

Published Stories and Essays
“Losing My Words” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Grief, Loss, and Healing
My Father’s Messiah Hunger Mountain Journal
The Geometry of Grief WOW! Women On Writing
Losing My Words Memoir Magazine
One Day At A Time HerStories Project
Her Last Dance Gemini Magazine
Who By Fire Hippocampus Magazine (Most Memorable Essay Award)
The Last Ballet Lesson Grown & Flown
Losing My Words The Sunlight Press
Liar, Liar Teachers&Writers Magazine
Grandpa’s Gift Grand Piano Passion
More Precious than Pearls Lessons From My Parents Anthology (Familius 2013)
Letting My Daughter Go Tablet Magazine
Fire Drill On the Premises Magazine
“One Candle For Sophie” Lilith Magazine
Child of the Light Winning Writers
“Twenty Ten” Gemini Magazine
“In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing ” Memoirs Ink.
“Never on a Wednesday” Writer’s Digest Magazine
“Reading, Writing, and the Red Sox” Teacher Magazine
“School Records and Scarlet Letters” Learning Magazine
Awards
DISQUIET Literary Prize – Short Listed 2023
Story Studio Chicago Scholarship 2022
CRAFT Literary Mag First Chapters Prize 2022 – Shortlisted
Tuscan Literary Festival Non-Fiction 2nd Prize 2021
Katherine Paterson 1st Prize 2021 Young Adult Fiction
Brooklyn Film Arts Nonfiction Prize Finalist 2020
Wow! Women on Writing Flash Fiction Honorable Mention 2020
Tuscan Literary Festival Story Finalist 2020
Wellspring House Residency Contest Finalist Oct 2019
Gemini Magazine Fiction Contest, Notable Sept 2019
PJ Library Author Incentive Grant, 2019
Hunger Mountain Short Fiction Finalist, 2019
Women on Writing Essay Contest Runner Up, 2019
Writer Magazine Story Contest Finalist 2018
Memoir Magazine 2018 Recovery Essay Contest, 2nd Pl.
Loudon County Library Write On! 2018, Fiction finalist
Gemini Magazine Story Contest, 2nd Place
Memoir Magazine Notable Essay, #MeToo Contest 2018
Hunger Mountain Journal Nonfiction Finalist 2018
Vermont Studio Center Merit Scholarship 2018
TENT Children’s Literature Fellowship 2018
Hippocampus Magazine, 2017 Essay Semi-finalist
Women On Writing Flash Fiction 2017– Honorable Mention
Past Loves Essay 2015–2nd Place
New Millennium Essay 2015– Honorable Mention
Family Circle Magazine 2015– 2nd Place Short Story
WriteOutLoud Story Contest, Louden Public Library 2014–Honorable Mention
Winning Writers Short Story Contest 2014–Finalist
On the Premises Magazine #16, 3rd Place Story Winner 2012
Association of Jewish Libraries, 2011 Sydney Taylor Honor Book Award for Middle-Grade Fiction
Next Generation Indie Awards 2011, YA Novel Finalist
Gemini Flash Fiction 2011–Honorable Mention
New Millennium Writings Fiction Award 2009–Honorable Mention
Washington JCC Literary Festival Essay Contest 2009–Honorable Mention
Tom Howard/John Reid Short Story Contest 2009–Highly Commended
Memoirs Ink Annual Essay Competition 2006–2nd Place
The Center for the Arts in Natick–2006 Story Winner
Writers Digest Annual Competition 2002–Fiction Finalist
Writer’s Digest Competition 2000– Essay Honorable Mention
Writer’s Digest Competition 1994–Essay Honorable Mention
Business Week Award for Innovative Teaching



