Awards
Doris Betts Fiction Prize 2024, First Place: “How to Get Struck by Lightning” (selected by David Joy)
Elizabeth Simpson Smith Short Story Award, First Place: “Running the Trees” (selected by Paula Martinac)
Ruth Moose Flash Fiction Award, First Place: “How to Wake Up” (selected by Tommy Tomlinson)
Fiction
“How to Get Struck by Lightning,” North Carolina Literary Review, August 2024
Creativity & Creative Problem Solving
Creativity Rising: Creative Thinking & Problem Solving in the 21st Century, ICSC Press, 2012. Co-authored with Gerard Puccio, Marie Mance, and Laura Barbero Switalski
Big Questions in Creativity (Series Editor), ICSC Press, 2013-2018.
“Creative Problem Solving: A Path to New Discovery.” The basics of Creative Problem Solving. Published in InSpine: The International Journal of Spine Care Professionals, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2010.
“Creating a Performance Mindset with Three Words.” The power of “How might we…” to change the nature of work. Published in Performance Charlotte: The Journal of ISPI Charlotte, Vol. 1, No, 1, 2010.
“Fostering Entrepreneurial Employees.” Published in Office Solutions, November 2001, and later quoted for the magazine’s “20 Pearls of Wisdom from 20 Years of Office Solutions” issue.