Rob Rogers

Author, attorney, backpacker, and lover of the outdoors

Awards and Recognition

Book

Finding My Way Home: Fighting Depression Backpacking in Central Florida (Barringer Publishing 2024)

2025 Florida Authors & Association (FAPA) President’s Book Awards, Winner of the Bronze Medal for Autobiography/Memoir

2025 Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards, Finalist for Nonfiction: Mind/Body/Spirit

Essays

Morning Coffee,” Ponder Review, December 2025 (Vol. 9, Issue 2)

Nominated for Pushcart Prize

Mardi Gras ’95,” The NightWriter Review (Winter 2025/2026)

First Place for Nonfiction, 2025 SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest

Coining Out,” Four Tulips, May 30, 2025

Honorable Mention, 2025 Four Tulips New Beginnings Writing Contest