Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz
Boston, MA
gwendolyn_mintz@emerson.edu

EDUCATION

Emerson College
Master of Fine Arts, Popular Writing and Publishing
2025

Emerson College
Master of Arts, Journalism
2023

New Mexico State University
75 graduate credits (Creative Writing, Education, Gerontology)

New Mexico State University
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & Mass Communication
1985

New Mexico State University
Associate of Arts, Liberal Studies
1985

EXPERIENCE

Reader 2020-2023
Aji Magazine

Assistant Professor, Fall 2016 – Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Doña Ana Community College
Courses: Rhetoric and Composition, Introduction to Creative Writing, General Composition

Instructor, 2010-2015; 2002; 1991-1995
Doña Ana Community College
Courses: Rhetoric and Composition, Developmental Writing, Business Writing and Professional Communication

Tutor, 2010
Transformational Learning and Coaching, Inc.

Member/Editorial Board, 2003- 2005
Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Inc.

Assistant Fiction Editor/ Reader, 2002- 2004
Small Spiral Notebook

Educational Assistant/Developmentally Delayed Preschool, 2003
Central Elementary School

Freelance Writer, 2000- 2002
Local and regional news/entertainment publications

Copyeditor/Writer, 1998- 2000
Las Cruces Bulletin

Field Researcher, 1991-1992
Smithsonian/New Mexico Folk Life Program

Honors and Awards

Encore Scholarship
Emerson College, 2024-25

EVVY award nominee, Outstanding Photojournalism
Emerson College, 2024

Graduate Dean Fellowship
Emerson College, 2022-23

Comedy Lab/Pontiac “College Comedy Bake-Off,” Winner
New Mexico State University, 2001

Distinguished Black Scholar Award
New Mexico State University, 2001

Black Scholar Award
New Mexico State University, 1990

Black Scholar Award
New Mexico State University, 1986

The Institute of Gerontological Research and Education, Scholarship Award
New Mexico State University, 1986

Outstanding Young Woman in America, 1985

Honors Certificate
New Mexico State University, 1984

Crimson Scholar
New Mexico State University, Spring 1981

Crimson Scholar
New Mexico State University, Fall 1980

Crimson Scholar
New Mexico State University, Spring 1980

Dean’s List
New Mexico State University, 1979

Writing Honors and Awards

Runner-Up, First Chapter Contest-Writing, Literature, and Publishing Dept., Emerson College, 2024
Finalist- Barbara Deming Foundation/Money for Women, 2024
Finalist- de Groot Foundation, Courage to Write Contest, 2022
Second Runner-Up- Daisy Pettles Women Writers Contest/Grant, 2021
Winner, Short Fiction Chapbook Contest- Winged City Chapbooks, 2015
“Voices Rising” Fellowship/Residency- Vermont Studio Center, 2015
First Place Winner, Betty Crumrine Scholarship- Antioch Writers’ Workshop, 2010
“Weathering,” Honorable Mention, Soul-Making Literary Competition- NLAPW, San Francisco Branch, 2009
“The Story Of My Life (So Far),” Winner- Third Glass Woman Prize, 2008
“The Story Of My Life (So Far),” Third Place- Soul-Making Literary Competition, NLAPW, San Francisco Branch, 2007
“Figures,” Honorable Mention- Soul-Making Literary Competition, NLAPW, San Francisco Branch, 2007
“Tears,” First Prize- Soul-Making Literary Competition, NLAPW, San Francisco Branch, 2005
“The Woman Who Gave Birth to Stones,” Honorable Mention- Soul-Making Literary Competition, NLAPW, San Francisco Branch, 2005
“3 Tiny Tales On The Very Same Subject,” Runner-Up- Gator Springs Gazette FOOL’S GOLD competition, April, 2004
“Reunion,” Runner-Up, Gator Springs Gazette FOOL’S GOLD competition, 2004
“Tears,” Winner – Fiction Warehouse Flash Fiction Extraordinaire, 2004
“Stitches,” Honorable Mention – 4th Annual Mandy Poetry Contest/EWG Presents, 2003
“Angel Wings,” Honorable Mention – Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition, 2001
 Scholarship- Sarah Lawrence Summer Writing Seminars, 2001
“Night Game,” Second place-The Ink/Border Book Festival Poetry Competition, 2001
“Emilio’s Son,” Third place –Round-Up (NMSU) Short Story Competition, 1986
“Rain,” Honorable Mention – Writer’s Digest Short Story Writing Competition, 1981

