Fiction
“Birthright,” forthcoming in Tales of Mystery: Dead for a Spell from Inklings Press
“Reclaiming the Desert,” Wayfare Magazine, 2023 – A solar punk story about a future Utah and two sisters divided (Author’s Note)
“The 37th Ward Relief Society Leftovers Exchange,” Audience Choice Award and Judge’s Choice Award winner in the Mormon Lit Blitz 2021 “Saints, Spells, and Spaceships” contest – A magical realism story about a different kind of pot-luck (Author’s Note)
“Winter Fog,” Irreantum 17.1, 2020 – A Christmas ghost story about a mother and daughter in the foggy Pacific Northwest
Creative Nonfiction
“Knit Together,” BYU Studies 62.3, December 2023, second place in the 2023 BYU Studies Essay Contest – On the concept of Paul’s doctrine of being knit together and knitting with my sister
“The Cost,” Judge’s Choice Award winner in the 12th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz 2023 – A hybrid essay and scriptural fiction piece on the sacred costs of motherhood
“Turning the Corner,” Exponent II, Vol 43.2, Fall 2023 – On being sick at Christmas and entering a different stage of motherhood. Hear an excerpt in the issue launch party (timestamp 34:45).
“Self Portrait in Cookies,” Young Ravens Literary Review, issue 17, Winter 2022 – On baking, family, and Mormon womanhood (Author’s Note)
“Buyers, Renters, and Belonging,” Irreantum 18.2, 2021 – On community in church playgroups and the struggles of young families living in an expensive area (Author’s Note)
“Blueberry Bushes and the Bare Essentials of Being,” Irreantum 16.1, 2018 – On returning to writing after ten years as a stay-at-home parent
“On Loss,” Segullah, 2008 – On my grandfather’s death during my study abroad in England; first place in the 2008 Heather Campbell Personal Essay Contest
“Seeking Holy Things,” The Restored Gospel and Applied Christianity, Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature and the Religious Studies Center, 2008 – On pilgrimage in England and Mormonism; third place in the 2008 David O. McKay Essay Contest