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Writer. Currently Detroit-based. Always dreamland-bound.-Publications:-20262026 Feminist Writing Grant Recipient - Barbara Deming Memorial FundShortlisted, Gooseberry Pie 2026 Writing Competition"A Month-Old Tub of Yogurt as Exposure Therapy" - Gooseberry Pie“Penny’s Head” - The Rumpus"Ripe" - Beaver Magazine“Belated!” - Exclamation Mark! (nominated for Best of Net)"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)"Fly Me to Mars" - portion archived in
Barbara Deming Collection at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2026)“Rapunzel, Rapunzel" - taught in Barnard Digital Humanities Center educational materials (2023–2026)“The Curse of Calloused Feet” and “Belated!” - taught in Barnard College 'Absent Mothers, Wicked Stepmothers' course (2024–2026)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)