PUBLICATIONS

PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGES

Untitled # 40, Five on the Fifth, January 2025
Old Highway 28, Five on the Fifth, October 2024
Abstract 24, Page Turner Magazine, Issue #3. Spring 2024
Untitled #48, The Sunlight Press, March 2024
Untitled #46, The Sunlight Press, March 2024
Feast, Peatsmoke Journal, Winter 2024
Untitled #10, The Sunlight Press, 2023
Untitled #59, Raw Lit, October 2023
Koi # 1, Aji Magazine, Spring 2023
Untitled #68, Five on the Fifth, February 2023
Dandelion #8, Invisible City, Fall 2022
Untitled, Invisible City, Fall 2022
Untitled #27, The Sunlight Press, August 2022
Untitled #35, The Sunlight Press, August 2022
Sudden Snow, The Sunlight Press, August 2022
Koi #9, Invisible City, Spring 2022
Untitled #62, Microfiction Monday, March 2022
flora, Microfiction Monday, February 2022
koi #5, Kind Writers Literary Magazine, Issue 1, August 2020
sunflower 17, Five on The Fifth, June 2020
Untitled abstract #19, Microfiction Monday, June 2020
koi #8, Change Seven, May 2020
Untitled #10, Change Seven, May 2020
Untitled #71, Microfiction Monday, February 2020
desert snow, Edify Fiction, Volume 3, Issue 5, 2019
Untitled abstract #10, Microfiction Monday, November 2019
Untitled #8, Sunlight Press. October 2019
Untitled #55, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
Untitled #49, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
Untitled #42, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
Untitled #32, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
Untitled #20, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
Untitled #12, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
big, big sky, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
picket, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019
the dock through the trees, Empty House Press, Spaces That Shape Us Project, September 2019 
Mills, Microfiction Monday, September 2019
the house through the door, The Sunlight Press.  June 2019
chained, Spire Light:  A Journal of Creative Expression. 2019
nest, Microfiction Monday, March 2019
Robot Collage, Blink Ink, March 2019
Robot, Blink Ink, March 2019
Sunflower #3, Edify Fiction, Volume 2, Issue 5, 2018
Dandelion #2, The Tishman Review, July 2018
Untitled #33, Young Ravens Literary Review, Issue 8, Summer 2018
Where It Leads, Microfiction Monday, July 2018
Untitled #41, The Sunshine Press, May 2018
dandelion #3, Microfiction Monday, March 2018
shop, Seshat, Issue Two, March 2018
juxtaposed, Seshat, Issue Two, March 2018
red, Rejected Lit, March 2018
at the core, The Phoenix, Spring 2018
dandies #5, The Sunlight Press, February 2018
birth, Dream Pop, February 2018
a colorful end, Young Ravens Literary Review, January 2018
Untitled #53, Watershed Review, December 2017
Untitled # 52, Watershed Review, December 2017
Untitled #51, Watershed Review, December 2017
Burst, Watershed Review, December 2017
Meld, Watershed Review, December 2017
the place above, Microfiction Monday, November 2017
Untitled Abstract 6, FRIGG, Fall/Winter 2017
Moons, FRIGG, Fall/Winter 2017
dandies #2, Microfiction Monday, October 2017
dandies #3, Ground Fresh Thursday, 2017
school, Ground Fresh Thursday, 2017
Wind Blue, Ground Fresh Thursday, 2017
Untitled #31, Ground Fresh Thursday, 2017
Untitled #30, Ground Fresh Thursday, 2017
Untitled #16, DIN, May 2017
Untitled #24, DIN, May 2017
Untitled #43, DIN, May 2017
rolling in, Edify. April 2017
koi #3, Five on the Fifth, March 2017
tree at sundown, Ground Fresh Thursday, November 2016
through blue, Ground Fresh Thursday, November 2016
between, Ground Fresh Thursday, November 2016
Untitled #7, Ground Fresh Thursday, November 2016
verve, Ground Fresh Thursday, October 2016
Couple #2, Five on the Fifth, April 2016
blue, Microfiction Monday, March 2016
Nashville, 2010, Red Rose Review, Winter 2015
Attached, GAMBAZine, December 2015
Untitled #4, A Quiet Courage, October 2015
In Utero, Red Savina Review, 3.2, Fall 2015
Laugh, Red Savina Review, 3.2, Fall 2015
Blown, Smokelong Quarterly, Issue 49, September 2015
three leaves after the rain, A Quiet Courage, August 2015
flow, Marathon Literary Review, Issue 8, June 2015
glow, A Quiet Courage, May 2015
wind warriors, Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, Spring 2015
Dandies, Foliate Oak Review, April 2015
Two Flowers in Black and White, Foliate Oak Review, April 2015
Sunflower, Foliate Oak Review, April 2015
Fire Clouds, Switched-on Gutenberg, Issue 20: Weather, 2014
Clouds & Light #4, Switched-on Gutenberg, Issue 20: Weather, 2014
Balance, Switched-on Gutenberg, Issue 20: Weather, 2014
Untitled #3, Rose Red Review, Autumn 2013
Untitled #2, Rose Red Review, Autumn 2013
Untitled #1, Rose Red Review, Autumn 2013
sunflowers, Anti- Poetry, August 2013
Morning Fog and Water, Rose Red Review, Spring 2013
Untitled, Rose Red Review, Spring 2013
Green Twigs in White Snow, Rose Red Review, Winter 2012
Rocks in Snow (Reflect), Rose Red Review, Winter 2012
Tree & Snow, Rose Red Review, Winter 2012
Lake Shimmer, Rose Red Review, Winter 2012
Rocks, Water and Moss, Rose Red Review, Winter 2012
Bike & Snow, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 16
Dock and Water, Anti-Poetry, November 2012
Still, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, November 2012
Tree Electric 1, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, November 2012
Tree Electric 2,Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, November 2012
Dandelion Burst, Anti- Poetry, April 2012
tie/dye/sky, Straight Forward Poetry, March 2012
A Burst of Light Through the Trees, On Earth as It Is, September 2011
Outlet, Anti-Poetry, March 2011
Sepia Trunk, The Shine Journal, December 2010

