Awards

Writing Contests and Awards Received

After the Fairy Tale has been named a Finalist in the Poetry category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!
Maureen has been named a finalist in the Press 53 Poetry Contest.
One of Maureen's stories was chosen as a finalist in the 2007 Brenda L. Smart Fiction Prize, North Carolina State University.
William Faulkner-William Wisdom Writing Contest, 2006. Finalist for poem, Waiting for Rescue.
William Faulkner-William Wisdom Writing Contest, 2006. Finalist for poem, Kissing William Faulkner.
William Faulkner-William Wisdom Writing Contest, 2006. Finalist for short story, The Art of Desire.
2006 Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Salem College. Finalist for story, Opossum.
2006 Rita Dove Poetry Award, Salem College. Semi-Finalist for poem, Letter to a Friend.
2006 Doris Betts Fiction Prize contest. Chosen by Jill McCorkle as Finalist for story, Opossum.
2006 Poetica Poetry Contest. Honorable Mention for poem, Potato Peel Soup.
William Faulkner-William Wisdom Writing Contest, 2005. Finalist for novella, Someone Drowning.
2005 Bullfight Media Little Book Prize. Finalist for chapbook After the Fairy Tale.
Asheville Writer's Workshop 2005 contest. Honorable Mention for short fiction contest.
Fields of Earth, Writers Ink Guild, 2005. Third Prize for poem, Discovering the Praying Mantis.
Fields of Earth, Writers Ink Guild, 2005. Honorable Mention for poem, Waiting for Death.
North Carolina Poetry Council 2005 Contest. Won Honorable Mention.
Black Lawrence Press 2005 chapbook contest. Semi-Finalist for poem, After the Fairy Tale.
Greensboro Awards. One of ten Finalists for story, The Art of Desire.
Lyricist Statewide Poetry 2004 Contest. First Prize for poem, After the Eighties.
Winnow Press Chapbook 2004 Contest. Semi-Finalist for chapbook, Sutra.
Gin Bender Poetry Review: 2004 poetry contest. First Prize for poem, The Pelican's Mirage.
Reflections Literary Journal. Honorable Mention for poem, Summer Passes.
Carolina Woman Writing Contest. First Prize for short story and Honorable Mention for poem.
Charlotte Writers' Club Fiction Contest. Third Place for short story, Head Above Water.
Charlotte Writers' Club Poetry Contest. First Prize for poem, Sleeping Beauty in Old Age.
Fish Publishing Short Fiction Contest, Cork, Ireland. Finalist, for short story.
Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC. Winner of the Fiction Open.
Bright Hills Press Chapbook Contest. Finalist for, After the Fairy Tale.
Cervena Barva Press Fiction Contest. Fourth Place for fiction chapbook, A Comic Tale .
Independent Weekly Poetry Contest 2000 Competition. Finalist for poem, Loose Coffins in Carolina.