House of Miracles, finalist, D.H. Lawrence Fellowship
“The Zither” published in Snake Nation Review and finalist, The San Francisco Bay Guardian Fiction Contest
“Professor Einstein and the Millionaire Lady,” runner-up, Stand Magazine’s International Short Story Competition, judged by Iain Crichton-Smith and Emma Tennant
“The Plain of Jars” published in Equinox
“Meeting with Madeline,” honorable mention, Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
“The Hundred-Year-Old Man,” first prize, Foster City International Writer’s Contest, judged by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club
“House of Miracles” selected by the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project and broadcast on National Public Radio’s The Sound of Writing
“The Spider Dance” published in CUPS: The Café Culture Magazine
six degrees of separation 