In the Spotlight
Guest Poet on Collen Writes on April 22, 2025.
Nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award in March 2025.
Sun Haiku: 365 Days of Sunshine chosen the Editor's Pick for January 2025 at Hotel Masticadores.
Nominated for 2024 Author of the Year at Spillwords Press.
Sun Haiku: 365 Days of Sunshine featured on Masticadores USA on December 16, 2024.
Sun Haiku: 365 Days of Sunshine featured on Hotel Masticadores on December 3, 2024.
Cadence: Life's Poetic Rhythms anthology placed as a Finalist for the American Writing Awards.
"Halloween Treat" nominated for November Publication of the Month by Spillwords Press.
Five haikus shortlisted for the Artist's & Curator's Choice on Pure Haiku in November 2024.
Robbie Cheadle's Treasuring Poetry Guest Poet for October 2024 on Writing to Be Read.
Featured as the guest poet at the Garden of Neuro Poetry Book Club Zoom event on October 2, 2024. Poems shared: "Ariel's Song," "Samurai Haiku," "Fancy Dress Haiku," "Snow Moon Haiku," "Healing Haiku," "Aliens Haiku," "UFOs Haiku," "Midnight Funeral Haiku," "Tombstones Haiku." "Introducing Dawn Pisturino" PowerPoint shared. Featured Books: Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987-2023, Lunar Gazing Haiku, and Haiku for the Midnight Hour. YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TmkovINQFdk?si=fH9pXurSyhIh2QNW
Lunar Gazing Haiku and Haiku for the Midnight Hour featured on Masticadores USA on September 17, 2024.
"The Window" read by Joni Caggiano in a promotional video for Cadence anthology on July 22, 2024 on Instagram.
"My World," "Fireflies," "Home Base," "Behind the Smile," and "Mother-Child" haiku shared on Instagram by Selma Martin on July 19, 2024.
"Masterpiece" and "Cats" were used in a promotional video for Petals of Haiku by Gabriela Marie Milton and Literary Revelations Publishing House on Instagram on June 26, 2024.
Petals of Haiku: An Anthology (a copy of the book along with the cover art) will be housed in the Treasure House of the Rinsenji Temple in Japan for perpetuity, or as long as the temple lasts.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Masticadores USA on April 15, 2024.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Leonberger Life on April 13, 2024.
Voted Author of the Month for March 2024 on Spillwords Press.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on From Behind the Pen on March 28, 2024.
Nominated Author of the Month for March 2024 on Spillwords Press.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Selma Martin's website on March 23 & 25 and April 2, 2024.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Silent Pariah website on March 19, 2024.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Here's to Your Success on March 19, 2024.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Hotel Masticadores on March 19, 2024.
Ariel's Song: Published Poems, 1987 - 2023, featured on Poetry by Mich website on March 19, 2024.
Chosen as an Editor's Selection author for January 2024 on Chewers & Masticadores.
Listed as a contributor to the Arizona Authors Association newsletter for 2023.
"The Smile" was chosen as an Editor's Pick on Chewers & Masticadores for 2023.
Included in Contributors List on Hotel Masticadores on December 29, 2023.
Nominated for Author of the Month for August 2023 on Spillwords Press.
"Introducing Masticadores USA's 'Treasured Contributors'" published on Masticadores USA on July 5, 2023.
"Treasured Contributors" status with Masticadores USA in June 2023.
Monthly contributor status, March 2023 with Masticadores USA.
Monthly contributor status, August 2022 to present, with Gobblers & Masticadores.
CHEWERS WRITERS listing on Masticadores, 2022 to present.
"Easy Rider: The Movie" rated #88 on The Top 100 Movie Reviews.
"Health Information Technology Security" PowerPoint shared at Flagstaff Medical Center November 2016.
Invited to sign quilt of authors' signatures created by Georgia Edwards as a fundraiser for the Desert Foothills Library, November 2014.
Contributor acknowledgment, 2013 Underneath the Juniper Tree anthology.
"Butterfly, Butterfly" poem written by Dawn Pisturino. Music by Barry Gremillion. Sung by Ariel Pisturino. Featured on SoundCloud 2013-2016.
"Butterfly, Butterfly" poem set to music by composer and filmmaker Barry Gremillion and recorded on CD by Ariel Pisturino and Barry Gremillion in October 2013.
"A Tea Party it is Not," Miss Lizzie artwork preview on Kenneth Lamug's Blog, January 7, 2012.
WRITER SPOTLIGHT on Underneath the Juniper Tree, March 9, 2012.
WRITERS AND ARTISTS listing on Underneath the Juniper Tree, 2012.
"Down in the Graveyard" art featured in a video ad for the Underneath the Juniper Tree 2012 anthology campaign.
"Concert for the Dead" art featured in a video ad for the Underneath the Juniper Tree 2012 anthology campaign.
"My Grave" art featured in a video ad for the Underneath the Juniper Tree 2012 anthology campaign.
"Down in the Graveyard" poem featured in the portfolio of illustrator Job van Gelder, 2012.
"The Dentist" poem featured in the gallery of artist John Federis, March 29, 2012.
Committee for Direct Democracy materials by Dawn Pisturino used as a reference in Ahmet Ihsan Satir's 2007 article, E-Transformation in Local Governments and Turkey During the European Union Process.
"Steps Toward Direct Democracy" used as a reference in Dr. Murat Burns' article, Direct Democracy, published July 2005 on e-akademi.