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With Writing Aloud Director David Sanders after the performance of "Lighted Ships" at InterAct Theatre
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Dinner with writing friends at Hawthornden Castle, Scotland, at the International Writers Retreat
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- Five years old, first story, "The Tiny Party," preserved in the Mother Archives.
- Poetry and prose in numerous literary magazines such as The Evergreen Review, 5_trope, Identity Theory, Pindeldyboz and Loch Raven Review, both in print and online.
- Philadelphia Writers Conference: double first prizes for the literary short story and the short-short story.
- Authors in the Park Competition: winner, published in the anthology Fine Print.
- Writing Aloud, award-winning dramatic writing series at Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre. Three stories dramatized.
- Inaugural recipient of the William Van Wert Award for fiction, Hidden River Arts; story will be published in the Hidden River Anthology.
- Hawthornden Fellow (International Writers Retreat); residency at Hawthornden Castle, Scotland.
- Three poetry collections: Liminalog, a collection of ghazals and sijo (Inmates Run The Asylum Press), Angel Poison (Pudding House Publications) and Inscapes (Finishing Line Press).
- At present, a collection of short fiction completed, working on a novel, PANOPTICON. If you would like to read an excerpt from the novel, please go to the PANOPTICON section.
- Poetry readings at various Philadelphia venues, including The Point, the Well Fed Artist, La Tazza, the Philadelphia Ethical Society (for Poets and Prophets), the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Poetry judge for the Interboard Poetry Competition sponsored by Web del Sol.
- I have a blog at Tree Riesener. My newest toy is my chatroom; I try to be there from 8:00-9:00 on Tuesday evenings so please join me.
- FormerManaging Editor of The Schuylkill Valley Journal, now Editor of the online edition, SVJ LIT.
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