Yeah, I’m not expecting a whole lot on this page, but I felt obligated to post something here since I’m too old to hang things on my parents’ refrigerator.
August 28, 2020
Flash Fiction “Papa’s” Typewriter” chosen as the divisional First Place Winner in the First Round of the @Midnight NYC Flash Fiction Contest.
September 18, 2020
Flash Fiction “Solitary” short-listed as a finalist in the annual Texas Observer short story contest.
October 1, 2020
Flash Fiction “Release” featured in Purple Wall Stories Literary Magazine.
October 16, 2020
“No Day at the Beach” chosen as the second place divisional winner in the Second Round of the @Midnight NYC Flash Fiction Contest
October 20, 2020
“Papa’s” Typewriter named a finalist for the 2020 Julia Peterkin Flash Fiction Award.
November 13, 2020
Virtual reading of “Solitary” at the Texas Book Festival: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/g5itdi7o
November 23, 2020
Named “Fiction Writer” for Austin’s Waterways Magazine under the column “Tale End.”
November 25, 2020
“Solitary” named a finalist for the New Millenium Award for Flash Fiction.
December 1, 2020
“Kings and Pawns” wins Secret Attic Short Fiction Contest.
(First international win; London, England.)
December 14, 2020
“Release” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Purple Wall Stories Literary Magazine.
January 5, 2021
“Solitary” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the Texas Observer.
January 15, 2021
“Solitary” nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Award for Emerging Authors.
January 30, 2021
“Watching Paul Newman Try on a Brown Suede Blazer” longlisted for the Strands International Flash Fiction Contest.
February 24, 2021
“Watching Paul Newman Try on a Brown Suede Blazer” shortlisted for the Strands International Flash Fiction Contest.
April 1, 2021
Poem “Boys of Summer” featured in Skyways Journal.
April 2, 2021
“Goodbye Bowie” shortlisted by Flash Fiction Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Contest.
May 26, 2021
“Harlan” is third-place winner in Mythic Picnic Magazine’s Micro Fiction Contest.
June 26, 2021
Invited as a guest on the “What the Book” podcast celebrating up and coming authors.
July 1, 2021
Named the “Writer-in-Residence” for the Adirondack Review.
July 16, 2021
“The Chief and the Folding Chair” is nominated for “Best of the Net” by Reservoir Road Literary Review.
August 1, 2021
“A Brief Note On Carnations” wins the Purple Wall Stories Fiction Tournament of Champions.
August 15, 2021
“Solitary” is nominated for “Best of the Net” by the Texas Observer Newspaper.
September 2, 2021
“A Brief Note on Carnations” is nominated for “Best of the Net” by Purple Wall Stories.
October 4, 2021
“Mother’s Milk” is longlisted in Reflex Fiction Magazine’s Flash Fiction contest.
October 6, 2021
“Farewell, Bowie” is selected by Dramatic Chaos Productions to be staged and filmed as a monologue in London.
October 9, 2021
“Danielle’s Balloons” is selected as part of the 2021 Bacopa Literary Review print anthology.
November 16, 2021
“Jesus is Just Another Name for Gruyere” Longlisted by Strands International Flash Fiction Competition.
November 30, 2021
“The Chief and the Folding Chair” is nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Reservoir Road Literary Review
December 14, 2021
“A Brief Note on Carnations” is named a finalist for Story of the Year by Purple Wall Literary Magazine.
December 15, 2021
Writing Class Radio features “Farewell, Bowie” and “Solitary” on their podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/writing-class-radio/id1049460553?i=1000545012654
December 27, 2021
“Jesus is Just Another Name for Gruyere” is nominated for the Sonder Prize for Best Short Fictions.
January 1, 2022
“Jesus is Just Another Name for Gruyere” is nominated for Best American Short Stories.
May 1, 2022
Dutch Simmons signs with Indigo River Publishing to publish debut novel, “Return By.”
March 1, 2023
“You’ve Got Mail” is winner of Musepaper’s Short Fiction Contest number 73.