Now that I’ve finished grading for the semester (hooray!), let me take a moment to share an award and some nominations here…

Last month, the wonderful Thimble Literary Magazine awarded one of their first ever Thimble Prizes to my poem “Don’t Repeat This,” an honor with an honorarium that they gave to one prose piece and two poems from the previous year.  I’m still so surprised and pleased by this! Thank you, Nadia Arioli and staff!

Also, after a seven-year drought, four of my poems received Pushcart Prize nominations from two publishers. Origami Poems nominated “When Your Granny Panties Saved Me” from The Best of Kindness 2020 anthology, and my incredible chapbook publisher, River Glass Books, nominated three poems from 28,065 Nights.

In the midst of this impossible year, I’m grateful for these bright spots of affirmation and encouragement to keep going.