Awards / Praise


Awards (includes finalists for the Aurora, top three results in the Rhysling, Elgin, and Dwarf Stars, and editor’s choices and reader’s choice and Pushcart nominations):

Nomination – Pushcart Prize - Poem in a small press publication, 2017.
                                    “My Response to Your Mayday Call” by David Clink & Herb Kauderer
Finalist – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2016. “Elegy for WLC”

Finalist – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2016. “Portrait”

Editor’s Choice – Star*Line – Issue 39.4; Fall 2016: “Witching”
Editor’s Choice – Star*Line – Issue 39.1; Winter 2016: “The Advent of Machines”
Third Place – Rhysling Award – Long Poem Category, 2015. “The Perfect Library”

Third Place – Elgin Award (Chapbook Category), 2015. “If the World Were to Stop Spinning”

Second Place Tie – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2015. “The Perfect Library”

Finalist – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2015. “The Machine”

Third Place – Dwarf Stars – Best Short Poem, 2014.
                                    “A conversation between a time traveler and his apprentice”

Finalist – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2014. “A City of Buried Rivers”

Winner – Aurora Award – Best Poem/Song, 2013. “A sea monster tells his story”

Finalist – Aurora Award – Best Short-Form Work in English, 2007. “Falling”

Reader’s Choice – Second Place – Asimov’s Readers’ Awards – Poetry Category, 2007. “Copyright Notice 2525”





here you can find Award Nominations, the one win I have, and also blurbs and reviews.

these are in date order.

There are also links to some files, but there are also links to some of these poems and others
in the writing samples area.


2007 Asimov’s Readers’ Awards -
Poetry Category
Second Place:
Copyright Notice 2525 - DOC | PDF

2008 Aurora Award -
Best Short Form Work in English
Finalist:
Falling - DOC | PDF

2013 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
First Place:
A Sea Monster Tells His Story  DOC | PDF

2014 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
Second Place:
A City of Buried Rivers - DOC | PDF

2014 Dwarf Stars Competition -
Best Short Poem
Third Place:
A Conversation Between a Time Traveler and His Apprentice - DOC | PDF


2015 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
Tied for Second Place:
The Perfect Library - DOC | PDF

2015 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
Finalist:
The Machine - DOC - PDF

2015 Elgin Award -
Chapbook Category
Third Place:
If the World Were to Stop Spinning

2015 Rhysling Award
 -
Long Poem
Third Place:
The Perfect Library - DOC - PDF

2016 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
Finalist:
Elegy for WLC - DOC - PDF

2016 Aurora Award -
Best Poem/Song
Finalist:
Portrait - DOC - PDF

2016 Rhysling Award -
Short Poem
Finalist:
Elegy for WLC - DOC - PDF

2016 Rhysling Award -
Short Poem
Finalist:
Portrait - DOC - PDF

Star*Line -
An Editor's Choice
Issue 39.4; Fall 2016:

Witching - HTML

Star*Line -
An Editor's Choice
Issue 39.1; Winter 2016:

The Advent of Machines - HTML



2017 + 2018 + 2019 + 2020 + 2021:

I need to update these years -
I do have a number of items that have made the final ballot
during these years.