AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FEATURES AND AFFILIATIONS:
Arkansas Arts Council Arts in Education Artist Roster, 2005-2006
Ascent Aspirations Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention (Sept. 2005)
Painting With Words Poetry Contest, 2005 Hot Springs Arts Council Art on the Corner, Honorable Mention (Sept. 2005)
Grand Conference Award, 2004 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, Third Place (June 2004)
Robbi Rice Dietrich Award, 2004 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, Third Place (June 2004)
AWC Poetry Award, 2003 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, First Place (June 2003) 
North American Open Poetry Contest, First Place (April 2000)
Kohler/Spratt Award for the Personal Essay, 2000 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, First Honorable Mention (June 2000)
Al Rossini Memorial Award for the Short Story, 1999 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, Third Place (June 1999)
Regions Bank Award for Poetry, 1999 NLAPW Arkansas Writers' Conference, First Honorable Mention (June 1999)
Little Rock Free Press Short Story Contest, Second Place (July 1999)
Fifth International Conference On the Short Story Contest, Third Place (June 1998)
The Tara Fellowship for Short Fiction, Finalist (1997)
The Faulkner Society Personal Essay Contest, Finalist (1997)
Word Salad's Poetry Contest, Second Place, (Summer 1997)
Who's Who In America 2003
Founders Art Scholarship, University of New Orleans (1996-1997, 1997-1998)
Alpha Theta Epsilon Honor Society (1997, 1998)
Academy of American Poets (2000-present)
Society for the Study of the Short Story (1997-present)
National Writers' Union (2002-present)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Short Stories
"One Good Day." Southern Hum, publication date December 2005.
"Overlapping." Short Story Journal, Spring 2001.
"Bait." Little Rock Free Press, July 7-20 1999.
"I Do." The Arkansas Women's Journal, February 1996.
Poetry
"Tattoo." The Foliate Oak Online, Fall 2005.
"Early Bird." Ascent Aspirations Premier Print Edition. Nanoose Bay, BC: Ascent Aspirations Publishing: Publication Date: Fall 2005.
"Messenger." The Compassion to Heal. Steamboat Springs, CO: Bayou Soda Creek Productions, Publication Date: Fall 2005.
"Glimpses." Hearts at Home, September 2005.
"Denial." Word Salad, May 1997.
"Empty Handed." The Arkansas Gazette, September 1987.
Articles
"Interview with Jayne Anne Phillips." Speaking of the Short Story II: Interviews with Contemporary Writers. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, Spring 2001.
"Michael Ondaatje's 'Black and Gold.'" Masterplots II: Poetry Supplement. Ed. John Wilson. Pasadena California: Salem Press, 1998.
Creative Non-Fiction
"Showers." New Works Review, Publication Date: October 2005.
"Overture." Quills and Pixels, Publication Date: 2005 Issue.
"Grandfather's Laughing Cajun Christmas Magic." The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, December 1995.
Reviews
Born Southern and Restless: a collection of Creative Non Fiction by Kat Meads, The Double Dealer Redux, Fall 1997.
Shooting Elvis: a novel by Robert M. Eversz, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, March 1996.
Unlocking the Air: a collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, March 1996.
The Fennel Family Papers: a novel by William Baldwin, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 1996.
Editorial
Copy Editor, The Book of Gifts. Steamboat Springs, CO: Bayou Soda Creek Productions, 2003.
Editorial Assistant, Speaking of the Short Story I: Interviews with Contemporary Writers. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1997.
Assistant Editor, Short Story, 1996-1998.
Copy Editor, The Double Dealer Redux, 1997.
Instructional
"Writing Short Stories 1 and 2." Writer's Handbook. Smarthinking.com, May 2001.
"Writing the Short Story." Tutoring Handbook for Writing E-Structors. Smarthinking.com, May 2001.
Audio
"Thanks for the Mammories." Tales from the South, KUAR Public Radio, August 2005.
"In Harmony." Tales from the South, KUAR Public Radio, August 2005.
PRESENTATIONS/READINGS:
Featured Reader, broken water. Poetluck, June 2005.
"Invoking your Muse: A Presentation on Inspiration," Arkansas Writers' Conference, Scheduled June 2005.
"Reverberation: Art, Poetry, and the Short Story." Poetry Day, Arkansas Literary Festival, April 2005.
"Short Stuff: The Short Story Cycle." Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas, March 2005.
Interview for broken water, KATV's Daybreak, January 2005.
Presentation on A Way With Words Writing Workshops, NLAPW Meeting, January 2005.
Presentation on Inspiration, Ninth Annual White County Creative Writers' Conference, Searcy, AR, September 2004.
Fiction Reading, Seventh International Conference on the Short Story in English, New Orleans, LA, July 2002.
Featured as an Emerging Writer, Fiction Reading, Sixth International Conference On the Short Story in English, Iowa City, Iowa, October 2000.
Featured as an Emerging Writer, Fiction Reading, Fifth International Conference On the Short Story in English, New Orleans, LA, June 1998.
Featured Reader, Fiction, Gulf Coast Literary Conference for Creative Writing Teachers, April 1998.
Featured Reader, Poetry, The University of New Orleans Poetry Series, December 1997.
