FREE TO READ PUBLICATIONS

• “Friedman at the Reins,” Pangyrus

• “Teshuvah,” American Literary Review

• “Bad,” Carolina Quarterly 

• “Hands,” Tahoma Literary Review 

• “Checkpoint,” Third Point Press 

• “Perfect Practice Makes Perfect,” StoryQuarterly

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• “Live at Slugs,” Bridge Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 1

• “Night Watch”, Boulevard, Vol. 38, Issue 3 & 4

• “Woman With Dog,” Southern Indiana Review, Vol. 30, No. 2

• ROAN (a novel) “Chapter 1”, The New Territory Magazine, Issue 12

• “Great Falls”, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 19

• “Friedman in the Dark,” The Atlantic for Kindle, May 2012

• “Cousin,” Harpur Patale, Vol. 8, Issue 2

• “Flight,” North American Review, Vol. 293, No. 3-4

• “Entropy,” American Short Fiction, Vol. 11, Issue 42

• “Graceland,” Shenandoah, Vol. 58, No. 2

• “Bat Mitzvah,” Passages North, Vol. 29.1

• “With a Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm,” The Yalobusha Review, Issue 13

• “Evenness,” The Southeast Review, Vol. 26, No. 1

• “Bruxing,” Mississippi Review, Vol 35. No. 1 & 2

• “Four Letter Words,” Alligator Juniper, 2007

• “Downward Facing Dog,” Art Amiss, Vol. 2

HONORS

• Winner, 2025 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, Willow Springs Books

• Runner-up, Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program, 2024

• Semifinalist, Iron Horse Literary Review Book Prize (Texas Tech University Press), 2022

• Nominated for Pushcart Prize, 2022

• Finalist, Nilsen Prize, Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2021

• Finalist, Ember Chasm Review, Novel Excerpt Contest, 2021

• Winner, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, 250-Word Creative Writing Challenge, August, 2021

• Finalist, Bat City Review Editor’s Prize, 2021

• Finalist, American Shorter Fiction Prize, American Short Fiction, 2021

• Finalist, Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, 2021

• Finalist, New Rivers Press, Many Voices Project for First Novel, 2012

• Special Mention, Pushcart Prize, 2010

• Recipient, Individual Artist Fellowship, Arkansas Arts Council, 2010

• Finalist, Iowa Review Award for short fiction collection, 2008

• John Clellon Holmes Memorial Award in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2008

• Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship, University of Arkansas, 2008

• Winner, Tampa Review’s Danahy Fiction Prize, 2008

• Walton Foundation Fellowship in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2006 to 2007

• Finalist, The Bellingham Review’s 2007 Tobias Wolff Award

• Finalist, 2007 Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Salem College

• Baucum Fulkerson Award in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2006