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Writer. Currently Detroit-based. Always dreamland-bound.Publications:2026Nominated for Best of the Net, "Belated" - Exclamation Mark!Shortlisted, Gooseberry Pie 2026 Writing Competition"A Month-Old Tub of Yogurt as Exposure Therapy" - Gooseberry Pie“Penny’s Head” - The Rumpus (Forthcoming)"Ripe" - Beaver Magazine“Belated!” - Exclamation Mark!"Prayer to the Belladonna" - The Garden Wall-2025Finalist, Peatsmoke Editor’s Prize in FictionShortlisted, Fractured Lit Anthology 5 Prize“Ladylike” - The Pinch“Disordered" - Dribble Drabble Review“Moraine" - Cleaver Magazine-2024
Longlisted, CRAFT Literary Flash Fiction Prize“Five-Ish Years as Shelly’s Leg" - Lunch Ticket“SHE, EXTRATERRESTRIAL" - Talk Vomit-2023
Winner, Brownstein Writing Prize, Columbia University English DepartmentWinner, 56th New Millenium Writings Flash Fiction Prize“The Curse of Calloused Feet” - New Millennium Writings“To reach into the earth and eat it: a guide" - Maudlin House"A hand came down from the sky" - Quarto Magazine-OtherFirst reader (editorial - fiction), Fractured Lit (2026-present)Author reading for Cleaver Magazine (Issue 49 Contributors), “Moraine" (June 2025)Author reading for Quarto Magazine, “a hand came down from the sky" (May 2023)