Awards/Recognition
Chapbook with Finishing Line Press
Hal Prize 2022, 1st Place for Poetry: “Cicadas Can Reach 100 Decibels” (Peninsula Pulse/Write On Door County/Peninsula Art School)
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, Triad Contest 2022, Theme Category: Primary Colors
2nd PLace for her poem “Ekphrastic Blue”
Wisconsin Fellowhsip of Poets, Triad Contest 2021, Theme category:“Forgiveness”
2nd Place for her poem, “I ask Again.”
The Mill, A place for Writers (Appleton, WI) 2020 Poetry contest
Finalist/2nd Place for On Behalf of a Grateful Nation (video)
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP)
WFOP Fall 2001 Triad Contest, Humor category, 3rd place for Cast Out the Line as Though Ya Been to Church
WFOP Muse Contest 2016, Honorable Mention for Lost Seed
Wisconsin Academy/ Wisconsin People & Ideas
Wisconsin Academy Review Poetry Contest 2001, Honorable Mention for In the Bloom of the Moment”
Wisconsin People and Ideas Poetry contest, 2016 Honorable Mention for The First Time I Enter a Ladies Restroom with my Daughter
Door County Gruetzmacher contest
Hal Gruetamacher Poetry Contest 2013, Peninsula Pulse, Honorable Mention for Heirloom Quilt
Finishing Line Press
Finishing Line Press, 2017 nomination for Pushcart Prize and Society of Midland Authors Poetry Prize for chapbook, Becoming Trans-Parent: One Family’s Journey of Gender Transition.