He was awarded
North American Review's James Hearst Poetry Award judged by Li-Young Lee and the inaugural
Sparrow Prize in Poetry sponsored by
The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts.
His chapbook,
A Revised Account of the West (2008), won the inaugural Hazel Lipa Chapbook Award sponsored by
Flyway at Iowa State University.
His full-length poetry manuscript was the runner-up for the 2012 Emily Dickinson First
Book Award, and it has also been a finalist for the Walt Whitman Award, Brittingham
Prize, May Swenson Award, Beatrice Hawley Award, Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and
Crab Orchard Review First Book Award.
He has received grants from Artist Trust and the Seattle Music & Arts Commission.
Courses Taught
Poetry Writing
Fiction Writing
Northwest Nature Writing:
English 201 (Advanced Composition), Biology 127 (Northwest Environments)--a learning
community
Creative Writing
Introduction to Poetry
British Literature
World Literature
American Literature
Composition
Advanced Composition
Critical Analysis
Research Writing
Introduction to Literature
Conference Presentations
"Ice on the Stove: How Poetry Responds to the Northern Imagination."
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. Juneau, AK. June 2012.
"After the Ashes: Writing from Mount St. Helens Field Residencies." Western Literature
Association. Prescott, AZ. October 2010.
"Smoke and Mirrors: The Magic of Duality in Poetry." WCCHA, Longview, WA. October
2009.
Panelist Presentation. “Salmon & Sage: A Reading and Talk by Northwest Writers.” Western
Literature Association. Tacoma, WA. October 2007.
“Marked by a Place: Writing the Local into the Classic.” Bernheim Arboretum and Research
Forest. October 2007.
“Science as Muse.” Write in the Woods. Shelton, WA, May 2007.
“Science as Muse.” Burning Word. Washington Poets Association. Whidbey Is., WA, April
2007.
“Memory as Muse,” Olympia Poetry Network. Paul Gillie Memorial Workshop. Olympia,
WA, Feb. 2007.
“Science as Muse.” Write on the Sound. Edmonds, WA. 2006.
Additional Prof. Exp.
Editorial Board Member.
Terrain.org. 2012 - present.
Writer in Residence.
Mount St. Helens. 2010.
Advisory Board Member,
University of Washington Certificate in Editing Program. 2009 - present.
Writer in Residence.
Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest. 2007.
Judge. Artist Trust GAP Grant. 2007.
Editor. Creative Nonfiction.
The Seattle Review. 2000 - 2006.
Coordinator. Kevin Miller/Wenatchee Valley College Reading Series. 1999 - present.
Chair. Sustainability Task Force. Wenatchee Valley College. 2005.
Advisor.
Mirror Northwest. WVC Literary Journal. 1999 - present.
Panelist Judge. Artist Trust Fellowship. 2001.
Coordinating Editor.
The Seattle Review. 1998 - 1999.
Assistant Fiction Editor.
The Seattle Review. 1997 - 1998.
