Publications & Awards
Publications
Write Like a Monster
A self-published poetry workbook that makes learning to write not so scary. Through vibrant color, designs, and rhymes, Write Like a Monster channels the power of intentional play.
"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
"Déspayment"
I wrote this poem following a trip abroad, trying to capture the feeling the new and exciting place gave me and, at the same time, the futile attempt at relaying that specific and beautiful feeling to someone else.
Published in Collage, Fall 2020
"Dawn"
This short story was written in an effort to bring warmth and comfort through prose.
Published in Collage, Fall 2020
"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 my personal growth, I catch myself apologizing in unnecessary circumstances more often than not.
Published in Collage, Spring 2020
"Arts and Adventure in the UK"
This travel article 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 Areté, an Honors College magazine, Spring 2019
Awards
Helen Richards Creative Writing Award | 2022
Received for short story, "The Light Below Malmedy"; Awarded by judged panel at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Official Selection, To Be Traumatized | 2022
Producer of To Be Traumatized, which was chosen as an official selection for the LA Student Film Festival and Glendale International Film Festival
Collage Short Fiction Award | 2020
Received for short story, "The Imp"; Awarded by editoral panel of peers at Collage Magazine
Outstanding Student - WIF | 2020
Received for work as President of Women in Film - MTSU; Awarded by MTSU Department of Media Arts
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 | 2018-20
Received highest scholarship at MTSU, 1 of 20 students to do so; member of the Honors College
US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute | 2018
Awarded a position in the US-UK Fulbright Summer Institute, 1 of 6 participants; studied film at the University of Birmingham, England
