Honorable Mention in the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Contest

I’m all atingle to announce that my poem “We Come Here Every Day So You’ve Already Won” has been selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2015 River Styx International Poetry Contest, judged by Andrew Hudgins.

Congratulations to the winner Peter Kline, and the other poets who placed and received honorable mentions, including Allison Joseph, Brian Brodeur, Austin Allen, Zeina Hashem Beck, Heather Altfield.

Thanks to Richard Newman, judge Andrew Hudgins, and the other River Styx Editors!

Semifinalist for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize

I’m delighted to announce that my poem “You Can Keep Your Employee of the Month Award” has been accepted for publication in Crab Creek Review.

It was chosen as one of the semifinalists for the 2015 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize. Congrats to the winner, Laura Read, and the other poems that placed.

Thank you Martha Silano and the other Crab Creek Review editors!

“An Elephant Walks Into a McDonalds” in Boulevard Fall 2015

Today I received the wonderful news that my creative nonfiction essay “An Elephant Walks Into a McDonalds” is slated to appear in the fall 2015 issue of Boulevard Magazine.

Given the endless winters one must suffer through living here in Syracuse, it’s absurd to wish that fall would hurry the hell up. It’s completely preposterous. It’s just silly to wish something like that. Seriously.