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 (2025) (forthcoming)

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