PRESS

Has written an actually funny joke about abortion. --Bitch Media
An expert at hate-reading Gwyneth Paltrow's blog. —Salon
 

MORE MEDIA SHOUT-OUTS

Satire and parody also featured on Jezebel, Huffington Post, and Grub Street. 

Smile More, Valerie's monthly feminist comedy show, gets a shout-out from the Austin American Statesman. 

Austin Monthly suggests: SMILE MORE!

Help Wanted, the self-help podcast (for the not-so-serious) included in CultureMap's Best Podcasts from Austin comedians.
 

AND WRITING ACCOLADES...

  • Nominated for a Best of the Net Award from Pine Hills Review for My Immune System Ignites a Forest Fire on My Skin, aka a Pandemic Stress Pantoum

  • Poetry selected for Toho Publishing’s Chapbook publication series.

  • One-woman show How to Say You’re Afraid of Commitment in 140 Characters or Less wins Best of Week in Frontera Fest’s Short Fringe Festival.

  • Finalist in the Erma Bombeck A Hotel Room of One's Own Humorist-in-Residence Program.

  • Finalist in Austin Film Festival's Pitch Competition for original sitcom pilot Peace Foods.

  • Original Pilot Counting Days is a finalist in the Acclaim Script Contest and People’s Pilot Competition, a quarter finalist Screencraft Pilot Launch, and a second-rounder at Austin Film Festival.

  • Audible picks up McSweeney’s piece How to Throw Like a Girl for download.

  • Original Pilot Edgewick Commons (co-written) is a Screencraft Pilot Launch quarter finalist, takes second place in People's Pilot Competition, and makes it on Austin Film Festival's second round list (out of over 8,600 submissions).

  • Original Pilot State U (co-written) is a semi-finalist in the People's Pilot Competition, a finalist in the ATX TV Fest Competition, second rounder at the Austin Film Festival, and finalist in AFF Pitch Competition.

  • Girl's "Juggalo" spec script takes 1st Place in Acclaim Script Contest and is an Official Finalist in the Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Official Finalist in the New York Screenplay Contest, and Creative Awards Finalist.

OTHER FUN STUFF

Check out other creative projects: Goop You, a parody blog of Goop, Help Wanted, Valerie’s podcast that ran for nearly 3 years, and an occasionally updated blog.