Poetry Publications (French, English, Spanish)

New York Quarterly "I Believed Everything They Said" (forthcoming 2008).

Encore "Bricolage" (2008), (first in Grafemas 2007).

Explicación de Textos Literarios "Érase una vez en Praga, una palabra," "Trazos" (2008)

Poetic Voices Without Borders Vol 2 Gival Press, Robert Giron, ed. (forthcoming 2008): "El sol también tiene su lado oscuro," (first in Explicación de Textos Literarios 2002-2003); "Contrapunto" and "Adagio por una viola d'amore olvidada," (first in Letras Femeninas 2007); "Mapas" (first in Hofstra Hispanic Review 2007). "Niagara," (first in Chimères 1986); "Filles du feu," ( Entre Nous 1991).  "Aquarelle," "La vieille femme," "Délire," "Chute libre," "Le café turc."            

Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry ed. Hayan Charara (2008). "Even the Sun has its Dark Side," "Milkweed," (Sulphur River Review 1997) "Tea at Chez Paul's" (Nimrod 2003).

Hofstra Hispanic Journal "Mapas" (2007).

Grafemas: Letras Femeninas AILCFH Premio Victoria Urbano Winners of poetry contest: "Mascarade" "Bricolage" "Simulacra" "Unborn" "Evening Walk" (2007).

Arab American Writers and Diaspora Literature ed. Nathalie Handal (2007). "The White Brass Bed" (first in Negative Capability 1990) "Salawat" (first in Parting Gifts 1996) "Narguileh" (first in Curbside Review 2004).

Letras Femeninas "Contrapunto" "Adagio por una viola d'amore olvidada" (2007).

Sulphur River Review "Counterpoint" "Snapshots" (2007).

Parting Gifts "Your Name was Only Mary," "Predictions," "Music of the Stone," "Waves,"A Fugue to the Waxing Moon," "In the Shadow of Words," "In the Palm of Her Hand," "Cold Light Over Still Pond," "A Dream, Uncovered" (2006).

Mizna Literary Journal "To Amal," "Raoucheh" (2006).

Nimrod/The Healing Arts "Lost and Found" (2006).

Puerto del Sol "Is There Such a Thing? (2006).

Explicación de Textos Literarios "El sol también tiene su lado oscuro," "Bajo pinceladas" Finalists Premio Spanish Press (2005).

Poet Lore "Mobilus in Mobili" (2005).

Margin "Broken Vision" (2005).

Curbside Review "Narguileh" (2004).

Puerto del Sol "How the Song Turns into a Legend," "Untold Tale(s) of "Unfinished Tapestry" (2004).

Sulphur River Literary Review "After Gian Lorenzo Bernini," "Under the Crescent Moon" (2004).

Nimrod International Journal: Awards 25 "Tea at Chez Paul's," Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize Finalist (2003).

Puerto del Sol "Missing Words," "Waiting in a Field of Melted Honey" (2003).

Concho River Review "Selling the House" (2003).

Parting Gifts "A Seaside Café, My First Taste of Fresh Oysters," "The Road to Tyre," "The Wheel," "Vision" (2002).

Fresh Ground "It was later on I learned it was harmless" (2001).

Alternatebridges "Transience" (2000).

Black Buzzard Press "The Bullfrog" (2000).

Sulphur River Literary Review "A Writer's File" "The Way a Flock of Birds Improvise" (2000).

Mizna Literary Journal "Raoucheh" (2006) Pirate's Alley's Faulkner's Prize Finalist (1999).

Parting Gifts "Lovers," "Exorcism," "Antlers," "Bloodshed" (1998).

Sulphur River Literary Review "Chiaroscuro," "Milkweed" (1997).

Parting Gifts "Salawat" (1996).

Dream International Quarterly "Merman" (1996).

Voices International "Anachronic Growth," "Inverted Motion" (1995, 1996).

Negative Capability "A Glimpse of Fall" Finalist Negative Capability Eve of St Agnes Award (1994).

Linden Lane Magazine "Encounters," "Vanishing Shadow," "I Haven't Written a Poem in a Long Time" Published First Prize English Poetry Prize (1994).

Negative Capability "To Henriette, My Mother" Finalist Negative Capability Eve of St Agnes Award (1993).

Negative Capability "That Day in Heliopolis" Finalist Negative Capability Eve of St Agnes Award (1992).

Entre Nous "Filles du Feu" (1991).

Alternatebridges.com "Transience" "Raindrops" (1990).

Negative Capability "Reflections," "The White Brass Bed" and "Tea in Heliopolis" Published Finalists Negative Capability's Eve of St Agnes Award (1990).

Linden Lane Magazine "Waiting for Marie" Third place English Poetry Prize (1989).

Linden Lane Magazine "Dive," "Immured," Finalists English Poetry Prize (1987).

Intuitions "The Gust," "Watching Us Go" (1987).

Chimères "Effets du temps," "Niagara" (1986).

Journal Français d'Amérique "Al Milad" Second Place Concours de poèmes de Noêl 1985.

Poetry Awards

Letras Femeninas AILCFH   Premio Victoria Urbano (2007).  Winner of poetry         contest: "Mascarade," "Bricolage," "Simulacra," "Unborn," "Evening Walk."

Zone 3 First Book Award (2007).
           Finalist: Poetry manuscript "Tea in Heliopolis."

Explicación de Textos Literarios Premio Spanish Press (2005).
           Finalists: "Bajo pinceladas,"   "El sol también tiene su lado oscuro,"           "Contrapunto."

Nimrod /Hardman Award, Pablo Neruda Prize (2003).
           Finalists: "Tea at Chez Paul's," "Untold Tale(s) of Unfinished Tapestry,"
           "Narguileh," "I had Never Seen a Dead Man Before," "Open-Air Cinema in             Heliopolis," "A Triptych, Unraveled."

Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize (1999).  
           Semi-Finalist: " Raoucheh "

Linden Lane Magazine's English Poetry Prize (1994).
          First Prize: "Encounters," "Vanishing Shadow," "I Haven't Written a Poem           in a Long Time."

Negative Capability 's Eve of St. Agnes Award (1994).  
           Finalist: "A Glimpse of Fall."

Negative Capability 's Eve of St. Agnes Award (1993).
           Finalist: "To Henriette."

Negative Capability 's Eve of St. Agnes Award (1992).
            Finalist: "That Day in Heliopolis."

Robert Writing Awards (1990).
           Finalists: "Transience," "The Communion."

Negative Capability 's Eve of St. Agnes Award (1989).
          Finalists: "Tea at Heliopolis," "The White Brass Bed," "Camera Lucida"           (former title "Reflections")

Linden Lane Magazine 's English Poetry Prize (1989).
           Third Prize: "Waiting for Marie."

Linden Lane Magazine' s English Poetry Prize (1987).
           Finalist: "Immured," "Dive."

Journal Français d'Amérique.   Concours de Poèmes de Noël (1986).
                Second Place: "Al Milad."

.