FICTION

HIVE MIND

The Forge Magazine

2021 flash fiction competition finalist

*Pen Parentis Fellowship runner-up*

SEVEN WAYS TO GET BLINDSIDED IN A RESTAURANT

New Ohio Review

UNDERGROWTH

SmokeLong Quarterly

Winner of the 2021 Grand Micro Contest

*selected for Best Small Fictions 2022*

EVERY INVISIBLE THREAT

New Flash Fiction Review

shortlisted for the 2021 flash fiction prize

ALL THE BROKEN THINGS

Janus Literary

shortlisted for the 2021 Janus Literary Prize

"Dark, Wild Sea" Anthology

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT SPACE

The Cincinnati Review

longlisted for the 2022 Wigleaf Top 50

MASQUERADE

SmokeLong Quarterly

GROWN-UPS ALSO LIE: THREE MICROS

Fractured Lit

EVERYTHING SLIPPERY AND GONE

Atticus Review

selected for the 2021 Wigleaf Top 50

Non-Exhaustive List of Ways to Leave and Be Lost by Melissa Bowers

A NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WAYS TO LEAVE AND BE LOST

Pidgeonholes

nominated for Best Small Fictions 2021

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

CHEAP POP

nominated for Best Small Fictions 2021

THE ACQUITTAL

Breakwater Review

Winner of the 2020 Breakwater Fiction Prize, chosen by Susanna Kaysen

THINGS THAT NEED TO GO

Lunate

flash fiction competition, 2nd place

SOMETIMES A GUARDRAIL IS MISSING

Barren Magazine

shortlisted for the 2019 Flash Fiction Prize

A COLLECTION OF CELLS

Pithead Chapel

2019 Larry Brown Short Story Award, 2nd place

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Pithead Chapel

2019 Larry Brown Short Story Award, 3rd place

WHERE SHE KEEPS HIS HANDPRINTS

F(r)iction

Winner of the Fall 2020 Flash Fiction Contest

forthcoming

NONFICTION

SIGN LANGUAGE CONNECTS MY CHILDREN TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER

The Boston Globe Magazine

BALANCING BLOCKS

The Writer

Winner of the 2017 Personal Essay Contest

HEART HEIGHT

River Teeth

ONLY IN PRINT:

“The Specific Length of Scars” – And If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative anthology, forthcoming
“Fine Lines” & “Survival Guide” – Snow Crow, Bath Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. 6 (both shortlisted)
“The Weeping Woman” – The Writer, September 2021, Top 10 in the 100-Word Contest
“A Matter of Chemistry” – The Greensboro Review, Issue 109, Spring 2021
“Small Glass Jars” – Restore to Factory Settings, Bath Flash Fiction Anthology Vol. 5 (longlisted)