Contest awards and accolades

2026

• 1st place in Walpole Writes Writing Contest (fiction) for “Sometimes a Nest is Just For a Season” (May)

• 2nd place in Walpole Writes Writing Contest (poetry) for “When a Fish Takes a Risk” (May)

• Long listed in Not Quite Write’s Flash Fiction Competition for “What His Congregation Doesn’t Know” (May)

• Nominated for The Foofs (Wisp category; 100 words) for “Basic Ghost Girly” (April)

• Nominated for The Foofs (Glimmer category; 1000 words) for “Bubbe’s Last Kugel” (April)

• Honorable Mention in NYC Midnight’s 250-word Microfiction Challenge for “A Glass Slipper, Size 12” (March)

• 7th place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s 250-Word Microfiction Challenge for “An End to Grief” (February)

• Long listed in Not Quite Write’s Flash Fiction Competition for “War Ain’t the Only Hell” (January)

• 1st place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s Scary Story Challenge for “Perimortem” (January)

2025

• 6th Place in Not Quite Write’s Flash Fiction Competition for “The Ghosts You Bring With You” (December)

• 28th Place (100 word) in Twist in the Tale’s November Twisted Tournament for “Warmth” (November)

• 7th Place (250 word) in Twist in the Tale’s November Twisted Tournament for “The Power to Help” (November)

• Top 64 in Writing Battle’s Fear Flash Fiction contest for “Welcome Home” (November)

• 1st place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s Rhyming Story Challenge for “Roam and Jules Among the Stars” (with Alexandria Bellani) (November)

• 4th place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s 500-Word Fiction Challenge for “You’ll haunt this house with us” (October)

• 1st place in Twist in the Tale’s August Twisted Tournament for “Everything Will Work Out in the End” (September)

• Honorable Mention in Writing Battle’s Summer Nanofiction contest for “Bad Odds” (September)

• 23rd place in Twisted Teams 1 “User Guide for Your Magically Refurbished 1942 Philco Console Radio” (September)

• Honorable Mention (with Special Recognition) in WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest for “People Always Look for Each Other” (September)

• Long listed in Not Quite Write’s Flash Fiction Competition for “Sometimes a Nest is Just For a Season” (August)

• Finalist in Globe Soup’s Flashback Fiction Challenge for “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (August)

• 13th Place in TL;DR Press’s 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition for “Bubbe’s Last Kugel” (August)

• Honorable Mention in Elegant Literature’s Dreaded Destinations contest for “37 and the End of the Universe” (August)

• 4th Place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s Flash Fiction Challenge for “Headmaster Hymir’s Hoard” (July)

• Honorable Mention (Round 2) in NYC Midnight’s 100-Word Microfiction Contest for “Assigned Seating” (July)

• Honorable Mention in Furious Fiction’s June Showcase for “XRAY HOTEL WHISKEY” (June)

• Top 64 in Writing Battle’s Spring Microfiction contest for “Who Should We Blow Up Next?” (June)

• Top 16 in Writing Battle’s Winter Flash contest for “Land Crab Blues” (March)

• 13th Place (Round 1) in NYC Midnight’s 100-Word Microfiction Contest for “The Antidote” (March)

• Final round in Apex Magazine’s Flash Fiction Contest for “Belial the Demon” (February)

• 18th Place (250 word) in Twist in the Tale’s February Twisted Tournament for “187 Begonia Avenue” (February)

• 30th Place (500 word) in Twist in the Tale’s February Twisted Tournament for “Love the One You’re With” (February)

• 1st Place of Twist in the Tale’s Drabble contest for “(Re)cycle” (January)

2024

• Honorable Mention in Elegant Literature’s Fearsome Folklore contest for “‘Twixt Cup & Lip” (December)

• Top 64 in Writing Battle’s Autumn contest for “What to Eat When You’re Climbing a Mountain” (December) (forthcoming at Drabblecast!)