"Fran's poems have been published in many journals including Rattle, Calyx, Earth's Daughters, Terrain.org, Common Ground, Karamu, Able Muse. She has a chapbook, History's Trail (Finishing Line Press). Her book Grandfather's Mandolin was a finalist for the Henry Morgenthau III First Poetry Book Prize and a winner for poetry book (religious) from the American BookFest. Awards include a Pushcart Prize nomination, poetry residencies at the Saltonstall Foundation, an Anna Davidson Poetry Award, and a Miriam Chaikin award for her poems."