Building Wings on the Way Down

While I have a passion for helping others say what they need to say (thanks for that phrasing, John Mayer), I'm also incredibly passionate about my own voice. This page is dedicated to my successes in creative writing and my involvement in the local literary community.

Some Accomplishments

Winner of the Judge's Prize for the 2013 Creative Loafing Tampa Fiction Contest.
Awarded the Wesley Ryals Award in Fiction in 2013 and 2014 from Florida Southern College's Cantilevers Journal of the Arts
Named first-ever champion of the Tampa Bay Lucha Libro Literary Death Match.
Winner of the March Micro Fiction Contest at Driftwood Press.
Co-host of Open Mic at Cafe Hey, which has won Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Open Mic title for three years running.

Some Links

My winning story for CLTampa's fiction contest, Last Summer Fire.
The CLTampa judge's explanation of her choice.
My blog post discussing how it felt to participate in a literary death match (I know you're curious!)
An article from CLTampa explaining more about the literary death match (you're still curious!)
My winning micro-fiction story on the Driftwood Press Sea Log.
An interview with me on the Driftwood Press Sea Log.

Creative Loafing illustration

Adam Rosenlund's illustration of my story, Last Summer Fire, ran on the front page of Creative Loafing Tampa.

Hosting at Cafe Hey

I co-host Open Mic At Cafe Hey on Thursdays beginning at 7 p.m.

Winner of Literary Death Match

I was named the champion of Tampa Bay's first Lucha Libro Literary Death Match

“You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

— Ray Bradbury