ANTHOLOGIZED PHOTOGRAPHS

Untitled #21. Central Texas Writers and Beyond 2019 Anthology. Central Texas Writers Society. Copperas Cove, Texas: 2019

Untitled #18. The Magic of the Season. Marfa House. Marfa, TX: 2016

Frozen Pond. The Magic of the Season. Marfa House. Marfa, TX: 2016

Snowy Trees. The Magic of the Season. Marfa House. Marfa, TX: 2016

through. The Magic of the Season. Marfa House. Marfa, TX: 2016

FICTION
Chapbooks

Colored Girl. Kindle Store: 2020
Where I’ll Be If I’m Not There. Winged City Chapbooks/Argus House Press: Ohio, 2016
Mother Love. Unlikely 2.0 Press: El Paso, TX, 2007

Children’s Fiction

Wendell Makes a Miracle. Magic Lark, March 2004
Kwanza – A Celebration of Firsts. Magic Lark, December 2003

Adult Fiction

A Hundred and a Handful, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, July 2024
Strays, Blink-Ink, December 2023
Here, Ponder Savant. June 2020
If You Loan a Drunk Five Dollars, Event Horizon, March 2018
Sugoi, 50 Word Stories, January 2018
All the Flies You Can Eat, The Wild Word, In Winter, 2018
Seduced, 7 by 20, October 2017
Leaving Rehab, Postcard Poems and Prose, November 2015
Couple, A Quiet Courage, September 2015
What You Did to This Family, Change Seven Magazine, Issue 1.2. June 2015
Watson’s Girl, Miracle Monocle, Issue Seven, Spring 2015
Longing. Thrice Fiction 13, 2015
Shelter. Journal of Microliterature, January 25, 2015
The Moment You’d Go Back To” in The Casserole, August 2014
Turning Down His Proposal, Static Movement, July 2013
The Note on Mother’s Door, Static Movement, July 2013
Lovers & Friends, One Forty Fiction (@onefortyfiction), May 2013
The Truth About the Shoes” in 7 x 20 (@7×20), March 2013
Why She Finally Left, 7 x 20 (@7×20), February 2013
You Can’t Decide Which, Literary Orphans, “Satchmo Issue,” February 2013
Called, Static Movement, February 2013
Accolades, Postcard Shorts, November 2012
Deduction, One Forty Fiction, November 2012
Taking Shape, Liquid Imagination, Issue 12, February 2012
Sometimes (reprint), Camroc Press Review, August 2011
Obsidian (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2011
Release, Flashshot, March 2011
Evan’s Wife (reprint), Long Story Short, February 2011
After Hours (reprint),  7 x 20 (@7 x 20), January 2011
Home On Sunday Morning (reprint), Camroc Press Review, December 2010
Figures (reprint), Cave Scribbles, November 2010
Rebirth (reprint) in The Fringe Magazine, November 2010
Los Prisoneros Pequenos (reprint), Linnet’s Wings, Autumn 2010
The Jar (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), October 2010
My Little Boy (reprint), The Fringe Magazine, October 2010
B.O.B. (reprint), Fiction Daily Feature, August, 2010
B.O.B,  Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August, 2010
Alright, Mama, The Mom Egg Blog, July 18, 2010
Like Satchel Paige In The Big Leagues, Black Magnolias, April 2010
The Smartest Drunk You Knew (reprint), Tom’s Voice, Issue 10, 2010
Another Way Out, Eclectic Flash, January 2010
Again, Flashshot, December 2009
Fly Freddie. Fly. (reprint), Camroc Press Review, December 2009
The Poet’s Wife, Long Story Short, December 2009
Game On, Every Day Fiction, November 14, 2009
She Follows (reprint), Long Story Short, November 2009
Lil’ Reverend, The Mom Egg, Fall 2009
Weathering (reprint), Camroc Press Review, October 2009
The Boogeyman, The Shine Journal, September 2009
Tears (reprint), Camroc Press Review, August 2009 Out In A Snow, The Big Table ~ Stories, July 2009
What You Should Have Done, Dogzplot, July 2009
What I Call Him, Flashshot, July 2009
Fly Freddie. Fly. Black Magnolias, Summer 2009
Times Were Hard, Flashshot, April 2009
Angel Wings (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), February 2009
The Preacher’s Daughters, Moondance, Sovereign Issue, December 2008-March 2009
35 mm (a foreign film), CellA’s Round Trip, Issue One, Summer 2008
Revolution, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2008
An Early Fall, Static Movement, March 2008
Cyclone (reprint), Houston Literary Review, February 2008
