noted publications and Honors (REV. 5/01/2020)

*2019 San Antonio Writers' Guild 27th Annual Competition: A Top Winner in Novel and Short
​     Fiction
*2018 Semi-Finalist in Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society's William Faulkner - William Wisdom  
     Novel Competition (Wakedale)
*2018 Finalist in Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society's Faulkner-Wisdom Narrative Non-
     Fiction Competition (Quest for the Marble Apple)
*Pushcart Nomination by Richard Burgin, Boulevard editor, for "My Long Playing
     Records" | It provides the title story for Jespers's collection, My Long-Playing Records
     and Other Stories. See Books at the top of the page, or click here.
*His works also have appeared in Beloit Fiction Journal, Blackbird (2007 and also in 2016),
​     Chaffin Journal,  Cooweescoowee, Eclectica Magazine, Gihon River Review, Mochila
     Review (Issue 12), Oyez Review (Issue 38), Storyglossia.