LIVE PERFORMANCES
Crossroads Cowboy Poetry Gathering - VanHorn, Texas
Cowboys Can Be Funny Too, Headliner – Gold Hill, Nevada
In The Barn Series, Featured Performer – Glenrock, Wyoming
Truckee Rodeo - Truckee, California
Lingo of Our Calling, Featured Performer – Sparks, Nevada
Lingo of Our Calling, Guest Speaker on Cowboys & Cowboy Poetry – Sparks, Nevada
Ranchers Roundup – Dayton, Nevada
Douglas County Forecast 2009, Featured Performer – Minden, Nevada
Nevada Reflections Cowboy Concert, Featured Performer – Dayton, Nevada
Reno Rodeo Foundation Cowboy Poetry Contest Finals – Reno, Nevada
Diamond Mountain Hotel/Casino, Headliner – Susanville, California
Reno Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering, Performer – Reno, Nevada
Ghost Mountain Ranch, Headliner – Pollock Pines, California
Elk’s Cowboy Poetry Show, Headliner – Grass Valley, California
Mountain View School, Guest Speaker – Reno, Nevada
Supper Club Zulu, Headliner- Reno, Nevada
Family Counseling Service Benefit, Headliner - Reno, Nevada
A Gathering of Cowboy Poets, Performer - Chadron, Nebraska
Korean War Veterans Convention, Headliner - Reno, Nevada
Vinton Cowboy Poetry Show, Headliner – Vinton, California
Reno Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Open Mic Participant – Reno, Nevada
Wild Horse Sanctuary Benefit, Featured Performer - Shingletown, California
Summer Sagebrush Cowboy Poetry, Bowers Mansion - Washoe Valley, Nevada
American Arts Festival, Featured Storyteller - Reno, Nevada
Oodles of Noodles Festival – Featured Performer - Dayton, Nevada
Rhymin’ Rodeer, Open Mic Participant – Minden, Nevada
Emerald Valley Opry, Headliner – Eugene, Oregon
Nevada County Poetry Series – Cowboy Poetry Night, Headliner - Grass Valley, California
Sierra Arts Foundation “Sierra Stars” donors’ dinner, Featured Performer –Reno, Nevada
Bolos and Blue Jeans at the Wild Horse and Burro Expo, Featured Performer – Reno, Nevada
Reno Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Open Mic Participant – Reno, Nevada
American Arts Festival, Featured Storyteller – Reno, Nevada
Stories by the River Storytelling Festival, Featured Storyteller – Reno, Nevada
Piper’s Opera House, Featured Performer – Virginia City, Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno, Full Circle Group Breakfast Guest Speaker
AWARDS
3rd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2010, There Stands a Man
2nd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009, Crow Scout
3rd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009, Mrs. Reynolds
Honorable Mention, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009, Montana Jack
2nd Place, Permian Basin Texas Cowboy Poetry Contest, 2009, Come ‘A Ridin’
3rd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2008, Lone Rider
Finalist, Reno Rhythm & Rawhide Cowboy Poetry Contest, 2009, Come ‘A Ridin’
2008 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Outstanding Western Fiction for:
Bronc Buster – Short Stories of the American West
8 Readers Choice Awards for short stories (2005 – 2009)
2nd Place, The Storyteller Magazine’s Short Story Contest, The Story
TELEVISION, RADIO, & WEB
Co-Host for the Glenrock Bird broadcast - Glenrock, Wyoming
Featured Writer, Author Author TV Show (one episode) – SNCAT TV – Reno, NV
Featured Author of the Month, Rain Tiger Online Magazine RainTiger.com
Rhythm & Rawhide Cowboy Poetry Promotion, KHTX Radio – Reno, NV
Cowboy Poetry segments on KOLO Channel-8’s Daybreak Show – Reno, NV
Tall Tale Tellers, one TV episode for Nevada Storytellers Network, Reno, NV
“Keepin’ It Cowboy” Radio Program by Jo Hargrave , guest
Jim Thompson performed two of Dave’s poems (Western Myth, Thanksgiving Grace) on his radio show Live with Jim Thompson, on National Public Radio
COMMISSIONS:
PUBLICATIONS –Books and CDs
CDs:
Snakebit – humorous cowboy poetry, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, Nevada
They Still Do That (companion to the book), Double Diamond Books, Sparks, Nevada
Western Historical Novels:
The Poudre Canyon Saga
Where Free Men Gather (Book 1), Bottom of the Hill Publishing, Tennessee
White Grizzly (Book 2), Bottom of the Hill Publishing, Tennessee
The Men From Poudre Canyon (Book 3), Bottom of the Hill Publishing, Tennessee
Bitter Grass, Bottom of the Hill Publishing, Tennessee
Short Story Collection: Bronc Buster, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, Nevada
Cowboy Poetry Collection Book: They Still Do That, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, Nevada
Contributing Writer: Demand Studios; eHow, and other informational websites
Anthologies Published in
The Nevada County Poetry Series Anthology
Wind Sand Sky - Texana Poetry Anthology
Writing of the Walls Anthology
Rodeo Country
Taj Mahal Review
Trails West
Pulp! (3 editions)
Over 350 short stories, non-fiction articles, and cowboy poems have appeared in a variety of international publications in the last several years including The Storyteller, the Taj Majal Review, Rope and Wire, Open Range, I Love My Truck, The Nevada County Poetry Series Anthology, and Writing on the Walls, in addition to many private newsletters and websites, etc.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Over thirty=five years working as a cowboy and outdoorsman, including ranch and rodeo work, shoeing, packing, guiding, and teaching skills. Worked from the bush of Alaska throughout the west including Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. Professional fly tyer with over thirty-five years of experience.