2006 Published Native Son (American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma) 2006 Emergingpoets Reader at The Memphis Book Festival in Memphis, Tennessee 2007 "Weight of Days" translated in Romanian magazine Convorbiri Literare. 2007 Reader on Emergingpoets Southern Tour 2007 Native Son is a finalist in the Oklahoma Book Awards 2007 Featured poet in Scorched Earth Magazine 2007 Featured poet at the Abydos Learning Conference in Houston, Texas 2007 "Indian Paintbrushes" Second place in Grandmother Earth National Environmental Poetry Competition 2007 Featured poet at Southeastern University Native American Symposium 2007 Published Smoke and Stone (The Voices of Gettysburg) 2008 Reader at The Scissortail Writer's Festival ECU Ada, Oklahoma 2008 "Hay Bale Buffalo" 2nd Place "Helen Downing Memorial Award" 2008 "Memorial Day" 1st Place "Ruby Barber Peace Award" Poetry Society of Oklahoma Annual Awards 2008 "Night" 1st Place Poetry Long Unrhymed - Oklahoma Writer's Federation, Inc. annual awards 2008 "Into the Mud" 1st Honorable Mention Poetry Short Unrhymed - Oklahoma Writer's Federation, Inc. annual awards 2008 "Ghosts of Twilight" Third Place in Grandmother Earth's National Environmental Poetry Competition 2008 Featured poet at Abydos Learning Conference in Austin, Texas 2008 "October Rising" Second Place Poetry Society of Texas National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc. annual awards 2008 Featured poet at SODA AAA Awards Luncheon in Ardmore, Oklahoma 2008 Published I Come from Cowboys... and Indians (I Come from Oklahoma) 2008 Featured poet at The Performing Arts Sudio in Norman, Oklahoma 2009 "Embrace"Honorable Mention New Mexico State Poetry Society - High Prairie Poets Contest 2009 Published "Mantle" in June/July issue of Oklahoma Edge Magazine 2009 Best Book of Poetry Award for I Come from Cowboys... and Indians. 2009 "Black Rain Falling" 2nd Place Poetry Society of Oklahoma Annual Awards 2009 Reader at The Scissortail Writer's Festival ECU Ada, Oklahoma. 2009 "Owl" (For Robinson Jeffers) 1st Place in the National NFSPS - Texas contest 2009 Selected as a Woodyfest Reader for the 12th annual Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma 2010 Reader at the ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2010 Published "Chata Ahaya Momma" and "Robert Geronimo at His Father's Grave" in the Fall/Winter issue of Crosstimbers Journal USAO Chickasha, Ok 2010 Opened Ron Wallace - Oklahoma Poetry Fan page on Facebook 2010 Published "September Song" in di-verse-city Austin International Poetry Anthology 2010 Published "Selected Cantos" and "The Whittler" in Oklahoma Writer's Edition of "Sugar Mule" and the print anthology Ain't Nobody Can Sing Like Me 2010 Honorable Mention for "Indian" in NFSPS National Contest Our American Indian Heritage Awards 2010 Reader at the 13th annual Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma 2010 Pubished “Hard Traveling” and “Some Days” in Travelin’ Music a Poetic Tribute to Woody Guthrie 2010 Published fourth volume of poetry, Oklahoma Cantos and introduced it at The Performing Arts Studio in Norman, Oklahoma 2011 Reader at the ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2011 Published "A Cowboy Sonnet" in in di-verse-city Austin International Poetry Anthology 2011 Published "He Was Reading Chinese" in the July issue of The Enigmatist Texas Poetry Journal. 2011 Sold "Leaving Song", a poem, to Oklahoma Today Magazine for the Nov/Dec issue. 2011 Oklahoma Cantos is a finalist in the Oklahoma Book Awards. 2011 Oklahoma Cantos wins the Oklahoma Writers Federation 2011 Best Book of Poetry Award. 2011 "War Horses" published in September, 4 edition of "The Long Islander" 2011 Featured reader at SE Native American Symposium in November 2012 Reader at ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2012 "Gifts (Another One for Waylon)" published in "Cowboys and Indians" online magazine as poem of the week for April 9 2012 Featured Reader for National Library Week at Henry G. Bennett Library 2012 Published fifth volume of poetry Hanging the Curveball and introduced it at Donald Reynolds Library in Durant, Oklahoma April 26th 2012 “I Will Look for You” – Winner of Best Long Rhymed Poem contest – Oklahoma Writer’s Federation Inc. 2012 Published Cowboys sixth volume of poetry Cowboys and Cantos New and Collected Poems 2012 “This Is What He Told Me” – Jim Spurr Award – East Central Oklahoma State University 2013 Reader at ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2013 Cowboys and Cantos - Finalist in the Oklahoma Book Awards for poetry book 2013 Hanging the Curveball – Best Book of Poetry Award – Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc. 2013 Published "Death of a Left Fielder" in Cobalt Review Vol. 2 2013 Published "On Jackson Square" in cybersoleil Literary Journal 2014 Reader at ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2014 Published "Before Turning Twenty - 1973" in July Red Earth Review 2014 “Learning to Speak Choctaw” Published in Oklahoma Poems and Their Poets edited by Oklahoma Poet Laureate Nathan Brown Published "August Ending" and "Old Roads" in Dragon Poets Review 2014 Published "Running Iron" in the Fall issue of Concho River Review 2014 Published "Fly Fishing on Blue River in Oklahoma Today November/December issue 2015 Published "Fly Fishing on Blue River", "Indian Paintbrushes", and "Comes November" in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review 2015 Reader at ECU Scissotail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2015 July – Selected as a Featured Reader - Woody Guthrie Festival, Tulsa , Ok. 2015 Published "Fire" and "Here in Oklahoma" in Drago Poets Review" Winter Issue 2015 Published "When Brown Eyes Close" in Gris-gris Journal Winter issue 2016 January "Fly Fishing on Blue River" runner up in Songs Of Eretz Poetry Review Contest 2016 Reader at ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2016 Reader at SSC Howlers and Yawpers Festival in Seminole, Oklahoma 2016 Published "Fireflies and Stars" and "Girls in Baseball Caps" in Dragon Poets Review 2016 July – Selected as a Featured Reader - Woody Guthrie Festival, Tulsa , Oklahoma 2016 Published "Renegade and "Redemption" in "Red River Review 2016 September – Selected as the Featured Poet – East Central University September Poetry Series 2016 November Pushcart Prize Nominee by Red River Review for “Renegade” 2016 Published "Cicadas", "Bring Me a Thumderstorm" and "A Game of Catch" in Poetry Bay Online Magazine Fall/Winter Issue Oklahoma Special Section 2017 January Songs of Eretz Poetry Review Contest $1000 Grand Prize winner for “The Coast of Oklahoma” 2017 Published "In a Leathered Web" and "Indian Paintbrushes" in Oklahoma Humanities Magazine 2017 Published "A Game of Catch", "Equinox", and "The Unknown" in the 2016-2017 Winter Issue of Dragon Poets Review 2017 Published "How the Hell Did I Get Here?" San Pedro River Review Spring Vol. 9 No. 1 2017 Published "Missing" in Illya's Honey Spring Issue 2017 Reader at ECU Scissortail Writer's Festival in Ada, Oklahoma 2017 July – Selected as a Featured Reader -Woody Guthrie Festival, Okemah, Ok. |