From Terezin, Pudding House Publications, 2008

Thirst, Editor’s Select Series, Main Street Rag Publishing Co., 2004

Foreshadow, finalist in Main Street Rag' s Chapbook Competition, MSR Publishing Co., 2002

Drop Zone, winner of the Texas Review South/Southwestern Poets Breakthrough Competition, Texas Review Press, 1995

New River, 1993 winner of The Harperprints Chapbook Contest, Harperprints Press, 1994

Southern Review, Nimrod, Cimarron Review, Louisville Review, Greensboro Review, Carolina Quarterly, Mississippi Review, Rattle, Texas Review, Dos Passos Review, Southern Poetry Review, William and Mary Review, Malahat Review, Iodine, Brevity, Kestrel, Pembroke, New Virginia Review, Cave Wall, and numerous others

After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events (Sante Lucia Books); Award Winner, Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets: 2008, 2007, 2006; (MSR Publishing Co.); Word and Witness: One Hundred Years of Poetry in North Carolina (Carolina Academic Press); Earth and Soul: An Anthology of North Carolina Poetry (The Kostroma Book Publishing Co., Kostroma, Russia); Tis the Season (Novello Press); Trapping Time Between the Branches: An Anthology of Charlotte’s Poets, (Heritage Printers, Inc.), and others

1987: M.F.A. Warren Wilson College Program for Writers, Warren Wilson College--Asheville, NC

1983-84: University of North Carolina at Charlotte--Charlotte, NC

1980-82: University of New Orleans--New Orleans, LA

2005: Workshop for the CPCC Literary Festival, Charlotte, NC: "Grief’s Topography"

2004: Lecture for the Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY: "Crafting the Poem of Grief: A Personal Journey"

2004: Lecture for the North Carolina Poetry Society, Weymouth, NC: "Crafting the Poem of Grief: A Personal Journey"

2004: Lecture for the Warren Wilson M.F.A. Alumni Assoc., Amherst College, Amherst, MA: "Crafting the Poem of Grief: A Personal Journey"

2003: "How to Prepare a Chapbook Manuscript," 3 workshops that include a critique (a benefit for The Charlotte Writers' Club)

2000: Lecture for Charlotte Writers Club: "Consistency of Tone: First to Last Words"

1997: Workshop and lecture for the North Carolina Poetry Society: "Poetry and the Pressure of the Unspoken"

1996:  Poetry Workshop for Vance County Harperprints-in-the-Schools

1994: Lecture for the Poetry Council of North Carolina: "The Poet and Speaker as One: Some Thoughts on the Personal Poem"

1993: Lecture on Lee Smith's novel Black Mountain Breakdown, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

1989: Lecture on Straight on Til Morning, "The Awakening Spirit: Biographies of Women," Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

2004: Reading, The Writers' Voice at the 63^rd St. YMCA, New York, NY

2004: Wellness Partners in the Arts, Inc., Durham, NC

2004: Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2004: First Place, Deane Ritch Lomax Poetry Award

2004: Grant, Vermont Studio Center (also 2002, 1998)

2003: Finalist, Akron Poetry Prize

2002: Finalist, Akron Poetry Prize

2002: Reading, Central Piedmont Community College, Spring Literary Festival

2001: Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC: Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series

2000: Finalist, Bright Hill Press, Inc.

2000: Reading, Longwood College, Farmville, VA

1998: Reading, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC: Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series

1997: Reading, Regulator Book Store, Durham, NC

1996: Reading, Cultural Olympics, Athens, GA

1996: Reading, Barrow Street Music School, New York, NY

1996: Reading, The Holden Visiting Writers Series, Warren Wilson College

1994: First Place in Poetry in The Deep South Writers Competition

1994: Reading, Central Piedmont Community College, Spring Literary Festival

1993: Reading, Mt. Olive College, Mt. Olive, NC: Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series

1993: Finalist, Helicon Nine Poetry Contest

1991: Finalist, Brittingham Prize in Poetry

1991: Reading, Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC: Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series

1989: Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

1989: Finalist, Roberts Writing Awards for Personal Essay

1988: Reading, Elon College, Greensboro, NC: Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series

1988: Semi-finalist, Poets & Writers Exchange Program

1987: Finalist, North Carolina Writers Network Chapbook Contest

1986: Semi-finalist, "Discovery"/The Nation Contest

PUBLIC SERVICE (a selection)

2004: Queens College, panel discussion on "The Art and Craft of Writing," Queens Library

2004: Advisory Committee for Central Piedmont Community College Spring Literary Festival (since 1994)

2004: Review of Cathy Smith Bowers A Book of Minutes, Main Street Rag

2003-05: Associate Editor of Main Street Rag

2002-03: Charlotte Writers’ Club: Vice President of Contests

2001: North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference Planning Committee (also 1995)

2002: Queens College, Melton Award, judge for poetry

2001: Queens College, Melton Award, judge for creative nonfiction

1998: Poetry Council of North Carolina: Charlotte Young Contest, judge

1998: Article: Rebecca McClanahan, featured poet, Independence Blvd.

1996: Series of workshops for the George Shinn Homeless Shelter

1994-95: Board of Trustees, North Carolina Writers’ Network

1993: Central Piedmont Community College: Panel Discussion, "What is a Chapbook?"