Books

Disney Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: a Little Golden BookRandom House Children’s Books

Disney Frozen Ever After: a Little Golden BookRandom House Children’s Books

Disney Tiana’s Bayou Adventure: a Little Golden Book — Random House Children’s Books

The Unsaid Summer Literary Young Adult Novel

Short Stories

Learning to Love” –– micro-fiction at 50-Word Stories

Fight for Freedom” –– micro-fiction at 50-Word Stories

A Marriage” –– micro-fiction at Bending Genres

Pangasinan” –– micro-fiction at DOGZPLOT

“Chino” –– micro-fiction at Boston Literary Magazine

“Jeremy on the Gold Line” –– short story at The Legendary

“What Our Father Said” –– micro-fiction at Short, Fast, and Deadly

“HIKLASS”  –– micro-fiction at Short, Fast, and Deadly

And more…

Poetry

Things We Saw When We Dreamed of You” — Eunoia Review

Overshare” — Sh!t Men Say to Me: A Poetry Anthology Responding to Toxic Masculinity from Moon Tide Press

La Rosa and the Rising” — Literary Impulse

Unstoppable” — CRY Magazine

Rumba Room” — P.S. I Love You

The Student” — The Junction

“Eyes” –– Bank Heavy Press

“To the Sixteen-Year-Old” –– The Legendary

“Woman” –– The Legendary

“When You Graduate” –– The Legendary

The Roman Soldier” –– Literally Literary; originally published in Word Riot

Nobody Here” –– Literally Literary; originally published in RipRap 32

The Snow” –– Literally Literary; originally published in RipRap 32

“Primm, Nevada Dusk” –– poem in RipRap 33

Awards and Achievements

The Unsaid Summer

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2022 Red Hen Press Fiction Award — Second Runner-Up

February, 2021 — Poet of the Month at Moon Tide Press

2018 Creative World Awards –– First Runner Up for Horror Screenplay Panehaven

2018 Creative World Awards –– Preliminary Finalist for Short Screenplay “House of Shade”

2018 Austin Film Festival Script Competition –– Second Rounder for Panehaven

2018 Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest –– Quarterfinalist for Panehaven

2010 James I. Murashige Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Best Short Story

Member of California State University, Long Beach Slam Poetry Team (2009-2011)

  • 2010 Association of College Unions International, Region 15 Champions

  • Competed in 2010 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational

Writemovies Contest #17 –– Semi-Finalist for Screenplay Knocksville

2008 NYC PictureStart Awards –– Best Short Screenplay for "Knocksville"

2007 American Gem Short Screenplay Competition –– Eighth Finalist for "Knocksville"

2006 Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards –– 2nd Round Finalist for The Shadow's Edge

2005 American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest –– Semi-Finalist for Strangers in my Closet