My work, centering Appalachia, memory, grief cycles, the natural world, and working-class stories, is published or forthcoming in the following places. You can also find me on Substack.

Awards and Honors

“Elegy for Earl Morrey” – Massachusetts Poetry Olimpics (MAPO), 2026 Finalist (3rd Place)

“A Place of the Heart” – Franklin County Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, 2025 Finalist (3rd Place)

“Lake Superior” – Franklin County Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, 2024 Finalist (Top 10)

Creative Nonfiction

“Box/Vessel” – riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature, December 2025

Poetry

“Coal City Elementary Costume Contest, 1995” – Appalachian Journal, Winter 2026

“Oasis, in Three Parts” – Appalachian Journal, Winter 2026  

“Down at Mullens” – Appalachia Bare, November 2025

“Amigo Fill-Up, After” – Harrow House Journal, June 2025

“Late Morning at Fayette Station” – Willows Wept Review, June 2025

“821 Steps” – Willows Wept Review, June 2025

“Stonecoal Creek” – The Fourth River, May 2025

“Cirrhosis” – Lowlife Lit Press, May 2025

“Striker” – Lowlife Lit Press, May 2025

“Sunset Strip” – Lowlife Lit Press, May 2025 

“That Boy” – Lowlife Lit Press, May 2025

“Up to Green River” – Lowlife Lit Press, May 2025 

“Infinite” – Hedge Apple, April 2025

“A Place of the Heart” – Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, March 2025

“Let My Words Christen the World” – Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, March 2025

“The Sound of Resistance” – Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, March 2025