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Honors & Awards   

(In production).  Story “The Bobsledder’s Jacket“ to appear on The Secret Lighthouse,” children’s TV show.

One of three judges for the picture-book category of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award, 2002.

Basho and the Fox, picture book, #10 on The New York Times best-seller list for children’s books (11/5/00) and chosen by Smithsonian Magazine as a notable book for children for 2000.  2001 Honor Title, Storytelling World Award, Category 2:  Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners (“in recognition of highest quality storytelling resources”).  Irma Black Honor Book, 2001, Bank Street College of Education. Children’s Literature Choice List, 2001.  Children’s Book Council Not Just For Children Anymore List, 2002.  Also earned great reviews from Daniel Pinkwater on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” (read aloud, 9/2/00), The Horn Book, The Ruminator, Book List, Foreword Magazine and School Library Journal.  Used as basis for May ’02 presentation of the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program (K-12) of the University of Utah.  Currently in its third printing.

“Brother Jubal in the Womb of Silence,” (SF) Third Place, L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest.  ($500, all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles for week-long workshop and awards ceremony in 2001).  (Summer, 2000).  Story appears in Writers of the Future anthology #16.

Story “Julie at the Fountain” (originally appeared in Odyssey) featured in entirety on New York Regents Fourth-Grade English Language Arts Test.  (Winter, 1999).

Picture book Let’s Call Him Lauwiliwili... featured on the children’s television show “Gribich & Friends,” American Independent Network.  (Winter 1997).

The McMasters Prize for Historical Writing (for essay “Plattsburgh:  A History of Voices”).  Clinton County Historical Association.  1996.

Poet Representative:  Kern County “California Poets in the Schools,” Joint Project of the Artists-in-Schools Program of the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council, San Francisco, CA.  (October, 1993).

1993 “Addy” Award, Writing for “Best Image Spot,” Kern Ad Council, CA; Roger Medvin Advertising Agency.

Certificate of Lyrical Achievement, Ninth Annual Austin Songwriting Competition.

1987 Second Place, International Bulwer-Lytton Contest; San Jose State University, San Jose, California.

1975-1976 Scholarship, M.A.; University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1975 Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, B.A.; The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1973 First Place Hallmark National Poetry Contest; “The Husband,” judged by John Updike.

1971 All-American, High School Football (Scouting Systems of America); Top 100 High-School Backs, Kickoff Magazine; Thom McCann Award; Gazette Telegraph/KRDO Player of the Year; All-Conference, All-State;1200 yards total offense.  St. Mary’s High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado.