Writing Publications, Awards & Presentations

(Novels)

Promises: A Daughter’s Journey of Heartbreak and Self-discovery (coming out February 3, 2025 with She Writes Press)

(Blogs)

TessaMPerko  2019-2025

Website)

Flyingwords 2011-2021 (A website for college writing)

(Short Stories and Essays)

“Rain.” Alamo Women’s Club The Leaf. (April 13, 2024)

“Tess Perko.” Community College Success Stories.  The News 4CD Employee Newsletter.   Contra Costa Community College District. (February, 2016)

“Holiday Memories,” Contra Costa Times (December 25, 2000)

“Fierce Veterans’ Day storm still sends chills,” Contra Costa Times (November 11, 2000)

“Armistice Day Duck Hunt, 1940” in Joe Bellino’s Thighs (Manfit Press, 2000)

“Copper Pennies” in Josephine Cecilia Verdick Bronk & Leon Ambrose Bronk Family History (July 1998)

“The Revealing Story of My Family History” in Josephine Cecilia Verdick Bronk & Leon Ambrose Bronk Family History (July 1998)

“Blue Bells” in Daylight Song (Manfit Press, 1996)

“Taunting Mr. Kingsley” in Daylight Song (Manfit Press, 1996)

(Poetry)

“Pizza Prayer” at Poetry Soup http://www.poetrysoup.com/ (2016)

“Arete” at Poems and Quotes http://poems-and-quotes.com/ (2015)

“Gem” at Poems and Quotes http://poems-and-quotes.com/ (2013)

“For Christmas Dinner” at Poems and Quotes http://poems-and-quotes.com/ (2013)

“How to Write A Poem about Grief” http://poems-and-quotes.com/ (2013)

“Chamomile Tea” in Elegant English Tea (Red Shoes Design, Danville Area Cultural Alliance Society of Poets (1999)

“Not Wanted” in In Our Gardens: Flora and Fauna (Red Shoes Design, Danville Area Cultural Alliance Society of Poets (1999)

“Cocoon”in Daylight Song (Manfit Press,1996)

“Blood Sisters” in Writing For Our Lives (Running Deer Press (1995)

This is Me: A Collection of Poetry by Teresa Mae Bronk (Perko) (1982)

(Articles in Newspapers and Newsletters)

Numerous articles published in various newsletters, The Contra Costa Times, and The San Ramon Valley Times.  Topics include travel destinations, restaurant reviews, and histories of Contra Costa County, interior decorating, and advertorials. 

Writing Awards

General Federation of Women’s Clubs 2024 Creative Arts Contest, First Place in the category of Short Story for “Rain,” (April, 2024

Across The River Writers’ Roundtable Sixth Annual Writing Contest, Honorable Mention in the category of Non-Fiction for “Armistice Day Duck Hunt,
1940” (June 1999)

Across The River Writers’ Roundtable Third Annual Writing Contest, First Place in the category of
Adult Non-Fiction for “Bluebells” (June 1996)

Across The River Writers’ Roundtable Third Annual Writing Contest, Third Place in the category of Adult Poetry for “Cocoon” (June 1996)

Across The River Writers’ Roundtable Third Annual Writing Contest, Honorable Mention in the category of Adult Fiction for “Taunting Mr. Kingsley” (June 1996)

(Scholarship Publications)

Lady Mary Wroth’s Empowerment of Female Authorship 2006

“Conflicts Between Chivalry and Courtly Love in ‘The Knight’s Tale’” 2006

“Using Language: Hieronimo’s Search for Justice.” 2005

Conference Presentations

“Teaching Accelerated Reading and Writing,” Ohlone College English Department Seminar, Fremont, CA April 2018

“Teaching Vocabulary and Figures of Speech to Reading Students,” Ohlone College English Department Seminar, Fremont, CA, August 2014

“Conflicts Between Chivalry and Courtly Love in “The Knight’s Tale,” Significations 11th Annual CSU Los Angeles Graduate Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2006

“‘Elizabeth dixit’: Elizabeth, Absolute Authority, and The Four Foster Children of Desire,” Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, Lincoln, NE, March 2006 (written and presented with Dr. Debra Barrett-Graves)

“Using Language: Hieronimo’s Search for Justice,” Significations 10th Annual CSU Los Angeles Graduate Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2005