"... an intriguing character study of two people who have left time behind
(literally--they make a pact at the outset to do away with clocks and
any mention of time), but find that the past is always with them."
--Clap Your Hands, The Review Review
"Purpose Cove" Toyon, Spring 2005
Writing Honors:
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Fall 2011
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference work-study fiction scholarship, 2011
Playboy College Fiction Contest Winner, 2010
Creative Writing Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, 2005-6 Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia Finalist, 2010
Coughlin-Lawrence Fiction Scholarship, Solstice Summer Writers Conference, 2009 Zoetrope: All-StoryShort Story Contest judged by Elizabeth McCracken, Top Ten Finalist, 2008 Colorado Review Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction judged by Antonya Nelson, Top Ten Finalist, 2008 Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award for Short Fiction judged by Ann Pancake, Top Ten Finalist, 2008 Indiana Review Fiction Prize, judged by Lan Samantha Chang, Runner-up, 2007 Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award for Short Fiction judged by Peter Rock, Runner-up, 2007 Gulf Coast Fiction Contest judged by Justin Cronin, Top Ten Finalist, 2005 Toyon Magazine Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, Second place, 2005
Cardinal Cushing Award for Fiction at Boston College, 2001
Bishop Kelleher Award for Poetry at Boston College, 2000