WRITING

Selected Awards and Prizes

2009-“Water,” short story, finalist for GLIMMER TRAIN

2009-“Snow,” short story, finalist for GLIMMER TRAIN

2008-“Remembering a Wedding,” short story, published in TIMBER CREEK REVIEW

2008-“Smart Dates,” short story, published in THE STORYTELLER

2008-New Short Fiction Series-Beverly Hills Library

2007-“Hidden Valley,” short story, published in R.KV.RY

2006-“The Wedding Day,” short story, published in KALLIOPE

2004-2002 Excellence in Writing Awards, Santa Barbara Conference, California

2003 “”Roseann’s Castle,” short story, winner of International Competition, published in WRITERS FORUM, United Kingdom

2002 “Ashes,” short story, Winner of International Competition, published in WRITERS FORUM, United Kingdom

2003 “Postcard,” short story, published in SAGE

1999 “The Seaview Gallery,” short story, published in PEARL

1971-2002-Plays Produced

“No Trespassing,” Edward Albee’s Playwright’s Conference, Prince William Sound, Alaska; The Playwrights Group, Los Angeles

“The Disappearance,” Actors Playhouse, Long Beach, California

“Leopards,” Winner of Orange County Playwrights Competition, Produced at Irish Theater Arts Center, Los Angeles, California; Long Beach Studio Theater, Long Beach, California; New Playwrights Festival-Matrix Theater, Los Angeles, California; Unpublished Plays Collection, Los Angeles Public Library

“Glory,” Winner of International Competition. Produced at Theater Arts Corporation, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Actors Forum, Los Angeles, California

“Long Distance is the Next Best Thing to Being There,” Produced at The Academy Theater, Atlanta, Georgia

“Ben,” Produced at the Questors Theater, London, England

“The Cellar,” “The Family,” “The Subway,” Produced at the U. of California, Irvine

Writer Residency Awards:

Dorland Mountain, Temecula, CA

Ossabaw Island, Savannah, GA

Millay Colony, New York

Wurlitzer Colony, Taos, NM

Creekwood Colony, AL

Squaw Valley, CA

Berkeley, CA