Writing

An Accidental Descension | 12 December 2024 (this literary analysis of John Milton’s Paradise Lost won third place in the Literature category of the 2025 Bellman Writing Awards)
Big Ideas Cannot Be Simplified (As Proven by the Columbia Space Shuttle) | 9 December 2024
Snuggles the Rat Goes to Town (picture book) | Spring 2024
Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam | 1 May 2024
My Tooth Saga | 15 April 2024 (this memoir tied for second place in the general category of the 2025 Bellman Writing Awards)

Me Thinketh to Tell You as it Seemed to Me | 31 October 2023 (this memoir won second place in the general category of the 2024 Bellman Writing Awards)
Other People’s Choices | a poem
The Hillman Apartments | 27 September 2023
My Brilliant Essay | September 2023
Custodians at Black Hills State University Enjoy Visible Role | The Jacket Journal, 20 January 2023
Artists up close: Emily Lillian | Art Haven, 19 January 2023

Standing Alone | 7 October 2022 (This essay won second place in the general category of the 2023 Bellman Writing Awards)
Life Advice from Hamlet? | 27 April 2022
What is Honor? An Analysis of “In Pharaoh’s Army” | 5 April 2022 (This essay won first place in the Composition I and II category of the 2023 Bellman Writing Awards)

The Spy with the Aluminum Leg: A Peek Inside Espionage | The Pine Needle Magazine, 19 November 2021
College Spam Mail: A Constant Struggle | The Pine Needle, 27 May 2021 (An edited version of this essay, “The PSAT Changed My Life,” won a gold key in the 2022 Scholastic Writing Awards)
Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Reign Supreme, and Here’s Why | The Pine Needle, 20 May 2021
Camping is a Great Way to Build a Love of the Indoors | The Pine Needle, 26 February 2021
Not Just Fire and Brimstone | 28 January 2021
Rosie the Riveter, a Late Blooming Feminist | The Pine Needle Magazine, 27 January 2021

Studying the Past Remains Crucial to the Present | The Pine Needle, 16 December 2020 (This essay won a honorable mention in the 2022 Scholastic Writing Awards)