Maryland State Judge for the “Letters About Literature, 1998; The Center for the Book Library of Congress” Contest (High School)
Commencement Speaker at Harford Community College, May 17, 1998
Fiction Editor for The Baltimore Review.
Writer in residence (one week) at Saint Paul’s School for Girls, Brooklandville, Maryland, 1997
Featured reader at:
The National League of American Pen Women (Carroll County Branch,) Harford Community College,
Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland
Dialogue Among Civilizations Poetry; Baltimore, Maryland
India Night
Read poems and short stories at many area cafes and bookstores in the Baltimore/Washington region, including Bibelot, Borders, Louie’s, Barnes and Nobles, Minas Art gallery, Pinocchios, Atticus (Wash.) The Writer’s Center (Bethesda) and others.
Competitive Acceptances at:
BreadLoaf Writer's Conference, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1998
Ragdale Artists Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois, 2001