Poets and Poetry Matters with Celestine Davis and the North Carolina Poetry Society
August 5, 2022 Well-Versed Words with Alison Hurwitz
July 9, 2022 FUMFA Live! Poets and Writers Series (Fairfield University's MFA program)
June 26, 2022 
Words for Flying Book launch with Redheaded Stepchild
March 24, 2022 
FUMFA (Fairfield University's MFA program) Poets and Writers Series
October 3, 2021 with Jessica Tumio 
Bookmarks
Winston Salem, NC February 26, 2020 with Morgan Christie, Nicole Stockburger, and Jacinta White 
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My interview with South Florida Poetry Journal!
August 2022 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/interviews-2022-23.html My interview with the Prolific Pulse Poetry Podcast! May 23, 2022 Audio: anchor.fm/lisa-tomey/episodes/Poet-Talk-with-Chris-Abbate-e1iuiao Video: youtu.be/a47sXUgu7Gs Book Launch Party for Words for Flying
May 14, 2022 UUFR Raleigh, NC Timber Drive Elementary School
4th Grade Poetry Slam September 27, 2019 with Bartholomew Barker 2018 Flyleaf Books Poetry Contest
October 14, 2018 I was honored to have my poem, "Chemistry," selected by poet Peter Makuck as the 1st place entry in the 2018 Flyleaf Books Poetry contest. I read with Debra Kaufman and Kevin Rippin. 
2019 North Carolina Poetry Society Awards Day
May 11, 2019 I received 2nd place for the Poetry of Witness award. I was very honored again to share this day with the other winners! 
Timber Drive Elementary School
4th Grade Poetry Slam September 27, 2018 with Tara Lynne Groth 
Holly Springs 2018 Book Festival
September 29, 2018 Featured speaker, Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate 2018 North Carolina Poetry Society Awards Day
May 13, 2018 I received honorable mention for the Thomas H. McDill award (a poem of any form or style and that is less than 70 lines). It was a great day and I was honored to read with the other winners! 2018 Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival
April 8, 2018 I read at the 2018 Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival April 8 in Cary, NC as one of the honorable mentions in their annual poetry competition. I look forward to this festival every year and was grateful to be a second-time honorable mention and to have the opportunity to read the poems I submitted. Thank you to the American Turkish Association of NC and to the Town of Cary for organizing this event! Blue Heron Review Featured Author
I was happy to be the December 2018 featured author for Blue Heron Review. BHR is an online journal that has been very supportive of my poetry. Check out my profile, read a few of my poems, and peruse the rest of the journal here. 
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