Can I Get An Amen?(reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), January 2008
home (reprint), Yellow Mama, December 2007
Emilio’s Son (reprint), Lily, October 2007
That Sweet-Smelling Stuff, SKiVE, September 2007
A Beautiful White Moon Against A Beautiful Black Sky (reprint), Yellow Mama, August 2007
Less Than Angels (reprint), Barfing Frog Press, Fall 2007
You Changed Your Mind, Boston Literary Magazine, Fall 2007
Maybe Today, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August 2007
Faith, Long Story Short, August 2007
We Talk With Our Hands, The Shine Journal, June 2007
Swipe, Static Movement, June 2007
Sometimes, Ghoti, Spring 2007
Too Human (reprint), Kaleidowhirl, Spring 2007
Wild And Vibrant Color, Long Story Short, April 2007
Shattering Crystal (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), March 2007
The Smartest Drunk You Knew, Barfing Frog Press, March 2007
The Dying Room, Static Movement, January 2007
Wading, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 2006
Panties, Barfing Frog Press, December 2006
The Story of My Life (So Far) (reprint), Las Cruces Poets & Writers, Nov/Dec 2006
Leap, Poetry Midwest, Fall 2006
First Love (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), November 2006
Jumpin’ and Shoutin’ and Carryin’ On (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), June 2006
à trios, Thieves Jargon, February  2006
The Story Of My Life (So Far) (reprint), FRIGG, Winter 2006
More Like Her, FRIGG, Winter 2006
What I’m Payin’ You For, Insolent Rudder, Winter 2006
The Story Of My Life (So Far), Cacophony, December 2005
Tumbling, Per Contra, November 2005
The Day Superman Died, Per Contra, November 2005
The Father Of The Bride, Long Story Short, November 2005
Playing Barbies, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), October 2005
 She Follows, FlashFiction coffee mugs, August 2005
Can I Get An Amen?, Chaotic Dreams, Volume 3 (2), August 2005
The Jar, The Nubian Chronicles, Summer 2005
Bride For A Day (reprint,) Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), July 2005
Echoes Of Shahrazad, Wild Strawberries, Issue 3
The Girl Who Liked Very Pretty Things (reprint), Black Coffee Magazine, June 2005
The Son That He Wanted, Underground Voices, June 2005
Afterthought, SKiVE, May 2005
Rebirth, SKiVE, May 2005
Evan’s Wife, SKiVE, May 2005
The Knife Smiled In The Morning, SKiVE, May 2005
The Agreement, SKiVE, May 2005
Somebody Else’s Child (reprint), The Copperfield Review, Spring 2005
A Wide Ass And No Shame, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2005
Childhoods Are Supposed To Be Happy, Nuvein, No. 23, April 2005
Backdrop, The Fiction Warehouse, April 2005
Reprieve, Monkey Bicycle, March 2005
The Business Of Love,” in Salome, March 14, 2005
Room” in The Beat, Number 4
The Second Child, Long Story Short, February 2005
Saturday Mornings Are Easy, Thieves Jargon, February 2005
A Friend To Her, The Shore Magazine, January 2005
The Woman Who Gave Birth To Stones, MiPoesias, January 2005
Tell Me About Afghanistan, SKiVE, December 2004
Less Than Angels, Moonshinestill, November 2004
How To Write A Story, The Quarterly Staple, November 2004
Something Mama Can’t Fix, Sunspinner, Issue 2, Fall 2004
Wasted Vacations, FRIGG, Fall 2004
The Weight Of Them, FRIGG, Fall 2004
On The Wind, A Lullaby, FRIGG, Fall 2004
Hush Child, Shhh, FRIGG, Fall 2004
Lesson, FRIGG, Fall 2004
Reverend Feelgood And The Hallelujah Choir, Chaotic Dreams, Volume 2(5), 2004
Something Happened, Hobart, October 2004
Figures (reprint), Whim’s Place, October 2004
Magic Words, Lunarosity, September/October 2004
About Malcolm, 3711 Atlantic, September 2004
A Slice Of It, Long Story Short, “Story Of the Month,” September 2004
Assets, Passenger May, September 2004
What It Spells, Passenger May, September 2004
Nice Words, Passenger May, September 2004
Going To Hell With My Eyes Wide Open, Nuvein, Fall 2004
Shattering Crystal, The Nubian Chronicles, Summer/Fall 2004
Somebody Else’s Child, The Melic Review, Summer 2004
Like the Cat, SKiVE, August 2004
Community Service, Word Riot, August 2004
