AWARDS:

1988 - Golden Poet Award for "Mother" - World of Poetry

1988- Honorable Mention in essay contest - "How My Life Would Be Different If There Were No Violence Against Women" - Rochester Post Bulletin

1988- Outstanding Achievement Award - Who's Who in Poetry Honor/ World of Poetry

1990 - Certificate of Achievement in the Arts for Creative Writing- Poetry Plus Magazine

1990- Outstanding Performance Award - United Poets Press

1990- Golden Poet Award - "Lost" - World of Poetry

1990- Award of Merit for poem "Images" - Iliad Literary Awards - Iliad Press

1990-Recognition award for most favorable response from readers - United Poets Press

PUBLISHED:

1988- Poem "Mother" in book "Golden Treasury of Great Poems

1988- Poem "Going Crazy" - United Poets Press magazine

1988- Short story "Love Me Once Again" - Modern Romance magazine

1989 - Article "Where Can They Be?" - Rochester Free Press, Rochester, MN

1990- A Love Like That began its life as a short story written for United Poets Press

1990- Poem "Images" - Images Literary Anthology, Iliad Press

1990- Article "Death of a Campground" - Rochester Free Press

1990 - Poem "Lost" - World of Poetry

1988-1991 Numerous articles including "Amazing Grace"," A Special Kind of Love", "My Child Is Missing" and "Love After 80" written as staff writer for United Poets Press Magazine

1996 - present Articles and interviews too numerous to list have been published in the Riceville Recorder

2004 - Article "Back to Raising Kids" - Agri News, Rochester, MN

2004 - Series of 3 articles "Here Come the Judges "Who are they really and what do they do?" published in the Riceville Recorder, Mitchell County Press News and the Cresco Times

2004 - Article "Gangster Antonio Vallentino Entertains at a Dinner Theatre" published in Mitchell County Press News

2004 - Article "Teacher Helps At-Risk Children" published in the St. Ansgar Enterprise

2005- Book "The History of Riceville" - Assisted in processing photographs and reference materials

2006 - A.J. Barberi cancer story published in LeRoy (MN) Independent, Mason City Globe Gazette, St. Ansgar Enterprise, Charles City Press

MEMBERSHIPS & CONFERENCES:

Romance Writers of America

American Christian Fiction Writers

Romance Writers of America National Conference in Chicago, IL

United Poets Press Conference, Lansing, MI

Arts-Fest, Cedar Rapids, IA - I was a speaker and teacher of writing classes

Midwest Fiction Writers

Christian Writers Guild

Blue Belle Writers Conference, St. Ansgar, IA

The Alpha Writers Group, Osage, IA

WRITING EXPERIENCE:

1988-1991 Staff writer - United Poets Press Magazine

1996-1998 Copy editor - Riceville Recorder

1996- present Freelance writer and photographer for the Riceville Recorder plus I write a column called Library Lines

1988- present Freelance writer

EDUCATION:

Writing for magazines - instructor, Brian Gould

Writing for Publications - instructor, Richard Jewel

Writing for Publications II - instructor, Richard Jewel

Christian Writers Guild two- year writing course 2004-2006 - Mentor Jim Dyet

High school graduate

Numerous college and other courses relating to business, computers, library operations and life skills (quilting, scrapbooking, gardening, etc.)

PRESENT OCCUPATION:

Freelance Writer

Director of the Riceville Public Library