The short story, "Forward-Backward Proof," took second place in the 2005 Denver Woman's Press Club Unknown Writer's Contest. The story centers on a young girl obsessed with the beauty of mathematics inspired to pursue a beauty of another kind. Judges' comments included:
"A powerful story, well presented, ambiguous and tantalizing"
"A wonderful story! Very original, well constructed and full of interesting information"
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