Publications

Since 2004, my poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and hybrid work have been published internationally in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Romania in English, German, and Romanian.

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Poetry

• 2024:

  • Bear Wings is a finalist in Midway Journal's "Action, Words" Poetry Contest; to be published in Vol. 18, Issue 2, July 2024​

  • Cafeneaua Verde (German version) was accepted for publication by the Stafette; to be published in Q3 or Q4 of 2024

• 2023:

  • Winter at Litro Magazine
  • Beyond Comprehension at The Purposeful Mayo Journal 
  • Growth at Festival for Poetry 
  • ​​​​2 poems (Hibernare and Iarna) în O mie de semne

• 2021: 

  • 2 poems in Arc Journal – Autumn Edition 2021:

    • Dreams of Fog​

    • Maybe It Is Not Too Late

  • ​​Arcana 2021

• 2020:

  • ​2 poems (Wolf and I Live in Words) in Wild Roof Journal

  • The Earth Mother Manifesto - a Prose Poem in Arcana 2020

  • Disconnection in Feed

  • 3 poems as regular contributor at Headline Poetry and Press:

    • My mother sells water from the fountain​

    • Speak for the Tree - Acacia

    • Skin

• 2018: Carving Hearts at From Whispers to Roars

• 2017: if you want to know me in Wax Poetry and Art

• 2016:

  • Willow (prose poem) at Dog-Ear

  • Silence(d) at Poetry Breakfast

• 2004: 2 poems in the anthology Evadarea din Sine,

 

Fiction

• 2023:

  • ​Artistul at Matca Literară

  • The Swans at The Write Launch

  • Dincolo în literomania

  • 3 stories in 100x100 Volume 1

  • 2 stories on Liternet:

    • ​Lebăda neagră

    • La microfon

• 2022:

  • Dreaming of Whales in Landing Zone Magazine

  • Justice in Arcana 2022

• 2019: 3 connected microfiction pieces at Arcana 2019

• 2018:

  • The Dream Maker in Friday Flash Fiction

  • Piazza Vecchia in Cease, Cows 

  • The Human Body Farm in Hypnopomp Magazine 

• 2017:

  • To the Other Side in Flash Fiction 3 and Flash Fiction Magazine

  • Wedding Picture in Flash Frontier

  • The Promises in Friday Flash Fiction

  • The Artist in Quail Bell Magazine

• 2016: 

  • ​8 short stories in Munich Stories 2016

  • On Death in Munich Artists 

    • Multimedia installation at the Odeonsplatz Underground Station
      in Munich by Emmy Ann Horstkamp, Will God Leave Me Alone?​

• 2010: The Way Home in Other Voices

• 2004: 2 flash prose pieces in Antologia Pavel Dan (contest mention)

 

Creative Nonfiction

• 2024: Life writing at Liternet

  • Euro2024 Championship - German Cities Series​

    • Munich (part 1)​

    • Munich (part 2)

    • Stuttgart 

    • Frankfurt

    • Düsseldorf

    • Gelsenkirchen

    • Dortmund (coming soon)

    • Hamburg (coming soon)

    • Berlin (coming soon)

    • Leipzig (coming soon)

• 2023: Travel and nature writing at Liternet:

  • Retrospectiva literară a anului 2023

  • Iarna în Parcul Național Berchtesgaden

  • Insulele Feroe - Solo travel și kanska - I

  • Insulele Feroe - Solo travel și kanska - II 

  • Valencia, oraș al mării, arhitecturii, artei, științei și prieteniei regăsite

  • La Bremen, în căutarea libertății 

  • Despre iarnă și renunțare 

• 2022: Our Voices at Matador (hybrid kaleidoscopic memoir)

• 2020: The Power of Poetry in The Poetry Question

• 2017:

  • Streets of Love in The Ravens Perch

  • Body in 121 words 

• 2016:

  • Unterwegs in Text+Bild

  • On the Way in Tupelo Quarterly (hybrid essay)

• 2012:

  • Maestrul în Ora-de-Timiș

  • Dragă Prietene pe Liternet​

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Anthologies

• 2023: 100x100 Volume 1

• 2019: World’s Best Poems Volume 1

• 2017: Flash Fiction Volume 3

• 2016: Munich Stories 2016

• 2004: Evadarea din sine

• 2004: Revista Cenaclului Pavel Dan

 

Distinctions

Awards

• 2023: Red Ribbon Award Winner in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Contest for Our Voices

• 2016: 1st place in the Text + Bild contest on the topic Borders for my essay Unterwegs

• 2016: 2nd place in the Calgary Poetry Contest #1 for the poem if you want to know me

• 2011: 1st place in AWCS flash fiction contest with the flash essay Le Maitre

• 2011: 1st place in the Other Voices March Monthlies competition with the story The Way Home

• 2005: Mention in the poetry section of the contest that led to the anthology Evadarea din Sine 

• 2004: Mention in the prose section of Pavel Dan's Annual Contest 

 

Nominations

• 2017: Best of the Net Award for my hybrid essay On the Way

• 2004: National Poetry Award in the competition Avangarda XXII 

 

Finalist

• 2024: Midway Journal "Action, Words" Poetry Contest

• 2020: Gold Line Press Chapbook Contest in the Nonfiction section with The Body and the Voice 

• 2016: Tupelo Quarterly‘s Prose Open Contest with my hybrid essay On the Way

 

Shortlists

• Listowels Writers’ Week Original – Short Story Competition

• In the 20. Münchner Kurzgeschichtenwettbewer for my essay Unterwegs

 

Longlists

• LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction for my story Dreaming of Whales (top 50)

• Disquiet International literary contest for my story The Artist

• The Smoke Long Quarterly Kathy Fish Virtual Writer-In-Residence position

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Public Readings

• 2024: Rosenheimer Buchmesse, April 13th and 14th, in Rosenheim, Germany 

• 2016-now: Monthly Open Reading events of The Munich Readery, Munich, Germany

• 2023: Holiday Book Market at Lost Weekend in Munich, Germany

• 2022: Feierwerk Farbenladen in Munich, Germany

• 2022: Europa im Original in Munich, Germany

• 2019: Blackbox at Gasteig, Munich, Germany

• 2019: Orangerie Art Gallery in the English Garden, Munich, Germany

• 2019: Münchner Literaturbüro (MLB), Munich, Germany, 2019

• 2019: P. Bar as part of the Literarisches Sextett, Munich, Germany

• 2016: Frauenforum as part of Creative Writing in Munich‘s Christmas Open Reading

• 2016: The Munich Readery for the Munich Stories 2016 book launch 

• 2011: The Owl’s Nest Bookstore, Calgary, AB, Canada

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