My story, “FISHING,” won 63rd place in the Writers Digest Short Story competition. I’m told the top 100 is a fair accomplishment, given the thousands of stories received. Am always pleased when someone reads and likes one of my stories!!Read More

Since so many of you asked, here’s the text of my speech introducing Marc Kelly Smith, winner of the Distinguished Service Award from Lawyers for the Creative Arts: It is my honor to present LCA’s Distinguished Service Award to Marc Kelly Smith. (so what?) So what? So? He’s just the guru of the Chicago poetry...Read More

The Pirates Alley Faulkner Society named WARMING UP to the SHORT LIST for the William Wisdom/William Faulkner Prize for the Novel. SALUTING THE SUN and MARKERS were both named to the LONG LIST for the same Prize. A short story, OH, about care-taking and letting go, was named a SEMI-FINALIST in the same competition’s SHORT...Read More

Just got word that next year, the TAMPA REVIEW will pubilsh “THIS CHANGE DON’T COME FROM SKY,” a quirky short story about, well, about, about…Read More

Markers, my novel-in-progress which asks the question whether you want to know if you have a genetic disease, has been named a Finalist for the William Wisdom/William Faulkner Novel-in-Progress prize given by The Pirates Alley Faulkner Society. The Society sponsors Words & Music, an annual writing festival and conference, which I have attended several times...Read More

As co-chair of the Lawyers for the Creative Arts/John Marshall Law School PEN TO PRESS Conference on self-publishing, I am thrilled to report that almost a hundred people joined us for informative panels and exhibits, an inspirational luncheon presentation by Marc Kelly Smith, and collegial networking on Saturday, September 26. I moderated a panel on...Read More