I recently wrote a play titled Welcome to Keene, NH. During the first year of the pandemic, when I was hungry to find creative projects to keep me engaged and my mind occupied, I pulled a monologue from this play and filmed it with many amazing actors from Chicago. It was a great process to connect with these actors and create something I was proud of. Nearly a year later I saw Button Poetry’s call for spoken word videos and I submitted it to them because, as they say, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

I found out just last week that my piece, titled Make America Great, was chosen as a finalist for their 2021 video contest. And days later they announced it was runner-up for Editor’s Choice.

I’m thrilled by this honor and hope Button Poetry releases my video so all can see it. I will update this space with a link if they do.