PUBLICATIONS/AWARDS

BOOKS: Small House Breathing, Quercus Review Press, 2009

CHAPBOOKS:
Dispatches from Everest, Fomite Press, 2017
Boundaries, The Delphi Chapbook Series, Blue Lyra Press, 2016

ANTHOLOGIES: 

• Where Are You From?: A Bilingual Anthology in English and Persian, 2017
• 6th Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival chapbook, 2014
• A Blackbird Sings: a book of small poems, Woodsmoke Press, 2012
• Blue Lyra Review Anthology, 2014
• Confluencia in the Valley: The First Five Years of Converging with Words, Naugatuck Valley Community College, 2013
• CRUSH, Hanover Press, 2010
• Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems, Ragged Sky Press, 2009
• Through A Child’s Eyes: Poems and Stories About War, Plain View Press, 2001 
• Vision, Voices and Verses: Anthology for the New Britain Museum of American Art, Exiles Press, 2012

AWARDS/HONORS:  

• Finalist, Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest, 2019
• Semi-finalist, Paumanok Poetry Award, 2014
• Finalist, Blue Light Press Chapbook Competition, 2014
• Winner (one of ten), 6th Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition, 2014
• Finalist, Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest, 2013
• Finalist, Blue Light Press Chapbook Competition, 2013
• Semi-finalist, Paumanok Poetry Award 2012
• Honorable Mention, Crab Creek Review Poetry Contest, judged by Dorianne Laux, 2011
• Finalist, Rita Dove Poetry Award, 2011
• Finalist, Hill-Stead Museum's Sunken Garden Chapbook Competition, 2009
• Winner, Quercus Review Poetry Series Annual Book Award, 2008
• Runner-up, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition, Riding the Bus in Alexandria, 2008
• Semi-finalist, The Black River Chapbook Competition, Riding the Bus in Alexandria, 2008 
• Third place, The Prime Time Cape Cod Magazine and Academy for Lifelong Learning Writing Competition, 2008  
• Winner, Dogwood Annual Literary Competition (Poetry), judged by Micheal O'Siadhail, 2008 
• Finalist, Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, 2007
• Finalist, Rita Dove Poetry Award, 2008 and 2007
• Winner, Late Blooms Poetry Postcards contest, 2007 
• First Prize, Urban Artists Initiative Second Annual Literary Competition, 2004 
• First Prize, Urban Artists Initiative Annual Literary Competition, 2002 

GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:  

• Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, 2007 
• Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, 2005
• Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1999 
• Grant, Inner City Cultural Development Program [now Urban Artists Initiative], 1994-1998