Book, Anthology & Journal publications
(in order of publication date)
- Teton Spirit Magazine, “True Joy: Accepting Unconditional Love,” feature article with original art
- Teton Spirit Connection, “Spring Self Rising” poem
- Teton Spirit Magazine, “Nothing But the Soul I Wear” poem
- Moments by Agnes Bourne, “I Sit, I Wait” poem
- Potpourri: Poems. Prose. Pictures, a compilation that includes forty of Garrard’s poem/prose pieces as well as her photography
- Tidepools, “Paddling the Sweet Spot” poem
- The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook, “My Mother’s Parents Free Ranged” poem
- Poets of the Promise Anthology, 2023, “Finally, Trust in the Unknown” poem
- Wild Women – TulipTree Review (Honorable Mention),
“I’m Not the Heroine of Your Cancer Novel” poem - Silver Birch Journal, “My Mother’s Hands in Mine” poem
- Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “The More Moments I Find Prismatic, The Less Dark My Attic,” “The First Axe Falls,” “Stigmatized and Written Off,” “Looking Out, Looking In,” “I Don’t Have All the Answers,” “I Can’t Go Back” poems
- The Madrona Project: This Machine Is Made for Earth – Empty Bowl Press, “I Laugh So Hard My Catheter Pinches” poem
- Thin Places & Sacred Spaces – Amethyst Review, “Filled to the Brim” poem
- Stories That Need to be Told – TulipTree Review (Merit Prize: “Love” and Pushcart Prize nominee), “Hugging Alder” poem
- Inspired by Art: Olympic Peninsula Authors & Artists, “Doors of Unknown Significance,” “Entrance,” “Salmon Parent,” & “Riding Through the Plains” poems
- Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “My Body Speaks,” “Jealousy on the Surface,” “Does Grief Die,” “Suffer the Questions,” “It’s Hard to Let Go of Work,” “I Have Pleaded on my Knees” poems
- Poets of the Promise Anthology, 2024, “The Son Came to Speak” poem
- Amethyst Review, “Elegy to a Cancer Altar” (also a Semifinalist, Stories That Need to be Told, TulipTree Review) poem
- Amethyst Review, “What Can I Say About Eating Raisins During the Storm?” poem
- Bellevue Literary Review (Finalist in the John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry), “Homage to My Radiated Hip” poem
- Silver Birch Journal, “The In-Between” poem
- Poetry That Fits – OncoLink.org, “Breaking Through the Storms” series poem
- Stone World – Four Feathers Press, “The Megalithic Circle Speaks To My Bones,” “My Body Is In Ireland Today,” and “Gros Ventre, Wyoming” poems
- Silver Birch Journal, “Spider, I Envy You” poem
- Stories That Need to be Told – TulipTree Review, “Rash Writes This Poem During the Broken Night” poem
- The Journal of Expressive Writing, “Joy is disguised” poem
- Pangyrus, “Braided Spring” poem
- The Orchards Poetry Journal, “Cry Breathe Try Repeat” poem
- Amethyst Review, “Epic Spring” poem
- Forthcoming:
- Writing the Sacred – Amethyst Review, “I Will Write as Long as I Breathe” essay
Honors
- Scholarships from Centrum: Port Townsend Writers Conferences (2022, 2023, & 2024); Poetry Writers Conference (2023)
- Scholarship, Chosen Tieton LiTFUSE Poetry Festival Scholar by poet Gary Copeland Lilley (2022)
- Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Raven Woman I Am,” Wild Women anthology contest (2024)
- Honorable Mention and Publication, TulipTree Review for “I’m Not the Heroine of Your Cancer Novel,” Wild Women anthology contest (2024)
- Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Elegy of a Cancer Altar,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2024)
- Pushcart Prize Nominee and Merit Winner (Love category), TulipTree Review for “Hugging Alder,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2024)
- Finalist, Bellevue Literary Review, John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry for “Homage to My Radiated Hip” (2024)
- Semifinalist and Publication Acceptance, Finishing Line Press Open Poetry Book Contest for Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death (2025)
- Acceptance to and scholarship granted for the PocketMFA Program (2025), deferring to October 2026
- Honorable Mention, MoonPath Press, Sally Albiso Award, for full-length poetry book (2025)
- Honorable Mention and publication, TulipTree Review for “Rash Writes This Poem During the Broken Night,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2025)
- Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Baskets,” Stories That Need to be Told anthology contest (2025)
- Semifinalist, TulipTree Review for “Car Talk,” Humor (2025)
Poetry in the Park, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
- 2022 – “I Have to Chase That Squirrel”
- 2023 – “Finding Rest in an Old Growth Forest”
- 2024 – “Contrast”
- 2025 – “Varied Ixoreus Thrush”
Reading Engagements
- Celebration of Shadows, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2022 & 2023)
- Summertide Festival, Poetry in the Park, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2002-25)
- Featured Author, Olympic Peninsula Authors Open Mic (2023)
- Empty Bowl Cookbook, The Madrona Project, Olympic Peninsula Authors Open Mic (2024)
- Take a Stand: Poets Against Hate, It’s About Time Series, Seattle Central Public Library (2024)
- Stadium Generale, Inspired by Art Ekphrastic Reading, Little Theater, Peninsula College (2025)
- Expressing Solidarity & Resilience in Our Togetherness, Imprint Bookshop, Port Townsend (2025)
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Banned Book Project, Raven Chronicles Press Podcast (2025)
- Cirque Book Launch of Surrounded by Weasals by Tess Gallgher and Josie Gray, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (2025)
- Ekphrastic Reading for Fiber on the Strait Art Exhibit at the Field Arts & Events Hall with Olympic Peninsula Authors (2025)
- Presales Poetry Party for Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death, Dungeness River Nature Center Rainshadow Hall (2025)
- Creative Colloquy Open Mic & Literary Reading, Tacoma (2026)