isthmus Publishing Co.).
Date of Publication: March 2001

“Stifling Creativity in the Schools,” Wisconsin State Journal
Date of Publication: March 2000

Poetry
“The Pear,” Glass Review (University of Toledo).
Second Place, Glass Review Poetry Contest
Selected for inclusion in Glass Will Anthology (funded by Ohio Arts Council).

“You,” Xanadu (University of Toledo).

“The Dancing Teacher,” Xanadu (University of Toledo).

“Strangers,” Pudding Magazine (Groce Books).