Thank you to Naugatuck River Review for selecting Elizabeth’s poem “Matchless Thrill” as a finalist in their Narrative Poetry Contest! It will appear in their Winter/Spring 2024 issue.🎉
Elizabeth has new poems out for adults in the marvelous new issues ofLily Poetry Review(Issue 10) and Bear Review(Issue 10.1). Her children’s poem “Back-to-School Rocket” is also aloft on the wondrous Dirigible Balloon. Much gratitude to these gorgeous journals!
September 2023
Elizabeth’s nonfiction picture book manuscript The Forest of Violins won the 2023 SCBWI CenCal Writers’ Day PB writing contest! Many thanks to the wonderful event and contest organizers! 🎉🌲
Much gratitude to Pomelo Books for including Elizabeth’s poem “Microscope” in What is Hope?, a beautiful new MG poetry anthology and CBC Hot off the Press Selection! 100% of profits will be donated to the IBBY Children in Crisis Fund. 🎊🔬
A big thank you to the wonderful Pomelo Books for selecting Elizabeth’s poem “Microscope” for their children’s poetry anthology What is Hope?, coming this September! 🎊🔬
Pomelo Books’ fabulous A-Z poetry anthology THINGS WE FEEL, which includes Elizabeth’s poem “Restless,” is now on the 2023-24 PA Keystone to Reading List for PreK – K! 🎉❤️
December 2022
Thank you to Black Bough Poetry for giving Elizabeth’s poem “Solstice Thirst” a radiant home in their light-filled Christmas-Winter 2022-23 anthology!
November 2022
Many thanks to Rust & Moth for including Elizabeth’s poem “Now Do” in their exquisite Winter 2022 issue! 💚
September 2022
Big thanks to the zesty, bite-sized HOOT Review for featuring Elizabeth’s poem “Citrus Solstice” in their 100th issue! 🍊💛
August 2022
Much gratitude to Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong for including Elizabeth’s poem “Restless” in THINGS WE FEEL, a beautiful new A to Z poetry anthology from Pomelo Books, perfect for sparking conversations about emotions with kids ages 3-7, and as a mentor text for older students. 100% of profits will be donated to the IBBY Children in Crisis Fund. Details available here! ❤️🎊
Elizabeth’s poem “Man O’ War” is now aloft on the first anniversary flight of The Dirigible Balloon. Happy birthday to this wonderful children’s poetry bank! 🎉🎈
Many thanks to the evocative Plum Tree Tavern for including Elizabeth’s poem “Droughtland Smoothie” in their newly released Best of Plum Tree Tavern 2016 to 2020.
Gratitude also to the lovely Amethyst Review for hosting Elizabeth’s poem “Kristin in the Light Café.”
January 2022
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 6:30PM PT. Zoom reading from Little Victory and How to Clean Your Eyes, hosted by the Ventura County Poetry Project and the E.P. Foster Library of Ventura, CA. Please check back for link.
Thank you to The Sunlight Press for accepting two of Elizabeth’s photographs for publication in their gorgeous journal!
Elizabeth’s poem “Flower Moon,” which appears in Black Bough Poetry’s Freedom-Rapture anthology and Little Victory, won second place in the California State Poetry Society’s Best of Your Best contest. It will be featured in upcoming CSPS publications. 🎉