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December 10, 2025: my poem, “Cafe Secret,” has been accepted for publication in Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art.
November 4, 2025: my poems “Fastening,” “Mendocino,” and “Old Globe” have been accepted for publication in the March 2026 issue of Chiron Review.
January 2025: I’m excited to announce my poetry collection, Wannabe Blue, has been accepted for publication by Cold River Press.
2024: Off the Wall has been listed as one of 10 books to read in 2024 by the University of Oregon Alumni Bookmarks.
July 15, 2024: Off the Wall has been named a finalist in the American Fiction Awards.
June 18, 2024: I’m pleased to announce Off the Wall has been named a finalist in the International Book Awards.
September 15, 2022: I’m excited to announce my novella, Off the Wall, has been accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press.
July 2022: my poem, “Lookout,” won a 3rd prize in the the 29th Annual Artists Embassy International’s Dancing Poetry Contest.
February 21, 2020: Davis Enterprise – ‘Davis Dance Project’ presents 24 artists, 8 pieces, 3 shows.
October 2019: my poem, “Close to the Line,” was shortlisted in The A3 Review’s Monthly Contest.
July 2019: my poem, “Solo,” won a 2nd prize in the the 26th Annual Artists Embassy International’s Dancing Poetry Contest.
May 2019: Breast Cancer: A Poem in Five Acts has been listed as a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
January 5, 2019: my story, “Genetic Tests,” was named a semi-finalist in the 2018 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.
October 3, 2018: Cure – Book Review of Breast Cancer: A Poem in Five Acts.
October 2018: My poem, “Walk on Big Stump Beach,” was named a second honorable mention in the Poet’s Choice category of the fall contest sponsored by the Oregon Poetry Association.
August 28, 2018: Oregon Coast Today – Ode to a Tumor.
January 2018: my short story, “Four Quarters in Rain City,” was named a semi-finalist in the 2017 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.
November 2015: “Winter up North” was named a semi-finalist in the New Millennium Writing Awards.
January 27, 2015: my poem, “Remnants,” has won an honorable mention in the New Millennium Writing Awards.
June 2, 2014: Catherine Segurson reads from Catamaran Literary Reader (issue 6) on KUSP, including “Stage Ride to Tassajara.”
February 17, 2014: “Laired” has been selected as a finalist in the Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize competition.
January 12, 2014: “Tuxedo Cat,” which appears in The Ballad of the New Carissa and Other Poems, has won an honorable mention in the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition (sonnet prize category).
December 31, 2013: semi-finalist for poetry in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition.
March 3, 2013: The Register-Guard – Brian Juenemann gives The Ballad of the New Carissa and Other Poems a brief mention in his “Local Shelf” column.
November 23, 2012: Newport News Times – West Coast Writer Announces New Book.
April 13, 2012: Newport News Times – Book Signing at Toad Hall in Yachats.
March 27, 2012: Fresh: Grossmont-Cuyamaca College District Blog – Author, Author.