Awards Received:

• Washington State Arts Commission/Artist Trust Literary Fellowship, 2004
• Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators work-in-progress grant, 2003
• So to Speak Short-Short Fiction Competition, 2001
• Ian St. James International Short fiction Award, 1995
• Seattle Artists Literary Fellowship, 1994-1995
• James W. Hall Fiction Prize, 1985
• Waller Literature Award, 1984

Short Fiction Anthology Publications:

• “Ghost,” So to Speak, Spring 2001 (George Mason University)
• “Sleeping People,” Explorations 2000 (University of Alaska Southeast)
• “Vessel,” Pleasure Vessels (Angela Royal Publishing, UK, 1997)
• “The Pomelo Seed,” Writing for Our Lives (Running Deer Press, 1996)
• “Spirit Tree,” The Pursuit of Happiness (Leftbank Books, 1995)