July

Rick's poems "Anniversary Poem," "State of the Life," and "Rain Delay" are accepted by The Nepotist

Rick's chapbook How We Fall Apart is named the winner of the Seven Circle Press 2010 Chapbook prize.

How We Fall Apart will be published in November, 2010.

June

Rick earns a MFA from the University of California, Riverside

Rick's poem "Bathroom" is published in the first print issue of Earthshine

May

Rick is accepted into the Bread Loaf Writers Conference in Middlebury, VT

January 2010

Rick's poems "Father, Son, River Valley," "Crane Song," and "Crane" are accepted for publication in the Platte Valley Review

Rick's poem "Off Book" is accepted for publication by Anti

December

Rick's review of Daniel Brown's Taking the Occasion is published by Midwest Book Review

Rick's poem, "Spring Poem," is nominated for a PUSCHCART PRIZE by Future Earth Magazine

November

Rick's poem, "Frost," is nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE by Seven Circle Press

Rick's poems, "Peaches," "Opossum," and "Spring Poem" are published by Future Earth Magazine

Rick's poem, "Cropduster" is published by A Prairie Journal

Rick's review of Charles Simic's Sixty Poems is published by Gently Read Literature

Rick's review of Eileen Myles' Not Me is published by Midwest Book Review

Rick's review of Joan Houlihan's The Us is published by Cold Front Mag

October

Rick's review of Jill Essbaum's Necropolis is published by Cold Front Mag

September

Rick will be leading a panel and reading his work at the 2009 Writing By Degrees Conference in Binghamton, NY on the 25th and 26th

Rick's review of Jordan Stempleman's String Parade is published by Cold Front Mag

August

Rick's poems "Crane Watchers" and "Opening a Soda" are published in the October issue of Wilderness House

Rick's poem "Pear" is published by Imitation Fruit

Rick's review of Jeffrey Yang's An Aquarium is accepted for September publication in Midwest Book Review

July

Rick's poem "Grandfather's Funeral" is accepted for publication by Poetic Diversity

Rick's poems "Frost" and "Gravity" are published by Circle Show

June

Rick's poem "Midnight Snack" is accepted for publication by Peaks and Valleys

Rick's poems "Frost" and "Gravity" are published by Seven Circle Press

Rick's poem "Crane Watchers" is published by Tonopah Review

Rick's review of Thibault Raoult's El P.E. is published by Cold Front Magazine 

May

Rick's review of Kody Walker's Shuffle and Breakdown, "Blood Bank," published by Cold Front Magazine

April

Rick's review of Aase Berg's With Deer, "Gnawing Through Animals," is published by Cold Front Magazine

Rick's review of Nick Flynn's Some Ether, "Raging Toward the Light," is accepted for publication by Whistling Shade

Rick's poems "Balance" and "Before Bed" are accepted for publication in issue 24 of Perigee

Rick's poem "Conspiracy" is accepted for publication for Volume II of Future Earth Magazine

Rick will be reading at the Plains Song Review reception at the Great Plains Art Gallery in Lincoln on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7:00pm

Rick will be opening for Wang Ping on Friday, April 3rd in the Choral Room in the Fine Arts Building on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney at 7:00pm