Dark Heaven, edifice WRECKED, July 2004
One Of Them, Lost Souls, Issue 4, July 2004
The Reasons I Never Saw That Blind Date Again, Sexy Stranger #5, June 2004
Claim (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), June 2004
Earthworms, taint magazine, Volume 3 (31), June 2004
home, Excess Compassion, June 19, 2004
Understanding Windmills (reprint), Megaera Magazine, Summer 2004
There, Gator Springs Gazette, June 2004
Bait SKiVE, June 2004
The Old Man With The Wagon, Lunarosity, May/June 2004
Cancun, Sex-writers.com newsletter, May 2004
Letter Home, Long Story Short, May 2004
Home On Sunday Morning, Insolent Rudder, “Editor’s Issue,” April 2004
Time With Mommy, Salt River Review, Spring 2004
Get It On, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004
After Hours, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004
First, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004
Second Thoughts, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004
Who The Hell the People Were, Subterranean Quarterly, Spring 2004
A Beautiful White Moon Against A Beautiful Black Sky, Saucy Vox, Spring 2004
Falling Angel, SKiVE, April 2004
3 Tiny Tales On The Very Same Subject, Gator Springs Gazette, April 2004
Reunion, Gator Springs Gazette, April 2004
The Gory Details, Pindeldyboz, Volume 15 (1), March 2004
Working Nights, Poor Mojo’s Almanac (k), March 2004
Tears, The Fiction Warehouse, March 2004
All Grown Up, Laughter Loaf, Volume 6 (2), March 2004
Understanding Windmills, Passenger May, March 2004
Claim, Sexy Stranger #4, February 2004
Underwear, Facsimilation, Issue Five, February 2004
At The ‘Mat, Facsimilation, Issue Five, February 2004
Angel Wings, The Fiction Warehouse, February  2004
She Turns Her Face, taint magazine, Volume 3 (27), February 2004
Mother Love (reprint), Writer’s Monthly, Volume 3 (26) February 2004
It Was Just Little Things, Las Cruces Poets and Writers, January 2004
Knowing (reprint), Song of The Siren, January 2004
The Men In My Life (reprint), Megaera, Winter 2004
The Girl Who Liked Very Pretty Things, Nuvein 19, Winter 2003
The Twelfth Step, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 2003
Working (reprint), Unlikely Stories, December 2003
Moon Pies (reprint), Unlikely Stories, December 2003
The End Of The Story, the-phone-book, version 12, December 2003
A Most Glamorous Time, Long Story Short, December 2003
Cyclone, Reading Divas, November/December 2003
Nobody’s Dead Yet, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k),October 2, 2003
Obsidian, The Fiction Warehouse, October 2003
Figures (reprint), Rearview Quarterly, Fall 2003
Booty Call, The Nubian Chronicles, Fall 2003
My Little Boy, Small Spiral Notebook, Fall 2003
Moon Pies, Pindeldyboz, September 2003
Enlightenment,  Laughter Loaf, September 2003
Getting Paid (reprint), Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), August 2003
Weathering (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)
Bride For A Day, Re)verb, Summer 2003
Knowing, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), July 2003
Angry Woman To Lover, Summerset Review, Summer 2003
Off Duty, Summerset Review, Summer 2003
Young Love, Summerset Review, Summer 2003
It’s An Old Joke (reprint), Summerset Review, Summer 2003
Cat Movements, Rearview Quarterly, Spring 2003
Jumpin’ and Shoutin’ and Carryin’ On, Las Cruces Bulletin, June 12, 2003
Remember, Word Riot, June 2003
Emilio’s Son (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (2), May 2003
Working, Fiction Warehouse, April 2003
Taking Leave, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), April 2003
Figures, Insolent Rudder, “Editor’s Issue,” April 2003
Childhood, the-phone-book, version 9, March 2003
Mother Love, Outsider Ink, Spring 2003
Family Man, TimBookTu, February 2003
It’s An Old Joke, Facets, Volume 3 (1), January 2003
The One Thing To Do, Word Riot, January 2003
The Men In My Life, SEGUE 1.1, 2002
First Love, The Apricot, Issue I, 2002
Emilio’s Son, RiverSedge, Spring 2001
Mammy, The Ink, September 2000
Weathering, Puerto del Sol, Spring 1991


ANTHOLOGIZED FICTION

Don’t Be Afraid. Home Lifespan Volume 7. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2023.

Quiet. The Tyranny of Bacon. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2019.

After School. Happy². Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2018.

Begot. Wiser. Ed. Matt Potter.  Truth Serum Press. Australia, 2017.

I Am So Sorry for Your Loss.  Freak. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2016.

Emergency. Tall-ish. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2016.

Road Kill. Microchondria III: More Short Short Stories Collected by Harvard Book Store.  Harvard Book Store: MA, 2016.

The List His Wife Left. Five. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2016.

Johnny-girl. Rozlyn: Short Fiction by Women Writers. Ed. Alayne Fiore. Rozlyn Press:  MA, 2015.

What It Feels Like to Have Your Friends Dying All Around You. 2014-A Year in Stories (December). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Live With That. 2104-A Year in Stories (November).  Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Last One Standing. 2014- A Year in Stories (October).  Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

My Suicide, Interrupted. 2014- A Year in Stories (September). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Peace and Utter Joy. 2014- A Year in Stories (August). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Best Time to Die. 2014-A Year in Stories (July). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

It’s About Time Somebody Died. 2014 – A Year in Stories (June). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Worst Thing. 2014 – A Year in Stories (May). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Rules We Shall Die By. 2014 – A Year in Stories (April). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

The Lucky Ones. 2014 – A Year in Stories (March). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2014.

Live For. 2014 – A Year in Stories (February). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2013.

The Suicide Club.  2014 – A Year in Stories (January). Ed. Matt Potter.  Pure Slush Books: Australia, 2013.

To Rewrite History. Listerature 2. Ed. Troy Palmer.  Little Fiction: 2013.

The Terms of Agreement. Obit. Ed. Matt Potter. Pure Slush Books:  Australia, 2013.

Going To Hell with My Eyes Wide Open. Tribute to Orpheus 2. Eds. Danielle Roark, Gary McKinney, Sheila Grezek Johnson.  Kearney Street Books: Bellingham, WA, 2012.

After Hours. 140 And Counting.  Ed. Joanne Merriam.  Upper Rubber Boot Books: Nashville, 2011. 

Where I’ll Be If I’m Not There. Motif 3: Work.  Ed. Marianne Worthington. MotesBooks: Louisville, KY, 2011.

Shattering Crystal. 7th Sin.  Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.

The Boogeyman. Monster Gallery. Ed. George Wilhite.  Static Movement:  2011.

Cyclone. Flashonomics. Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.

Figures. Flashonomics. Ed. Chris Jacobsmeyer. Shade City Press: 2011.
 
One of Them. Dark Secrets. Ed. Dorothy Davies. Static Movement: 2011.

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Stones. Pot Luck. Ed. Chris Bartholomew.  Static Movement:  2011.

Can I Get an Amen? Pot Luck. Ed. Chris Bartholomew.  Static Movement: 2011.

Dark Heaven. Twisted Love. Ed. Chris Bartholomew. Static Movement: 2011.

Cancun. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (October).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Bait. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (July).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Saturday Mornings Are Easy. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (July).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

home. Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (April – June).  Ed. J. Roberts. DFE imprint/Pill Hill Press: NE, 2011.

Another Way Out.  Eclectic Flash- Best of 2010.  Ed. Brad Nelson. EF Publishing: AZ, 2011.

Caretaking. My First Time.  Ed. Valerie Nygaard. Softcopy Publishing. San Francisco: 2010.

Claim. Hint Fiction.  Ed.  Robert Swartwood. W.W. Norton & Company. New York: 2010.

My Two Daughters. Woman’s Work: The Short Stories.  Ed. Michelle Sewell.  girlchild press: Washington, D.C., 2010.

You Changed Your Mind. Best of Boston Literary Magazine. Ed. Robin Stratton. Big Table Publishing: Newton Centre, MA, 2009.

Maybe Today. Afternoon Tales and Teacakes.  Eds. Hearne, D. and Levin, P. AWOC.COM Publishing: Valley View, TX, 2008.

Going To Hell with My Eyes Wide Open. Nuvein Cultural Anthology.  Ed. Ann Lottman. Nuvein Press: El Monte, CA, 2006.

Claim. Mitochondria’s First Anthology of Rarities and Loose Ends. Ed. Calvin Lui. Bullfight Media: CA, 2005.

Bait. Next Stop: The Best of SKiVE, 2003-2004. Ed. Matt Ward. Mockfrog Publishing: Australia, 2004.

Maybe You Should Spank Me. Down and Dirty 2. Ed. Allison Tyler. Pretty Things Press: Point Reyes, CA, 2004.

Getting Paid. One Paycheck Away. Ed. Bill Wesse. Main Street Rag Press: Charlotte, NC, 2003.

Weathering. Sudden Stories: A Mammoth Book of Minuscule Fiction.  Ed.  Dinty W. Moore. Mammoth Press: Du Bois, PA, 2003.

PUBLISHED PLAYS & MONOLOGUES

Remember, Literature Today, April 2023.
Tatters ~ A Monologue, Detour Memphis, January 2006


PRODUCED PLAYS

Remember. Gi60 International One-Minute Play Festival, 2019.  Director:  Rose Burnett Bonczek

Her Name is Alexis Patterson. 2019 One Act Play Festival, Las Cruces Community Theatre.  Las Cruces, NM.  Director:  Gail Wheeler

Mother. Gi60 International One-Minute Play Festival, 2018.  Director:  Rose Burnett Bonczek

No, Baby. No. 2018 One-Act Play Festival, Las Cruces Community Theatre. Las Cruces, NM.  Director:  Gail Wheeler.

