Portfolio

Awards

(Most Recent at the Top)

• Third Place Short Story, Champaign Public Library Short Story Contest (2025)


• First Place Column Review, Division A, North American Mature Publishers Association (2025)

  *Wrote one of the two columns featured.



• Second Place Personal Essay, Division A, North American Mature Publishers Association (2025)


• First Place Personal Essay, Division A, North American Mature Publishers Association (2024)

Selected Published Works

(Most Recent at the Top)

• “Books by Natalie Babbitt You Probably Haven't Heard Of,” PrimeLife Times, January 2026, p. A-9
• “Poetry Corner: Concrete Poetry,” PrimeLife Times, January 2026, p. A-5
• “Poetry Corner: Occasional Poetry,” PrimeLife Times, December 2025, p. A-11
• “Orbiting Jupiter, by Gary D. Schmidt,” PrimeLife Times, December 2025, p. A-9
• “Poetry Corner: Lyrical Poems,” PrimeLife Times, November 2025, p. A-10
• “Car Talks,” PrimeLife Times, November 2025, p. A-10
• “Unplugged, by Steve Antony,” PrimeLife Times, October 2025, p. A-9
• “Poetry Corner: Acrostic Poems,” PrimeLife Times, September 2025, p. A-10
• “Poetry Corner: What Makes a Poem?” PrimeLife Times, August 2025, p. A-8
• “Wartime Children: Close Calls,” PrimeLife Times, August 2025, p. A-4
• “Poetry Corner: What is Poetry?” PrimeLife Times, July 2025 p. A-8
• “The Best American He Could Be,” PrimeLife Times, July 2025, p. A-2
• “Discovering My Great-Grandfather's Legacy,” PrimeLife Times, June 2025, p. A-13
• “Book Review—I Fuel: How Energy Powers Our Busy World,” The Sentinel, May 28, 2025
• “Book Review—Secrets of the Ocean: 15 Bedtime Stories Inspired by Nature,” The Sentinel, May 19, 2025
• “Only Five?” PrimeLife Times, May 2025, p. A-2
• “The Impact of Seniors,” PrimeLife Times, April 2025, p. A-1
• “The Story of My Life Journal” PrimeLife Times, March 2025, p. A-8
• “Beating the Winter Blues,” PrimeLife Times, February 2025, p. A-3, 16
• “The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, by Dean Robbins,” PrimeLife Times, January 2025, p. A-8
• “You Can Draw in 30 Days, by Mark Kistler,” PrimeLife Times, December 2024, p. A-8
• “Why You Should Write,” PrimeLife Times, November 2024, p. A-10
• “Building Our House, by Jonathan Bean,” PrimeLife Times, October 2024, p. A-11
• “Book Review: The Flower Man, by Mark Ludy,” PrimeLife Times, September 2024, p. A-15
• “The Wall Between Us,” PrimeLife Times, September 2024, p. A-2
• “Let the Seed Go,” PrimeLife Times, August 2024, p. A-16
• “Dear Older Lady in Walmart,” PrimeLife Times, June 2024, p. A-5