NEWS.
MONARCH WINS THIRD PLACE! Feathered Quill Book Award for Story Collection, 2025
MONARCH WINS! International Impact Award for Story Collection, 2024
MONARCH WINS SECOND PLACE! Story Monsters Royal Dragonfly Award for General Fiction, 2024
MONARCH AWARDED! NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite for Story Collection, 2024
MONARCH WINS! American Book Fest International Book Award for Story Collection, 2024
MONARCH FINALIST! American Book Fest Fiction Award for Story Collection, 2024
LISTEN! Author Interview: Podcast: Making It Up in conversation with Carter Wilson in conversation, Aired January, 2025
LISTEN! Author Interview: Podcast: Author2Author in conversation with William Kenower, Aired August, 2024
WATCH! Author Interview: Podcast: Austin LitiLimits in conversation with Scott Semegran, Aired July, 2024
MONARCH ON METALABEL + DOWNLOAD MUSIC! Lyrical Collaboration: with songwriter Owen Lyman Schmidt, of Driftwood Soldier
LISTEN KBOO! Author Interview: Between the Covers with Avvy Mar, Aired June 20, 2024
READ! Book Review: Your Book Hound by Hugh Taylor, July 2024
READ! Author Interview: in conversation with fiction editor Leanne Dunic,Tahoma Literary Review, 2024
READ! Book Review: “Inhabiting Character in Emily Jon Tobias’s MONARCH” by Thea Swanson, Chicago Review of Books, 2024
READ! Publisher’s Reflection: Publisher Joe Maita reflects on MONARCH and Emily, Jerry Jazz Musician, 2024
READ! Author Interview: The Indie View, 2024
READ! Author Interview: “Finding Grace” by Curtis Smith, JMWW, 2024
READ! Author Interview: Jerry Jazz Musician, 2024
LISTEN! Author Interview: Podcast: Authoring Onward, Aired 2024
FINALIST! Bridge Eight Press: Fiction Prize, 2022
3RD PLACE WINNER! Typehouse Literary Magazine: 3rd Biennial Short Fiction Contest, 2022
FINALIST! Kallisto Gaia Press : Acacia Fiction Prize, 2022
PUSH CART PRIZE NOMINATION! Jerry Jazz Musician: “Mouth Organ”, 2022
SEMIFINALIST! Tulip Tree Review: Wild Woman Story Contest, 2022
WINNER! Jerry Jazz Musician: #58 Short Fiction Contest, 2021
WINNER! Furrow Literary Journal: “What My Momma Knows Is True”, Best Fiction, 2014