Recent Literary Resume (2020-2022)

Awards and Recognitions

2020 United Nations FAO of North America World Food Day Poetry Prize Winner

2022 America's Next Great Author Semi Finalist (TV Pilot)

2023 Joe Pendleton Campbell Memorial Award  

2022 Carolina Prize Writing Contest

2022 Virginia Poet Laureate Circle

2021 Poet Fellowship for Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing

2020 Capital Area Food Bank 

2020 Poetry X Hunger

2020 National Poetry Month Award Winner 

2021 Voices of Color Winner

Poetry Judging:

Penguin Random House, (Poetry Contest YA and kids, 2021,2022)

The Maryland Library System, (Poetry Contest 2021,2022)

We Need Diverse Books, (Poetry Contest YA and kids, 2021,2022)

The Golden Nib, (Poetry Contest, 2021) 

The Poetry Society of Virginia (Poetry Contest 2022,2023)

Virginia Writers Club, (Poetry Contest, 2021)

The Gaithersburg Book Festival, (Poetry Contest YA and kids, 2022)

Poetically Correct Washington D.C. (Poetry Contest 2020,2021,2022)

         Recent Featured Poet/ Radio Appearances

George Mason University “Arts Alive” (Featured Poet 2021,2022)

The Aspen Institute NYC "Conversation on Art" (Featured poem read 2023) 

Poetry Society of London, “Poetry Café’ (Featured Poet 2022)

Oregon State University (Honors Colloquium Discussion Dr. Hiram Larew 2022)

National Black Poetry Day, Arlington County Govt. (Featured Poet 2022)

Poetry Con 2023 (Instructor, Featured Poet)

Nourishing Liberty Podcast (Poetry Discussion 2022)

Poets Speak Back to Hunger, Unitarian Universalist Congregation (Featured Poet 2022)

Baltimore City College “Booknotes” WBJC FM (Featured Poet Radio Interview 2022)

Outlook by the Bay Magazine (Poetry Excerpt 2022)

The University of Georgia (Honors Colloquium Discussion Dr. Hiram Larew 2022)

Sojourn with Words (Verizon and Comcast Cable, Featured Poet 2022)

Maryland Food Bank Podcast (Poetry Discussion 2022)

Northern Virginia College (Featured Poet 2021, 2022) 

KaZarr Coleman Show (Verizon and Comcast Cable, Featured Poet 2022) 

Poetry Live University of Virginia Campus (Live Arts Theater, Charlottesville Virginia 2022)

Poetry Corner NYC Black History Month (Host, Featured poet 2022)

The New School University NYC (Featured Poet Classroom Discussion 2022)

Montana State University (Featured Poet Classroom Interview 2021)

Poets Speak Back to Hunger: Collection of Poems Around the World (Poetry X Hunger 2021)

National Art and Humanities, Poetry Ministry (Featured Poet 2021)

Quintessential Listening with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (Featured Poet 2021)

Quintessential Listening with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (Spiritual, Inspirational Poetry 2021)

Quintessential Listening with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (Juneteenth 2021)

Quintessential Listening with Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (Mental Health Awareness 2021)

Global Lighthouse Studios Kakuma Kenya Fundraiser Event (Featured Poet 2021)

Howard University (Poetry Assignment Classroom Interview, Dr. Tony Medina 2021)

South Carolina Poetry Events (Featured Poet 2021)

Poetry in the Park (Featured Poet 2021)

Fighting Pretty, Cancer fundraiser (Featured Poet 2021)

PWC Black History Month Event (Featured Poet 2021,2022)

Penn State University GLAG21, “Poetry Café” (Featured Poet 2021, 2022) 

Covenant House for Teens Fundraiser (Featured Poet 2021)

We, The Motherhood (Autism Episode Featured Poet 2020)

The Literary Cypher (Featured Poet 2020)

Alliance To End Hunger (Featured Poet 2021)

Bards Against Hunger/ Feeding America (Featured Poet 2020)

United Nations (FAO Worldwide Broadcast, Featured Poet 2020)

2020 Hunger Free communities (Featured Speaker 2020)

And countless open mics!