noted publications and Honors (REV. 1/1/2019)
*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.
*Among the winners of The Ledge's Fiction Competition, for "Engineer"
*Tennessee Writers Award for story "Bathed in Pink"
*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.
*Awarded two-month residency by Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow
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.
*Among the winners of The Ledge's Fiction Competition, for "Engineer"
*Tennessee Writers Award for story "Bathed in Pink"
*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.
*Awarded two-month residency by Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow