After a bit of a dry stretch, I’m thrilled to report that my poem “From The Front Porch” just won Kelsay Books’ 2023 Women’s Poetry Contest! The poem and judge’s citation can be read here. Interestingly, Allison Joseph was also the judge who chose my poem “Tandem Hang-Gliding Incident” as the winner of the 2016 Lauren K. Alleyne Difficult Fruit PP. 

Along with a cash prize and several other goodies, this poem will be featured in the Summer 2024 issue of The Orchards Poetry Journal, along with some of my others plus an interview. I’ll be sure to keep you posted on that – and an upcoming virtual reading. My deep thanks to Karen and the Kelsay Books team for their generous support of authors!