My short fiction appears in The Louisville Review, the Chicago Quarterly Review, Tikkun Magazine, Diverse Voices Quarterly and the Delmarva Review, among others.

In 2019 I was a finalist in the Tiferet Writing Contest.

My story, “Vondelpark,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2017.

​I earned an M.F.A. in Writing from Spalding University in 2009.

Originally from Chicago, I currently live in Louisville, Kentucky. I serve on the boards of Louisville Literary Arts, Louisville Central Community Centers and Jewish Community Relations Council. 

•       Local Awards 
• National Awards        

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• 2004 - First Place in Graduate Division of the Metroversity Writing Contest

• 2005 - First Place in Graduate Division of the Metroversity Writing Contest
• 2008 - Second Place in Graduate Division of the Metroversity Writing Contest
• 2013 - Third Place in Literary LEO Writing Contest

• 2019 Tiferet Writing Contest - Fiction Finalist.
• 2017 Pushcart Prize Nominee by The Louisville Review. For "Vondelpark."
• 2010 Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition - 12th Place.
• 2009 - Glimmer Train - Honorable Mention Finalist in contest for new writers. 

• 2005 - New Millennium - Semi-finalist in the Nineteenth Consecutive Writing Competition. ​​

​Photography Awards
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     2006 - First place Courier-Journal Trip Clicks photo contest. ​

     2007 - Second Place in the Literary LEO Traditional Photography Contest.