AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Links below to articles, short stories, and poetry
HELEN RICHARDS CREATIVE WRITING AWARD
Received for short story, "The Light Below Malmedy"; Awarded by judged panel at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION, TO BE TRAUMATIZED
Producer of To Be Traumatized, which was chosen as an official selection for the LA Student Film Festival and Glendale International Film Festival
2022
COLLAGE SHORT FICTION
Received for short story, "The Imp"; Awarded by editoral panel of peers at Collage Magazine
2020
OUTSTANDING STUDENT - WIF
Received for work as President of Women in Film - MTSU; Awarded by MTSU Video and Film Department
2020
URECA RECIPIENT
2020
Received an Undergraduate Research Experience and Creative Activity (URECA) Grant to pursue archival research for Honors Thesis Project; research performed at UNC Asheville and Buncombe Special Collections at Pack Library
BUCHANAN SCHOLARSHIP
Received highest scholarship at MTSU, 1 of 20 students to do so; member of the Honors College
2018-20
US-UK FULBRIGHT SUMMER INSTITUTE
Awarded a position in the US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute, 1 of 6 participants; studied film at the University of Birmingham, England for three months
2018
"ART AND ADVENTURE IN THE UK"
This travel article was published in Middle Tennessee State University's Areté, an Honors College magazine, and recounts my UK Fulbright Summer Institute experience.
It is a piece about not only a study abroad program but also the program's impact on a student in the creative field.
Published in Spring 2019.
The article begins on page 28.
"THE IMP"
This story is a short fiction piece based on Edgar Allen Poe's concept of "The Imp of the Perverse," the voice in the back of our heads that tells us to do dangerous and irrational things.
Published in Collage, Spring 2020, and re-published with an Author's Note in Off Center Magazine, Fall 2020.
The story begins on page 4.
"I'M SORRY"
This poem comes from a common experience for me and many other women. Over-apologizing has turned into a gut reaction to avoid ridicule, the fear of appearing "too bossy," or the like. In this age of female empowerment and with my personal growth and understanding of feminist ideals, I catch myself apologizing in unnecessary circumstances more often than not.
Published in Collage, Spring 2020.
The poem can be found on page 8.
