Writing Awards:

"The Complex." Honorable Mention. Bat Creek Poetry Contest. Spring 2007.

"The Great Fitzgerald: Conflicting Identities in the Jazz Age." University of Tennessee at Martin Interdisciplinary Student Writing Conference. Spring 2007.

"We Hold These Truths." Margrethe Ahlschwede Personal Essay Award.  Spring 2007.

“Story Taker.” Gold Prize.  Song-A Literature Foundation International Essay Contest.  Fall 2006.

“Story Taker.”  Honorable Mention.  Alabama Writers Conclave National Essay Contest.  Summer 2006.

“On Inspiration.”  First Place.  University of Tennessee at Martin English Department Writing Award for Personal Essay.  Spring 2006.

Writing Back: A Poetry Collection.  Honorable Mention.  University of Tennessee at Martin Robert G. Cowser Poetry Award.  Spring 2006.

Publications:

Books:

The Shadows Whisper.  PublishAmerica, 2006.  ISBN: 1424133807.

Sixteen Minutes.  The Pacer, 2007.  Reprinted www.StephenOutten.com, 2007.

Short Fiction and Nonfiction:       

"Ghost Town." Long Story Short, June 2007.       

“We Hold These Truths.” Long Story Short, June 2007.       

“Starting Early.” The Stylus, Spring 2007.       

“The No-Turn Blinker.”  BeanSwitch, Fall 2006. 

Poetry:

"The Complex." Bat Creek Journal, Spring 2007.

"The Janitor." BeanSwitch, Spring 2007.

“Parade.” BeanSwitch, Fall 2006.

“Nude Descending a Staircase.” BeanSwitch, Spring 2006.

“I’s of a Selfless Man.”  BeanSwitch, Spring 2006.

“My Secret Place.”  BeanSwitch, Fall 2005.

“Erosion.”  BeanSwitch, Fall 2005.

“Euphoria.”  BeanSwitch, Fall 2005.

“A Conversation with Samuel.”  BeanSwitch, Fall 2005.

“Wake of a Dream.”  Marr’s Field Journal, Fall 2004.

“Sunset.”  Marr’s Field Journal, Fall 2003.