Susan Cummins Miller: Recent Awards

Chiricahua National Monument, SE AZ       (S.C. Miller)

2024 Winner, Will Rogers Medallion Silver Award  (Western Written Poetry): DECIPHERING THE DESERT: a book of poems

2023 Women Writing the West WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Poetry: MAKING SILENT STONES SING

2023 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist in Poetry: "No Roof but Sky: Roberts Mountains, Nevada" (from MAKING SILENT STONES SING)

2022 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist, Poetry/AZ: MAKING SILENT STONES SING

2022. Shortlisted for Yellow Arrow Publishing 2023 Chapbook contest: WONDERLUST

2021 Finalist, Jessie Bryce Niles and Comstock Review 35th Anniversary Chapbook Contest: WONDERLUST

2020 Finalist, Comstock Review Chapbook Contest: A JOURNEY TO KNOWING

2020 Finalist, Red Mountain Press Discovery Award: DECIPHERING THE DESERT

2018 Writer in Residence (Winter/Spring), Pima County Public Library, Tucson, AZ.

2016 WILLA Award Finalist (Contemporary Fiction): CHASM.

2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist (FICTION/Other): CHASM.

2012 Poets & Writers grant for Tucson Sisters-in-Crime workshop: “Act II: Into the Belly of the Beast.”

2012 WILLA Award Finalist (Contemporary Fiction): FRACTURE.

2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist (FICTION:Mystery/Suspense):   FRACTURE.

2012 Will Inman Award, Tucson Poetry Festival's 29th Annual Statewide Contest: Five poems from On the Divide (a work in progress).

2011 Finalist, ForeWord Magazine's Book-of-the-Year Award (Mystery): FRACTURE.

2011 Notable Book, Southwest Books of the Year: FRACTURE.

2011 1st Place (Short Story), Society of Southwestern Authors Contest: “Owlshead Stew.”

2010 Poets & Writers grant for poetry reading at Other Voices Women's Reading Series.

2009 WILLA Award Finalist (Contemporary Fiction): HOODOO.

2009 1st Place (Poetry), SandScript Art and Literary Magazine: “Reality Check.”

2008 Bronze Award (Mystery), ForeWord Magazine's Books of the Year: HOODOO.

2008 Panelists' Pick (Notable Book), Southwest Books of the Year: HOODOO.

2008 1st Place (Inspirational Poetry), Arizona State Poetry Society Contest: “The Waiting Game.”

2008 Writer in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (Winter).

2007 Turquoise Award (Mystery), New Mexico Book of the Year: QUARRY.

2007 WILLA Award Finalist (Contemporary Fiction): QUARRY.

2006 Gold Award (Mystery), ForeWord Magazine's Books of the Year: QUARRY.

2006 Notable Book, Southwest Books of the Year: QUARRY.

2006 Arizona Humanities Council grant for presentation at the Arizona Book Festival.

2004 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Book Award Finalist (Adult Fiction),: DETACHMENT FAULT.

2004 Writer in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (Winter).

2002 Writer in Residence/Tevis Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA.

2000 Longan Award Finalist (Nonfiction): A SWEET, SEPARATE INTIMACY: WOMEN WRITERS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, 1800-1922.