Mary Anne's poems have been published in Monterey Bay’s “Plentitude of Poets” collection. Her poem “Ocean Walk” won first prize at the Marina Arts Festival, and her first chapbook, “The Road Home” - a collection of poems and photographs - was published in 2004. The second chap book, “Dreamscapes,” followed. In 2014, she received the Distinguished Poet Award from the Writers International Network in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.