Sunken Lands Series
I wrote two of four stories about Arkansas’s “Sunken Lands," a series that was named a 2015 Great Plains Specialty Feature Finalist and won an Arkansas Press Association Tourism Writing Award.
A company town gets a new “boss,” and some locals don’t recognize their own home.
A young couple opens a restaurant, supplied by their farm, in the tiny Delta town of Tyronza.
Comfort in Clutter
A hoarder knows she needs to clean up.
*Winner, 2016 Great Plains Specialty Feature, APME News Feature
Sixties Vibe
Harold Ott’s Psych of the South Label releases songs from little-known Southern garage rock bands from the ‘60s.
*Winner, 2015 Great Plains Entertainment Feature
Run and Howl
Wildlife watched from the woods as Full Moon 50K racers ran (and partied) all night.
*Second Place Winner, 2013 APME News Feature
In the Blink of an Eye
Allison Shaw, a Little Rock teen, headed out of town feeling fine. A few hours later, she was nauseated and inexplicably bruised, as her terrified friend carried her into a Louisiana ER.
*Winner, 2014 Arkansas Press Association Health Writing