(May 2018) Was selected to read, critique, and score
manuscripts submitted to PNWA's 2018
Literary Contest for the Mystery/Thriller category. This was the fourth time he
read for the contest.
(July 2017) His novel The Ignominious Idol
was selected as a finalist in PNWA's
2017 Literary Contest in the Mysery/Thriller category. With this selection,
three of Steven's novels had reached finalist status, with one chosen as
the winner.
(May 2016) Was selected to read, critique, and score
manuscripts submitted to PNWA's 2016
Literary Contest for the Mainstream Fiction category.
(October 2011) His article A Journey Through Time appears in the
October 2011 issue of Northwest Prime Time
magazine. It tells the story of a letter he wrote
while in kindergarten that returned to him 49 years later, unopened.
(2011) Gave an interview about his writing experience to
the late Seattle author Norma Nill, which was posted on her (now-defunct) blog.
(April 2011) Served as
guest blogger
at author Mindy Halleck's (now defunct) Literary Liasons site
with a posting titled So, You Want to Win a Literary Contest? In it, he
explains some of the factors that will help your manuscript break through the
clutter of contest entries to maximize the chance of winning.
(May 2010) Was selected to read, critique, and score
manuscripts submitted to PNWA's 2010
Literary Contest for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.
(July 2009) His novel Snowbound
was selected as a finalist in PNWA's
2009 Literary Contest in the Mysery/Thriller category.
(Spring 2009) His non-fiction article McGraw Square was
published in the Summer 2009 issue (Vol. 23 No. 2) of
Columbia Magazine,
a publication of the Washington State
Historical Society. It details the history of a statue in downtown Seattle that
honors John McGraw, who served in the 1880s and 1890s as King County Sheriff
and Washington's second governor.
(May 2009) Was selected to read, critique, and score
manuscripts submitted to PNWA's 2009
Literary Contest for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.
(Feb 2008) Attended Jessica P Morrell'sThe Final Edit workshop in Kirkland, WA.
(July 2007) His novel Double Fire
was selected as the winner in PNWA's
2007 Literary Contest in the Mysery/Thriller category.
(August 2006) Attended the three-day
Willamette Writers
Conference in Portland, Oregon.
(Summer 2005) Completed writing and editing his novel Linear Descent.
