Fiction & Poetry

Veilweaver (Chapter 1)

YA/Middle Grade category winner for SFWC Writing Contest

2023


“Desert, Desert” (Short Story)

Prize winner for Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest

2022


“On Three Little Pigs, Materials, and Marxism” (Speech)

Senior commencement speech, Menlo School, Atherton

2020


“Atlantis Passports” (Poetry)

Prize winner for Denise L. Scott Memorial Poetry Contest

2018


“Missus Taylor” (Flash Fiction)

Prize winner for Frank Sullivan Memorial Short Fiction Contest

2018


“Kid Rocks” (Flash Fiction)

Prize winner for Frank Sullivan Memorial Short Fiction Contest

2017


“Constriations” (Poetry)

Prize winner for Denise L. Scott Memorial Poetry Contest

2017


“Toast the Bride” (Flash Fiction)

Published in Mosaic Art and Literary Journal

2016


Research & Critical Theory

“The Well-Read Muggle: Denaturalizing Relationships Between Literacy & Power in Harry Potter” (Abstract)

Paper accepted to the Midwest Modern Language Association, Consuming Cultures in Children's and Young Adult Literature and Cultures

2018


“I Don’t Eat Bananas(,) Because They Are Yellow: Effects of Logical Stylistic Grammar on Argumentation”

Paper accepted to the EduTeach 2018, Third Canadian International Conference on Advances in Education, Teaching & Technology

2018


“‘Practical Crossovers’: A Creative Approach to Literacy Narrative Pedagogy” (Abstract)

Co-authored with Dr. Nina Batt; Paper presented to the Young Rhetoricians Conference, The Challenge of Change

2018


“Women Come Apart: Fractured Female Identity in the Shōnen Harem” (Abstract)

Paper presented at Anime Expo, Anime and Manga Studies Symposium

2017


“How to Teach a Play: Essential Exercises for Popular Plays” (Lesson Contribution)

By Miriam Chirico (Anthology Editor) & Kelly Younger (Anthology Editor)

2020