AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS
Community:
Named one of the Most Influential Women of Lake Norman, Huntersville Herald, Sept. 2018
Publications:
Memoir
Celiac Mom, Firebird Book Awards, First Place, 2022
Celiac Mom, Recommended Read, Indies Today, 2020
Celiac Mom, Awards Finalist, Indies Today Book Awards, 2020
Celiac Mom, Awards Finalist, The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2020
Motherhood: Lost and Found, Firebird Book Awards, First Place, 2022
Motherhood: Lost and Found, BookAuthority's Best Alzheimer's Books of All Time List, 2018 & 2019
Motherhood: Lost and Found, #1 bestseller on Amazon, 2018
Motherhood: Lost and Found awarded a Bronze Medal from Readers' Favorite, Sept. 2017
Motherhood: Lost and Found named a finalist for "Voices for Horses," Italian Equestrian Book Award, Feb. 2017
Motherhood: Lost and Found released on Kindle (Divine Phoenix and Pegasus Books) Sept. 2016
No. 1 on Amazon's Hot, New Releases for Eldercare, Sept. 2016
Finalist in Next Generation Independent Book Awards Memoir category, May 2014
Motherhood: Lost and Found released in paperback (The Bridge) Dec. 2013
Audiobook
Motherhood: Lost and Found, BookAuthority's Best Alzheimer's Audiobooks of All Time List, 2019
Blogs
Fields of Grace, April 2015 to present
AlzAuthors, Jan. 2017 to present
Careliving.org, guest blogger, Oct. 2016 - Nov. 2016
Poetry
The Beach Poems, chapbook of poetry, Nov. 2017
What Flies Away, full-length poetry collection, Sept. 2006
Young & Ripe, chapbook of poetry, 2009
Riding Out: Poems of Grief and Redemption, 2009
Anthologies
Alzheimer's & Dementia Caregiving Stories, Vol. I & Vol. II
A Cup of Comfort for Loved Ones of People with Alzheimer's
A Cup of Comfort for Military Families
Sports in the Carolinas: From Death Valley to Tobacco Road
Earth and Soul
Cancer Poetry Project
Poetry's Lighthouse
Before devoting herself to creative writing on a full-time basis, Ann worked for over 10 years as a newspaper and magazine editor.
Managing Editor, The Courier, Conroe, Texas (daily paper)
Executive Editor, The Observer Newspapers, Humble, Texas (weekly paper)
Managing/Associate Editor, Cashflow Magazine, Atlanta, Georgia
Assistant Editor, Better Nutrition and Today’s Living (magazines), Atlanta, Georgia
Contributing Editor, Horseman Magazine, Pension World
Freelance Writer/Editor, The Charlotte Observer, Lake Norman Magazine, Charlotte Woman
Additional Honors
* Writers' Almanac -- Poems read by Garrison Keillor, 2011, 2009
* North Carolina Poetry Society, Notable Finalist, Brockman-Campbell Book Award, 2007
* Poetry Council of NC, 2nd place, Oscar Arnold Book Award, 2007
* Main Street Rag - Finalist, National Chapbook Competition, 2002
* Duke University Medical Center - Write Us a Poem contest, 1st place, 2002
* Blumenthal Writers & Readers Series, 2000
* Featured as a student of Maxine Kumin in Chelsea 67, 2000
* North Carolina Writers’ Network - Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Award, 1999
* Writer’s Workshop - Isak Dinesen Creative Nonfiction Award, 1999, Memoir Award, 1999, Poetry Award, 1998
* Pushcart Prize Nomination, Main Street Rag, 1998
* North Carolina Poetry Society - Poet Laureate Award, 1999, 2001, Free Verse, 1999, Poetry of Love, 1998, Mary Lou Poole Courage, 1998, 2000, 2001,Thomas H. McDill, 1998, 2001, 2002, Hayman Heritage, 1998, Christine Rose Sloan, 2001
* Poetry Council of North Carolina - Charles Shull Sonnet, 1998, 2000, 2002, James Larkin Free Verse, 1997, 2000, Hayman Heritage, 1997
* Nominated for Persephone Press Chapbook Award by Fred Chappell, the NC Poet Laureate, 2000, and by Anthony Abbott, 1999, 2000, Finalist in 2001
* Long Leaf Press - Finalist in Chapbook Competition, 1999
* Charlotte Writers’ Club - Creative Nonfiction Award, 1999, 1998, Long Short Story Award, 1998, Short Fiction Award, 1997 Poetry Award, 1999, 1997,
* Larry Watson Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction and Poetry, 1998
* Robert Ruark Poetry Foundation - Traditional and Free Verse Awards, 1998, 1997