POETRY

How To Be a Black Girl in America, Unlikely Stories Mark V, September 2016
Untitled, Poetry Super Highway, October 2015
two lines, 7 x 20, January 2013
we are, Camroc Press Review, September 2010
Untitled, Lunarosity, April 2007
Poem Written After Reading ‘Eugene in Castillo,’ Lunarosity, April 2007 
Four, Long Story Short, September 2007
Metronome, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 2006
It’s Been Raining All Morning, Word Riot, August 2006
Neighbor, Word Riot, August 2006
Adolescence, Poetry Super Highway, May 2006
Break, Poetry Super Highway, May 2006
Untitled, Poetry Super Highway, May 2006
When That Moment Happens, Long Story Short, April 2005
Performance, Thieves Jargon, March 2005
Stitches (reprint), Story House coffee labels, September 2004
short note for a friend, Poetry Midwest, Spring/Summer 2004
Barbecue, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), June 2004
Communion, Clean Sheets, June 16, 2004
Bedroom Play, Clean Sheets, June 16, 2004
Night Game (reprint), Story House coffee labels, May 2004
Saturday in The Park With Joshua, Long Story Short, February 2004
sketch, Long Story Short, February 2004
On Discovering My Dead Body” (reprint), Unlikely Stories, December 2003
I’m Eating Eggs In Bed While You Sleep, Unlikely Stories, December 2003
Stitches (reprint), This Hard Wind, December 2003
Stitches (reprint), Rearview Quarterly, Fall 2003
Silk, Poetry Super Highway, September 2003
Night Game (reprint), Poetry Super Highway, September 2003
one a.m. (est) (reprint), Poetry Super Highway, September 2003
Favor, Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)
New Harvests (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)
Empty Pockets, Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)
You, Scrivener’s Pen Literary Journal, Volume 3 (3)
Stitches, The Eintouist, Volume 1 (2)
Segregation, The Eintouist, Volume 1 (2)
breakfast, Clean Sheets, July 2003
Morning, Poetry Midwest. Spring/Summer 2003
Summer, Poetry Midwest. Spring/Summer 2003
Sibling, Rearview Quarterly, Spring 2003
On Discovering My Dead Body, Rag Shock 4
The Woman in the Photograph (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (1)
Browned Flour, Not Burnt. (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (1)
It Is Love (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (1)
Interlude (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (1)
Repose (reprint), Scrivener’s Pen, Volume 3 (1)
Season, Poetry Midwest, Winter 2003
love note, Clean Sheets (Short Sheets), November 2002
Night Game (reprint), Black Creek Review, July 2001
Night Game, The Ink, September 2000
Untitled (collaboration with Peter Maas),  Sin Fronteras, 3
Interlude, Sin Fronteras, 3
Repose,  Sin Fronteras, 3
The Woman in The Photograph, Whole Notes, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 1992
Fall 1986, El Ojito, Fall 1987
New Harvests, El Ojito, Fall 1982
Browned Flour, Not Burnt, El Ojito, Fall 1981
Venga, El Ojito, Fall 1981
Postscript, El Ojito, Fall 1980
one a.m. (eastern standard time), El Ojito, Fall 1980

ANTHOLOGIZED POETRY

Feast. 2015 Anthology of Featured Poets. Moonstone Arts Center: Philadelphia, 2015.

It Is Love. Poems From the Dark Side. Ed. George Wilhite. Static Movement: 2011.

On Discovering My Dead Body. Poems From the Dark Side. Ed. George Wilhite. Static Movement:  2011.

Silk. Velvet Heat. Ed. S. McMorrow. Pretty Things Press: Point Reyes, CA, 2005.

love note. Velvet Heat. Ed. S. McMorrow. Pretty Things Press: Point Reyes, CA, 2005.

Night Game. The Ink Spot: Highlights of the Ink Poetry Contest. Eds. Robin L. Baxa and Roy van de Aa. Las Cruces, NM: 2001.

NONFICTION & MEMOIR

It’s Okay for Me to Be Happy, Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k), December 22, 2005
7 Random Snapshots Of My Life (reprint), Flashquake, June 2005
Mass Transit, Long Story Short, November 2004
7 Random Snapshots of My Life, Word Riot, May 2004
What You Don’t See When You Look At Me, Quintessence, April 2004
Culture, Reading Divas, March/April 2004.
What A Heart Understands, Long Story Short, January 2004
Identification, America’s Intercultural Magazine, Volume 29 (2), Summer 2002