Writing

Essays: 

• “How It Felt to Never Take a Sip” – Pithead Chapel, 2023
• “Of the Same Flesh” – MoonPark Review, 2023 * Best of the Net Nominee
• “Resumé” – Hippocampus Magazine, 2023
• “Games of Chance” – Longridge Review, 2023
• “Dear Portland: A Love Letter to my Childhood Sweetheart” – Streetlight Magazine, 2023
• “It All Happens at a McDonald’s” – Arkana, 2022 * Best of the Net Finalist
• “What is Known of Those Who Came Before” – Pithead Chapel, 2022
• “The Swing Set” – Longridge Review, 2022 * Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee
• “Charting a New Course” – Atticus Review, 2022
• “Point A to Point B” – Lowestoft Chronicle, 2021
• “The Memory House” – Full Grown People, 2021 * Included in: Rumpus’ This Week in Essays
• “Running on Empty” – The Metaworker, 2021
• “A Breath of Fresh Air” – Sisyphus, 2021
• “Coin Flip” – Whisk(e)y Tit Journal, 2021
• “My Left Thumb” – Oregon Humanities, Beyond the Margins, 2020
• “My Father’s Estate” – Full Grown People, 2017

Awards & Events:

• Finalist, Best of the Net Anthology, 2023
• Nominee, Pushcart Prize, 2022
• Contributor Spotlight, Arkana Magazine, 2022
• Oregon Quarterly’s Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest, Honorable Mention, 2015